Malgassochaetus

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Malgassochaetus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Cleroidea
Family: Chaetosomatidae
Genus:Malgassochaetus
Ekis & Menier, 1980 [1]
Type species
Malgassochaetus crowsoni
Ekis & Menier, 1980
Species

See text

Synonyms [2]

SomatochaetusMenier & Ekis, 1982 [3]

Malgassochaetus is a genus of beetles in the family Chaetosomatidae.

Beetle order of insects

Beetles are a group of insects that form the order Coleoptera, in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 species, is the largest of all orders, constituting almost 40% of described insects and 25% of all known animal life-forms; new species are discovered frequently. The largest of all families, the Curculionidae (weevils) with some 70,000 member species, belongs to this order. Found in almost every habitat except the sea and the polar regions, they interact with their ecosystems in several ways: beetles often feed on plants and fungi, break down animal and plant debris, and eat other invertebrates. Some species are serious agricultural pests, such as the Colorado potato beetle, while others such as Coccinellidae eat aphids, scale insects, thrips, and other plant-sucking insects that damage crops.

Chaetosomatidae family of insects

Chaetosomatidae is a small family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga.

Species

Malgassochaetus cordicollis is a species of beetles in the family Chaetosomatidae. It is found in Madagascar.

Malgassochaetus crowsoni is a species of beetles in the family Chaetosomatidae. It is found in Madagascar.

Malgassochaetus descarpentriesi is a species of beetles in the family Chaetosomatidae. It is found in Madagascar.

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References

  1. Ekis, Ginter; Menier, Jean J. (1980). "Discovery of Chaetosomatidae in Madagascar. Systematics of the new genus Malgassochaetus[Col. Cleroidea]". Annales de la Société entomologique de France. Nouvelle série. 16 (2): 197–208.
  2. Kolibáč, Jiří (2004). "Metaxinidae fam.nov., a new family of Cleroidea (Coleoptera)" (PDF). Entomologica Basiliensia. 26: 247.
  3. Menier, Jean J.; Ekis, Ginter (1982). "Les Chaetosomatidae malgaches. II. Description d'un genre nouveau et de quatre espèces nouvelles [Coleoptera, Cleroidea]". Annales de la Société entomologique de France. Nouvelle série. 18 (3): 343–348.