| Luperca | |
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| Luperca laevigata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Subfamily: | Siagoninae |
| Tribe: | Siagonini |
| Genus: | Luperca Laporte, 1840 |
Luperca is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are at least two described species in Luperca. [1] [2] [3]
These two species belong to the genus Luperca:
Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it is one of the 10 most species-rich animal families. They belong to the Adephaga. Members of the family are primarily carnivorous, but some members are herbivorous or omnivorous.
Darkling beetle is the common name for members of the beetle family Tenebrionidae, comprising over 20,000 species in a cosmopolitan distribution.
François-Louis Nompar de Caumont Laporte, comte de Castelnau was a French naturalist, known also as François Laporte or Francis de Castelnau. The standard author abbreviation Castelnau is used to indicate him when citing a botanical name and zoological names other than insects. Laporte is typically used when citing an insect name, or Laporte de Castelnau.
Melyridae are a family of beetles of the superfamily Cleroidea.
Eudiana is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:
Psiloptera is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:
Cerotalis is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are about seven described species in Cerotalis, found in Australia.
Notiobia is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae, comprising at least 100 species.
Lebiinae is a subfamily of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are more than 330 genera and 6,300 described species in Lebiinae, in 5 tribes.
Calybe is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Hydrophilus is a genus of beetles in the family Hydrophilidae, the water scavenger beetles. There are 53 species in three subgenera in the genus: Hydrophilus, Dibolocelus, and Temnopterus.
Sphallomorpha is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are at least 160 described species in Sphallomorpha, found mainly in Australia, but also in Indonesia and New Guinea.
Theprisa is a genus of in the beetle family Carabidae. There are about five described species in Theprisa, all found in Australia.
Zeodera is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae, first described by François-Louis Laporte in 1867. There are about six described species in Zeodera.
Notonomus is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are more than 120 described species in Notonomus, found in Australia.
Siagoninae is a subfamily of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are at least 3 genera and more than 80 described species in Siagoninae.
Phacellocera is a monotypic genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae described by Laporte in 1840. Its only species, Phacellocera plumicornis, was described by Johann Christoph Friedrich Klug in 1825.
Oxysternon is a Neotropical genus of scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea. It can be distinguished from all other phanaeines and scarabaeine dung beetles by a long, spiniform extension of the anterior angle of the metasternum. Most species vary in color and pattern, and are more commonly found in tones of green, often infused with yellow or coppery highlights. All species appear very smooth or glassy smooth to the unaided eye.
Actenodia is a genus of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. The genus was named and described by Francis de Laporte de Castelnau in 1840.
Nesiodrypta is a genus of in the beetle family Carabidae. There are about 18 described species in Nesiodrypta.
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