- of
tarsi and five in the fore and mid-legs (5-5-4), with
simple claws Tenebrionid beetles occupy ecological niches in
mainly deserts and
forests as plant...
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beetles are
adapted to
tolerate high temperatures. For example, the
Tenebrionid beetle Onymacris rugatipennis can
withstand 50°C.
Tiger beetles in hot...
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Polposipus hercule****, the Frégate
Island giant tenebrionid beetle or Frégate beetle, is a
flightless species of
beetle in
family Tenebrionidae. It is...
- Sakamoto,
Hirofumi (2013). "A
third type of
defensive behavior in the
tenebrionid beetle Zophobas atratus pupae".
Journal of
Insect Science. 13 (33): 1–12...
- Pearce-Kelly, P. (2005). "Captive
management of the Frégate
Island giant tenebrionid beetle Polposipus hercule****" (PDF). Phelsuma. 13: 25–43. "Dracaena...
- Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press. Iwan D. 2000.
Ovoviviparity in
tenebrionid beetles of the
melanocratoid Platynotina (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae:...
- woestyntoktokkie, is a
flightless species of desert-dwelling
darkling beetle or
Tenebrionid found along the West
coast of
Namibia and Angola. This
species has a...
- paedomorphosis. T.
lepetzi =
Paranemia bicolor (Ferrer & Yvinec, 2004) a
tenebrionid beetle Zhou, Z.; Webby, B.D.; Yuan, W. (1995). "Ordovician trilobites...
- also has
endemic species including the
flightless Fregate Island giant tenebrionid beetle,
Fregate Island Enid snail, and some
species of millipedes. The...
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success of
tenebrionid beetles in
desert habitats is due to the
development of
impermeable cuticles. The
fused sclerites of
desert tenebrionids minimize...
