Rathymus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Suborder: | Adephaga |
Family: | Carabidae |
Genus: | Rathymus Dejean, 1831 |
Rathymus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species: [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 70,000 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.
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.
Helluomorphoides is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Macrocheilus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Carabinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following genera:
Ellipsoptera is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Iresia is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Batoscelis is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Stenomorphus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Tetragonoderus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Diplocheila is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Melaeninae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Carabidae. It contains 23 species in 2 genera:
Orthogoniinae is a subfamily of ground beetles. Occasionally it was treated as a tribe Orthogoniini of subfamily Harpalinae, particularly when this was circumscribed loosely.
Panagaeinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following genera:
Incagonum is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Argutoridius is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Trirammatus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Metius is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Pseudoclivina is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Semiardistomis is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Harpalini is a tribe of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are at least 310 described species in Harpalini.
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