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Genus Etorofus
Cerambycid beetle antennae that sting - check this out!
A true sting apparatus, until recently known only in Scorpions and Aculeata, has been discovered in a third group.
The first known case of a cerambycid beetle using its antennae "to inject a secretion that causes cutaneous and subcutaneous inflammation in humans", reported in the article "Convergent evolution in the antennae of a cerambycid beetle, Onychocerus albitarsis , and the sting of a scorpion", by Amy Berkov, Nelson Rodriguez, and Pedro Centeno, has just been published online Nov. 15, 2007, by SpringerLink. The above link is to the abstract of the article. In case you cannot access the full article, you may contact me per e-mail.
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Cerambycids.com
Check out for a load of images of longhorned beetles. Granted, some of the images are of non-North American species, but it could still be a place to go to get in the ballpark for species needing IDs.
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Lawrence J.F., et al. (1995-2005) Elateriformia (Coleoptera) larvae: descriptions, illustrations, identification...
[cite:747404]
Full citation: Lawrence J.F., Hastings A.M., Dallwitz M.J., Paine T.A., Zurcher E.J. 1995 onwards. Elateriformia (Coleoptera) larvae: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval for families and subfamilies. Version: 9th October 2005.
Contributed by v belov on 26 February, 2013 - 1:36pm |
Lawrence J.F., et al. (2000-2005) Elateriformia (Coleoptera): descriptions, illustrations, identification...
[cite:506954]
Full citation: Lawrence J.F., Hastings A.M., Dallwitz M.J., Paine T.A., Zurcher E.J. 2000 onwards. Elateriformia (Coleoptera): descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval for families and subfamilies. Version: 9th October 2005
Contributed by v belov on 18 April, 2011 - 6:07pm |
Ciegler J.C. (2014) South Carolina beetles
[cite:928719]
Contributed by v belov on 30 May, 2014 - 11:43am |
Checklist of Coleoptera Known from Great Smoky Mountains National Park
[cite:899594
GSMNP beetle species count (as of 11 February 2013) is 2,522.
Information contained on the Excel spreadsheet includes, family, subfamily (in part), genus and species, a comment line, source(s) of the record, and references to publications dealing with GSMNP beetles.
Prepared by:
The Coleoptera Taxonomic Working Group (TWIG) at the Louisiana State Arthropod Museum (LSAM)
Christopher Carlton, TWIG Coordinator
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 10 March, 2014 - 9:43am |
List of Coleoptera Collected in Latimer County, Oklahoma by Karl Stephan (2002)
[cite:899478
List of more than 3,500 beetle species collected in Latimer Co., OK (76 pg. PDF)
Ed Riley compiled the original version of this list during the years 2000-2002 as Karl Heinz Stephan (1931-2005) donated sections of his beetle collection to the TAMUIC in College Station, Texas.
In 2014, Mike Quinn began updating the taxa into the list's present form. Most of his changes are denoted within brackets in the notes column. The majority of the list has been proofread, but numerous spelling and taxonomic errors no doubt remain, particularly in the latter section of the list.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 9 March, 2014 - 4:33pm |
Nearns E.H., Redford A.J., Walters T., Miller K.B. (2014) A resource for wood boring beetles of the world
[cite:880837]
Contributed by v belov on 2 January, 2014 - 11:17am |
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