The genus Eligmodontia consists of five or six species of South American sigmodontine mice restricted to Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina. Species of Eligmodontia occur along the eastern side of the Andes Mountains, in Patagonia, and in the Chaco thorn forest of South America. They can be found in arid and semiarid habitats and in both high and low elevation areas. These rodents are commonly known as gerbil mice or by their local name lauchas. Sometimes they are also called silky desert mice, highland desert mice or silky-footed mice. The closest living relatives are probably the chaco mice (Andalgalomys), the leaf-eared mice, and Salinomys.
Flower chafers are a group of scarab beetles, comprising the subfamily Cetoniinae. Many species are diurnal and visit flowers for pollen and nectar, or to browse on the petals. Some species also feed on fruit. The group is also called fruit and flower chafers, flower beetles and flower scarabs. There are around 4,000 species, many of them still undescribed.
The Lycidae are a family in the beetle order Coleoptera, members of which are commonly called net-winged beetles. These beetles are cosmopolitan, being found in Nearctic, Palearctic, Neotropical, Afrotropical, Oriental, and Australian ecoregions.
Candalides is a large genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Australasian ecozone.
Propalticidae is a family of beetles, in the suborder Polyphaga. It contains two genera with the following species:
Heliocopris is a genus of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea. Forty-seven of the fifty-two known species are found in Africa, but some are found in southern and southeast Asia.
Callimicra is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:
Paragrilus is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles.
Chrysaspis is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:
Disphericus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Diplognatha is a genus of beetle belonging to the family Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae subfamily.
Gnathocera is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Scarabaeidae.
Smaragdesthes africana is a species of flower beetle belonging to the family Scarabaeidae.
Neoplocaederus is a genus of beetle belonging to the family Cerambycidae.
Sternotomis bohemanni is a species of beetle belonging to the family Cerambycidae.
Ceroplesis is a genus of flat-faced longhorns beetle belonging to the Cerambycidae family, Lamiinae subfamily.
