Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim was a Saxon anatomist, entomologist and paleontologist.
Fire-coloured beetles is the common name for members of the tenebrionoid family Pyrochroidae. The family is found worldwide, and is most diverse at temperate latitudes. Adults measure 2–20 millimetres (0.079–0.787 in); larvae reach 35 millimetres (1.4 in). Larvae of Pyrochroinae are found associated with the bark of dead trees. They are probably mostly fungivorous, although they may become cannibalistic if too crowded.
Cicindela, commonly known as common tiger beetles, are generally brightly colored and metallic beetles, often with some sort of patterning of ivory or cream-colored markings. They are most abundant and diverse in habitats very often near bodies of water with sandy or occasionally clay soils; they can be found along rivers, sea and lake shores, sand dunes, around dry lakebeds, on clay banks, or woodland paths.
Xenophora, commonly called carrier shells, is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Xenophoridae, the carrier snails or carrier shells. The genus Xenophora is the type genus of the family Xenophoridae.
Carabus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae. The genus is highly diverse with 94 subgenera, 959 species and 2300 subspecies, thus is the largest genus in the subfamily Carabinae. The vast majority are native to the Palearctic, but 16 Nearctic species are also known. Carabus spp. are 12–50 mm (0.47–1.97 in) long, and most species are wingless and often very colourful. These are nocturnal, predatory beetles that feed on snails, earthworms, and caterpillars. Most Carabus species were thought to have inhabited the Eurasian forest, but the species' low dispersal abilities altered the distribution of lineages within the genus.
The Gryphaeidae, common name the foam oysters or honeycomb oysters, are a family of marine bivalve mollusks. This family of bivalves is very well represented in the fossil record, however the number of living species is very few.
Cephalota is a genus in the beetle family Cicindelidae. There are more than 20 described species in Cephalota.
Calosoma is a genus of large ground beetles that occur primarily throughout the Northern Hemisphere, and are referred to as caterpillar hunters or caterpillar searchers. Many of the 167 species are largely or entirely black, but some have bright metallic coloration. They produce a foul-smelling spray from glands near the tip of the abdomen. They are recognizable due to their large thorax, which is almost the size of their abdomen and much wider than their head.
Hecatera is a moth genus in the family Noctuidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852.
Carabus arcensis is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in the Palearctic.
Cymindis is a genus of ground beetle native to the Palearctic, the Near East, and North Africa. It contains the following species:
Calosoma panderi is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia.
Cymindis binotata is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Harpalinae. It was described by Fischer Von Waldheim in 1820.
Cymindis lateralis is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Harpalinae. It was described by Fischer Von Waldheim in 1820.
Nebria catenulata is a species of metallic green coloured ground beetle from Nebriinae subfamily that can be found in North Korea and Russia.
Nebria turcica is a species of ground beetle in the Nebriinae subfamily that is endemic to Turkey.
Nebria splendida is a species of ground beetle in the Nebriinae subfamily that is endemic to Kazakhstan.
Nebria sahlbergii is a species in the beetle family Carabidae. It is found in the can be found in Aleutian Islands, Canada, and in the southern part of the United States.
Carabus maeander is a species of beetle in the family Carabidae. The species fly in May and June, are black in colour and 15 to 23.5 millimetres long. It is found in northeastern United States and both central and southern Canada. The species is also found outside of North America. In Russia, it is found in eastern Siberia while in Japan it is known from Hokkaido and Kunashir Islands. It also exists in South Korea.
