| Passalus punctiger | |
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| Passalus punctiger. Mounted specimen on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Passalidae |
| Genus: | Passalus |
| Species: | P. punctiger |
| Binomial name | |
| Passalus punctiger Lepeletier & Audinet-Serville | |
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Passalus punctiger, common name passalid beetle, [2] is a beetle of the family Passalidae. [3]
Passalus punctiger can reach a length of about 34 millimetres (1.3 in). Body is flattened and completely black, with yellowish hairs on elytral shoulders and anterior sides. Elytra show deep grooves and a strong punctation. Antennae have long lamellae. [4]
This species occurs in Arizona, Mexico and in Central and Southern America up to Paraguay and Argentina. It also is present on the Galapagos Islands. It can be found in humid forest areas at an elevation of 0–1,500 metres (0–4,921 ft) above sea level. [4] [5] [6]
These beetles live under and inside rotten logs. Females lay eggs are in tunnels into the wood. This species has one brood or generation per year (univoltine). [7]
Beetles are 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 described 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, with estimates suggesting that there are between 0.9 and 2.1 million total species. 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.
The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 species in more than 2,500 genera, making up one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle families. Numerous subfamilies are recognized, but the precise taxonomy and systematics are likely to change with ongoing research.
Passalidae is a family of beetles known variously as "bessbugs", "bess beetles", "betsy beetles" or "horned passalus beetles". Nearly all of the 500-odd species are tropical; species found in North America are notable for their size, ranging from 20–43 mm, for having a single "horn" on the head, and for a form of social behavior unusual among beetles.
Odontotaenius disjunctus, the patent-leather beetle or horned passalus, is a saproxylic beetle in the family Passalidae which can grow to just over an inch-and-a-half long, weigh 1-2 grams and are capable of pulling 50 times their own weight. They have been used to study several aspects of general family characteristics since the early 1900s but remain a relatively unknown species within the diverse Coleoptera order.
Rhizophora is a genus of tropical mangrove trees, sometimes collectively called true mangroves. The most notable species is the red mangrove but some other species and a few natural hybrids are known. Rhizophora species generally live in intertidal zones which are inundated daily by the ocean. They exhibit a number of adaptations to this environment, including pneutomatophores that elevate the plants above the water and allow them to respire oxygen even while their lower roots are submerged and a cytological molecular "pump" mechanism that allows them to remove excess salts from their cells. The generic name is derived from the Greek words ριζα (rhiza), meaning "root," and φορος (phoros), meaning "bearing," referring to the stilt-roots.
Sociality is the degree to which individuals in an animal population tend to associate in social groups (gregariousness) and form cooperative societies.
The broad-eared bat or broad-tailed bat is a species of free-tailed bat from the Americas.
The evening bat is a species of bat in the vesper bat family that is native to North America. Hunting at night, they eat beetles, moths, and other flying insects.
Leptaulax bicolor is a beetle of the Family Passalidae found throughout Australia, Cambodia, Eastern Himalayas, India, Indonesia: Borneo, Java, Moluccas, Sulawesi, Sumatra; Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam.
Odontotaenius floridanus is a beetle of the family Passalidae. It is endemic to Lake Wales Ridge in Florida.
Passalus caelatus is a beetle of the Family Passalidae.
Passalus inops is a beetle of the Family Passalidae.
Passalus interruptus is a beetle of the Family Passalidae.
Passalus pugionifer is a beetle of the family Passalidae.
Passalus punctatostriatus is a beetle of the family Passalidae. Mating takes place within galleries of the rotten wood the species lives in.
Passalus spiniger is a beetle of the family Passalidae.
Coccinellidae is a widespread family of small beetles ranging in size from 0.8 to 18 mm (0.03–0.7 in). They are commonly known as ladybugs in North America and ladybirds in Great Britain. Some entomologists prefer the names ladybird beetles or lady beetles as they are not true bugs. Many of the species have conspicuous aposematic colours and patterns, such as red with black spots, that warn potential predators that they are distasteful.
Passalus is a genus of beetles of the family Passalidae.
Listronotus punctiger is a species of underwater weevil in the beetle family Curculionidae. It is found in North America.
Artigasia is a genus of nematodes belonging to the family Hystrignathidae. It was described from the gut caeca of Passalus interstitialis from Escaleras de Jaruco, La Habana Province, and El Pan de Matanzas, Matanzas Province, both in Cuba.
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