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Paramecyna variegata Breuning, 1940 | |
Paramecyna variegata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Breuning in 1940. [1]
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.
Stephan von Breuning was an Austrian entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera, particularly Cerambycidae.
Spilomelinae is a very large subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae, the crambid snout moths. They were formerly included in the Pyraustinae as tribe Spilomelini; furthermore taxonomists' opinions differ as to the correct placement of the Crambidae, some authorities treating them as a subfamily (Crambinae) of the family Pyralidae. If this is done, Spilomelinae is usually treated as a separate subfamily within Pyralidae. The Spilomelinae are believed to be polyphyletic. Many genera are only tentatively placed here even at this point.
Paramecyna is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Paramecyna dimorphalis, which is found in Iran.
Apomecynini is a tribe of longhorn beetles of the Lamiinae subfamily.
Paramecyna is a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae, containing the following species:
Paramecyna delkeskampi is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Breuning in 1960.
Paramecyna kaszabi is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Breuning in 1967.
Paramecyna strandiella is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Breuning in 1940.
Paramecyna x-signata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1910.
Paramecyna x-signatoides is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Breuning and Chelazzi in 1978.
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