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| Oxypselaphus obscurus | |
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| Genus: | Oxypselaphus Chaudoir, 1843 |
Oxypselaphus is a genus of beetle in the family Carabidae, that contains the following species: [1]
A genus is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus.
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 80,000 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.
Family is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy; it is classified between order and genus. A family may be divided into subfamilies, which are intermediate ranks between the ranks of family and genus. The official family names are Latin in origin; however, popular names are often used: for example, walnut trees and hickory trees belong to the family Juglandaceae, but that family is commonly referred to as being the "walnut family".
- Oxypselaphus dominici Brandmayr & Zetto Brandmayr, 1984
- Oxypselaphus obscurus (Herbst, 1784)
- Oxypselaphus pusillus (Leconte, 1854)
- Oxypselaphus thielei Brandmayr & Zetto Brandmayr, 1984
Oxypselaphus obscurus is a species of beetle from Carabidae family, that can be found everywhere in Europe except for Albania, Andorra, Croatia, Iceland, Malta, Monaco, North Macedonia, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, and Vatican City. The species are black coloured with yellow legs.
Oxypselaphus pusillus is a species of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It is found in North America.
