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Tethystola minima is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Galileo and Martins in 2001. It is known from Venezuela. [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 80,000 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.
Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and a large number of small islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. The capital and largest urban agglomeration is the city of Caracas. It has a territorial extension of 916,445 km2. The continental territory is bordered on the north by the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Colombia, Brazil on the south, Trinidad and Tobago to the north-east and on the east by Guyana. The Venezuelan government maintains a claim against Guyana to Guayana Esequiba, an area of 159,542 km2. For its maritime areas, Venezuela exercises sovereignty over 71,295 km2 of territorial waters, 22,224 km2 in its contiguous zone, 471,507 km2 of the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean under the concept of exclusive economic zone, and 99,889 km2 of continental shelf. This marine area borders those of 13 states. The country has extremely high biodiversity and is ranked seventh in the world's list of nations with the most number of species. There are habitats ranging from the Andes Mountains in the west to the Amazon basin rain-forest in the south via extensive llanos plains, the Caribbean coast and the Orinoco River Delta in the east.
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Tethystola is a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae, containing the following species:
Tethystola inermis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Galileo and Martins in 2001 and is known to be from Venezuela.
Tethystola unifasciata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Galileo and Martins in 2001. It is known from Peru.
Tethystola brasiliensis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Breuning in 1940. It is known from Brazil.
Tethystola cincta is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Martins and Galileo in 2008. It is known from Bolivia.
Tethystola dispar is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Lameere in 1893. It is known from Venezuela.
Tethystola mutica is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Gaha in 1895. It is known from Grenada, St. Vincent, and Trinidad and Tobago.
Tethystola obliqua is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Thomson in 1868. It is known from Venezuela.
Nepenthes minima is a tropical pitcher plant native to Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. It grows in seasonally dry grasslands at elevations of 1000–1700 m above sea level, and has a number of adaptations to survive wildfires. It is the only pyrophytic Nepenthes species known from outside Indochina and the Philippines.
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