Promecognathus

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Promecognathus
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Promecognathus crassus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Tribe: Promecognathini
Genus: Promecognathus
Chaudoir, 1846

Promecognathus is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are at least two described species in Promecognathus. [1] [2] [3] [4] Both species of Promecognathus are known to predate upon Xystocheir dissecta, which is a species of flat-backed millipede that produces hydrogen cyanide as a chemical defense. The beetles do not avoid exposure to the defense, meaning they are likely physically resistant to hydrogen cyanide. [5]

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Species

These two species belong to the genus Promecognathus:

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References

  1. "Promecognathus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. "Promecognathus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. Bousquet, Yves (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys (245): 1–1722. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.245.3416 . PMC   3577090 . PMID   23431087.
  4. Ricciuti, Ed. "These Beetles Withstand Cyanide Blasts to Eat Millipedes". Entomology Today. Entomological Society of America. Retrieved 1 October 2020.

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