| Trypocopris pyrenaeus | |
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| Trypocopris pyrenaeus, museum specimen | |
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| Species: | T. pyrenaeus |
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| Trypocopris pyrenaeus (Charpentier, 1825) | |
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Trypocopris pyrenaeus is a species of dor beetles. [1]
This species is present in Andorra, British Islands, Bulgaria, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Spain and Portugal. [2]
Trypocopris pyrenaeus can reach a length of 12–26 millimetres (0.47–1.02 in). [3] These beetles are blackish, with green, blue and violet glare. The elytra are shiny and rather smooth, without any striae. The dark eyltra show no infrared reflectance. [4] The pronotum is a little punctured. [5]
Adults can be found from spring to summer. These beetles are coprophagus, occasionally mycophagous. [3] They usually carry to the nest portions of animal droppings, on which the females will deposit the eggs. [6]
Infrared is electromagnetic radiation (EMR) with wavelengths longer than that of visible light but shorter than microwaves. The infrared spectral band begins with waves that are just longer than those of red light, so IR is invisible to the human eye. IR is generally understood to include wavelengths from around 750 nm (400 THz) to 1 mm (300 GHz). IR is commonly divided between longer-wavelength thermal IR, emitted from terrestrial sources, and shorter-wavelength IR or near-IR, part of the solar spectrum. Longer IR wavelengths (30–100 μm) are sometimes included as part of the terahertz radiation band. Almost all black-body radiation from objects near room temperature is in the IR band. As a form of electromagnetic radiation, IR carries energy and momentum, exerts radiation pressure, and has properties corresponding to both those of a wave and of a particle, the photon.
Infrared spectroscopy is the measurement of the interaction of infrared radiation with matter by absorption, emission, or reflection. It is used to study and identify chemical substances or functional groups in solid, liquid, or gaseous forms. It can be used to characterize new materials or identify and verify known and unknown samples. The method or technique of infrared spectroscopy is conducted with an instrument called an infrared spectrometer which produces an infrared spectrum. An IR spectrum can be visualized in a graph of infrared light absorbance on the vertical axis vs. frequency, wavenumber or wavelength on the horizontal axis. Typical units of wavenumber used in IR spectra are reciprocal centimeters, with the symbol cm−1. Units of IR wavelength are commonly given in micrometers, symbol μm, which are related to the wavenumber in a reciprocal way. A common laboratory instrument that uses this technique is a Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometer. Two-dimensional IR is also possible as discussed below.
Buprestidae is a family of beetles known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles because of their glossy iridescent colors. Larvae of this family are known as flatheaded borers. The family is among the largest of the beetles, with some 15,500 species known in 775 genera. In addition, almost 100 fossil species have been described.
Abax is a genus of carabid beetles.
Ptinus is a genus of beetles distributed throughout much of the world, including Africa, the Australian region, the Palearctic, the Near East, the Nearctic, and the Neotropical realm. It is a member of the subfamily Ptininae, the spider beetles.
Carabus scabrosus, common name huge violet ground beetle, is a species of beetle of the family Carabidae.
Chrysochroa buqueti, the red speckled jewel beetle, is a Southeast Asian species of beetle in the Buprestidae family and tribe Chrysochroini. It is found for example in Borneo and Malaysia.
Chrysochroa edwardsii is a beetle of the Buprestidae family.
Sternocera aequisignata is a species of jewel beetles belonging to the subfamily Julodinae. Its bright metallic green elytra are frequently used in jewellery making.
Chlorocala africana is a species of flower beetle belonging to the family Scarabaeidae.
Lampetis fastuosa is a jewel beetle of the family Buprestidae.
Semiotus imperialis is a species of beetle belonging to the family Elateridae from South America.
Carabus pyrenaeus is a species of ground beetle in the Iniopachus subgenus, that can be found in Andorra, France, and Spain.
Tetralobus flabellicornis, the Giant Acacia Click Beetle, is a species of click beetle belonging to the family Elateridae.
Acanthocnemus nigricans is a species of cleroid beetle, the only species in the genus Acanthocnemus and the family Acanthocnemidae. Originally native to Australia, the species has spread in modern times to numerous parts of the world, including Europe, Africa, India and Southeast Asia. The insects are pyrophilous, congregating around areas of recently burned wood, being attracted to chemicals found in wood smoke. They have specialised infrared receptors located on the thorax close to the head, used to detect heat. Their life cycle is poorly understood, though mating and egg-laying likely occurs within ash. The larvae are possibly saprophagous.
Bombus pyrenaeus is a species of bumblebee. It is native to Europe, where it occurs in Andorra, Austria, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, and Ukraine. Its German-language common name is Pyrenäenhummel. It is a common species, becoming abundant in some areas.
Trypocopris vernalis, known sometimes by the common name spring dumbledor or spring dor beetle, is a type of dung beetle. The beetle has a black color that shows nearly no reflectance in the near infrared part of the spectrum. The larva of Trypocopris vernalis feeds on dung of animals such as sheep and red foxes.
Trypocopris is a genus of earth-boring dung beetles.
Luperus is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetle belonging to the family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Galerucinae.
