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Sphaerocoris annulus can reach a length of about 15 millimetres (0.59 in). [2] [3] The basic color is green, with eleven ring-shaped spots on the scutellum.The colors and the design of these bugs represent a warning to predators.
They are subsocial (brood caring) beetles that live in groups within rotting logs or stumps. [2] The beetles will excavate tunnel systems within rotting wood where the females then lay their eggs. [3] They care for their young by preparing food for them and helping the larvae construct the pupal case.
C. bicolorata is a small lead beetle with a brown head, brown and yellow graduated pronotum and yellow elytra marked with characteristic elongated brown stripes. The pattern on the elytra is greatly variable - in a study of 478 beetles, 29 variations on this pattern were identified.
In the genus Chrysolina, C. fastuosa is classified as the only member of the monotypic subgenus Fastuolina, proposed by Warchałowski in 1991.Some authors consider the name "Fastuolina" to be an unavailable name under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, so the new name Fasta was proposed for the subgenus by Petitpierre and Alonso-Zarazaga in 2019.
The Curculionidae are a family of weevils, commonly called snout beetles or true weevils. They are one of the largest animal families with 6,800 genera and 83,000 [ 1 ] species described worldwide. They are the sister group to the family Brentidae .
Cypherotylus californicus, known commonly as the blue fungus beetle or blue pleasing fungus beetle, is a species of pleasing fungus beetle in the family Erotylidae. It is recorded from Wyoming , Colorado , New Mexico , Arizona , California , Kansas in the United States, and the Mexican state of Sonora . [ 1 ]
Due to the large variety of darkling beetle species in the Namib Desert, different beetles from the region have been confused with each other. Such is the case with Onymacris unguicularis and Stenocara gracilipes , which in non-scientific literature have both been called the “fog-basking beetle.”
Melolonthinae is a subfamily of the scarab beetles (family Scarabaeidae). It is a very diverse group; distributed over most of the world, it contains over 11,000 species in over 750 genera. [ 1 ] Some authors include the scarab subfamilies Euchirinae and Pachypodinae as tribes in the Melolonthinae.
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