Percus

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Percus
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Percus villae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Adephaga
Family:
Carabidae
Genus:
Percus

Bonelli, 1810

Percus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species: [1]

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 83,000 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.

<i>Percus villae</i> Species of beetle

Percus villae is a species of beetles in the family Carabidae.

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<i>Zabrus</i> Genus of beetles

Zabrus is a genus of ground beetles. They are, unusually for ground beetles, omnivores or even herbivores, and Zabrus tenebrioides can become a pest in cereal fields.

Lepturinae Subfamily of beetles

Lepturinae, the lepturine beetles, is a subfamily of the longhorn beetle family (Cerambycidae), containing about 150 genera worldwide. This lineage is most diverse in the Northern Hemisphere. Until recently the subfamily Necydalinae was included within the lepturines, but this has been recently recognized as a separate subfamily. Nine tribes are usually recognized today, with a tenth, Caraphiini, created in 2016. A few genera are of uncertain placement within the subfamily.

<i>Brachinus</i> genus of insects

Brachinus is a genus of ground beetle native to the Nearctic, Palearctic, the Near East and North Africa. Beetles in this genus are commonly referred to as bombardier beetles. The genus contains the following species:

Licinus is a genus of ground beetles in the Carabidae family native to the Palearctic, the Near East and North Africa. It contains the following species:

Molops is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:

<i>Ophonus</i> genus of insects

Ophonus is a ground beetle genus native to the Palearctic, the Near East, the Nearctic and North Africa. It contains the following species:

Bradycellus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:

Dixus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:

Graniger is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:

Platyderus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:

Ocys is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:

Trachyderini Tribe of beetles

Trachyderini is a tribe of long-horned beetles in the family Cerambycidae. There are at least 140 genera and 650 described species in Trachyderini.

Nebria rubripes is a species of ground beetle in the Nebriinae subfamily that can be found in France and Spain.

Agapanthiini Tribe of beetles

Agapanthiini is a tribe of longhorn beetles of the Lamiinae subfamily.

Eurycephalus is an invalid longhorn beetle generic name first published by the British zoologist John Edward Gray in 1831. It is now considered to be a junior objective synonym of the genus Tapeina established by the French entomologists Amédée Lepeletier and Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville in 1828. Several other organisms were also named Eurycephalus by other zoologists that have since been invalidated. They are listed below with their current accepted name:

Dychophyiini is a tribe of beetles in the subfamily Cerambycinae, containing the following genera:

References

  1. ↑ "Percus Bonelli, 1810". Carabidae of the World. 2011. Retrieved 27 Mar 2012.


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