Anthonomus is a genus of weevils. This genus includes major agricultural pests such as the boll weevil, strawberry blossom weevil, and pepper weevil, as well as promising biological pest control agents such as Anthonomus santacruzi.
Pyrophorus is a genus of click beetle. They are one of several genera in the tribe Pyrophorini, all of which are bioluminescent. Their bioluminescence is similar to that of another group of beetles, the fireflies, although click beetles do not flash, but remain constantly glowing. They have two luminescent spots at the posterior corners of the pronotum, and another brighter spot in the dorsal region of the abdomen. This spot is even brighter and can only be seen when in flight. Bioluminescent click beetles are found throughout tropical, subtropical and temperate America. Species from Texas, Florida, and Cuba are now in different genera in the tribe Pyrophorini, such as Deilelater.
Geotrupes is a genus of earth-boring scarab beetles in the family Geotrupidae. There are at least 30 described species in Geotrupes.
The Lasiocampinae are a subfamily of the moth family Lasiocampidae. The subfamily was described by Thaddeus William Harris in 1841.
Otiorhynchus is a large genus of weevils in the family Curculionidae. Many species of the genus, particularly the black vine weevil and the strawberry root weevil, are important pests, both as larvae and as adults. Larvae feed on plant roots. Adults are flightless with fused elytra and feed at night on plant foliage. In many species of the genus at least some races are polyploid and parthenogenetic, while the rest of the races and species are diploid and bisexual. Otiorhynchus weevils, particularly O. scaber, have been a popular subject for studies of the evolution of parthenogenesis. The genus is native to the Palearctic region. However, sixteen species were inadvertently introduced to North America and have become widespread there.
Anisodactylus is a genus of ground beetle native to the Palearctic, the Near East and North Africa. It contains the following species:
Perleidiformes are an extinct order of prehistoric ray-finned fish
Dicerca is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:
Buprestites is a fossil genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:
Barypus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Promocoderus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Pyrearinus is a genus of click beetle.
Necterosoma is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae, containing the following species:
Neoclytus is a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae, containing the following species:
Ambonus is a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae, containing the following species:
Helops is a genus of darkling beetles in the subfamily Tenebrioninae.
Dorytomus is a genus of weevils belonging the family Curculionidae and subfamily Curculioninae. It was first described by the German entomologist, Ernst Friedrich Germar in 1817.
Oxytelus is a genus of spiny-legged rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are more than 50 described species in Oxytelus.
Prosternon is a genus of click beetles belonging to the family Elateridae.
Deilelater is a genus of click beetle. They are one of several genera in the tribe Pyrophorini, all of which are bioluminescent. Most of the species were formerly in the genus Pyrophorus.
