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1 It's All Geek to Me: Translating Names Of
IT’S ALL GEEK TO ME: TRANSLATING NAMES OF INSECTARIUM ARTHROPODS Prof. J. Phineas Michaelson, O.M.P. U.S. Biological and Geological Survey of the Territories Central Post Office, Denver City, Colorado Territory [or Year 2016 c/o Kallima Consultants, Inc., PO Box 33084, Northglenn, CO 80233-0084] ABSTRACT Kids today! Why don’t they know the basics of Greek and Latin? Either they don’t pay attention in class, or in many cases schools just don’t teach these classic languages of science anymore. For those who are Latin and Greek-challenged, noted (fictional) Victorian entomologist and explorer, Prof. J. Phineas Michaelson, will present English translations of the scientific names that have been given to some of the popular common arthropods available for public exhibits. This paper will explore how species get their names, as well as a brief look at some of the naturalists that named them. INTRODUCTION Our education system just isn’t what it used to be. Classic languages such as Latin and Greek are no longer a part of standard curriculum. Unfortunately, this puts modern students of science at somewhat of a disadvantage compared to our predecessors when it comes to scientific names. In the insectarium world, Latin and Greek names are used for the arthropods that we display, but for most young entomologists, these words are just a challenge to pronounce and lack meaning. Working with arthropods, we all know that Entomology is the study of these animals. Sounding similar but totally different, Etymology is the study of the origin of words, and the history of word meaning. -
The Stag Beetle Lucanus Cervus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) Found in Norway
© Norwegian Journal of Entomology. 5 June 2009 The stag beetle Lucanus cervus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) found in Norway GÖRAN E. NILSSON, EMIL ROSSELAND & KARL ERIK ZACHARIASSEN Nilsson, G. E., Rosseland, E. & Zachariassen, K.E. 2009. The stag beetle Lucanus cervus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) found in Norway. Norw. J. Entomol. 56, 9–12. A 35 mm long male specimen of the stag beetle Lucanus cervus (Linnaeus, 1758) was found at Øynesvann, AAY, in the early 1980ies. The specimen was sitting on the stump of a cut oak tree. The specimen has been kept well preserved in a small insect collection on a farm in the area since it was collected. The species is likely to have been overlooked in Norway. The explanation for this may be the fact that the forest area where the beetle was found is large, sparsely populated and poorly investigated. Another explaining factor is the fact that the biology of the species makes the beetles hard to find even in areas with good populations. Keywords: Stag beetle, Lucanus cervus, Lucanidae, Coleoptera, Norway Göran E. Nilsson, Physiology Programme, Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Oslo, PO Box 1041, NO-0316 Oslo, Norway. E-mail: [email protected] Emil Rosseland, Grønnestølvn. 8, NO-5073 Bergen, Norway. E-mail: [email protected] Karl Erik Zachariassen, Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway. E-mail: [email protected] Introduction Bugge near Arendal. Since no specimen exists, even this claim has been considered too uncertain Several sources have indicated that the stag beetle to justify the listing of the stag beetle as occurring Lucanus cervus (Linnaeus, 1758) occurs in Norway. -
A Passion for Rhinoceros and Stag Beetles in Japan
SCARABS CZ CN MNCHEM, NBYS QCFF WIGY. Occasional Issue Number 67 Print ISSN 1937-8343 Online ISSN 1937-8351 September, 2011 A Passion for Rhinoceros and Stag Beetles WITHIN THIS ISSUE in Japan Dynastid and Lucanid Enthusiasm in Japan ........ 1 by Kentaro Miwa University of Nebraska-Lincoln Bug People XXIV ........... 10 Department of Entomology In Past Years XLVI ......... 11 [email protected] Guatemala Scarabs IV ... 20 BACK ISSUES Available At These Sites: Coleopterists Society www.coleopsoc.org/de- fault.asp?Action=Show_ Resources&ID=Scarabs University of Nebraska A large population of the general public in Japan enjoys collecting and www-museum.unl.edu/ rearing insects. Children are exposed to insects at early ages because their research/entomology/ parents are interested in insects. My son went on his first collecting trip Scarabs-Newsletter.htm on a cool day in March in Nebraska when he was four months old. EDITORS I am from Shizuoka, Japan. I am currently pursuing my Ph.D in En- Rich Cunningham tomology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and studying biology [email protected] and applied ecology of insets in cropping systems. Among many insect Olivier Décobert taxa I am interested in, dynastines and lucanids are my favorite groups. [email protected] I have enjoyed collecting and rearing these beetles throughout my life. Barney Streit I began collecting beetles with my parents and grandparents when barneystreit@hotmail. com I was two years old. When I was about six, I learned to successfully rear some Japanese species. Since I came to the United States, I have been enjoying working with American species. -
Acari: Heterostigmata: Pygmephoroidea) Associated with Lucanus Ibericus (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) Sarina Seyedein, Vahid Rahiminejad, Ahmad Nadimi
Two new species of microdispid mites (Acari: Heterostigmata: Pygmephoroidea) associated with Lucanus ibericus (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) Sarina Seyedein, Vahid Rahiminejad, Ahmad Nadimi To cite this version: Sarina Seyedein, Vahid Rahiminejad, Ahmad Nadimi. Two new species of microdispid mites (Acari: Heterostigmata: Pygmephoroidea) associated with Lucanus ibericus (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Ac- arologia, Acarologia, 2020, 60 (3), pp.595-606. 10.24349/acarologia/20204388. hal-02928655 HAL Id: hal-02928655 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02928655 Submitted on 2 Sep 2020 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, lished or not. The documents may come from émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de teaching and research institutions in France or recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires abroad, or from public or private research centers. publics ou privés. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution| 4.0 International License Acarologia A quarterly journal of acarology, since 1959 Publishing on all aspects of the Acari All information: http://www1.montpellier.inra.fr/CBGP/acarologia/ [email protected] Acarologia is proudly non-profit, with no page charges and free open access Please help us maintain this system by encouraging your institutes to subscribe to the print version -
FAMILY LUCANIDAE (Stag Beetles)
FAMILY LUCANIDAE (Stag beetles) J. McNamara This family includes 14 species in Canada. The larvae of all species breed in or beneath the decaying wood of logs or stumps and therefore are of little economic importance. The adults are believed to feed on honeydew or on sap from leaves and trees. They lay their eggs in bark crevices, especially near the roots. The adults are attracted to lights and are most commonly found in wooded areas. One species is found on sandy beaches. The stag beetle Lucanus capreolus is often called the "Pinching Bug" because of the male's enlarged mandibles. Howden and Lawrence (1974) published a key of the North American genera and since the genera occurring in Canada include few species, specific identification is relatively easy. YK (1); NT (2); BC (7); AB (2); SK (2); MB (3); ON (8); PQ (5); NB (2); NS (3); NF (1) Subfamily SYNDESINAE Tribe Sinodendrini Genus SINODENDRON Hellwig S. rugosum Mannerheim - - - BC - - - - - - - - - - Tribe Ceruchini Genus CERUCHUS MacLeay C. piceus (Weber) - - - - - - MB ON PQ - NS - - - balbi (Castelnau) virginiensis Casey C. punctatus LeConte - - - BC - - - - - - - - - - C. striatus LeConte - - - BC - - - - - - - - - - Subfamily NICAGINAE Tribe Nicagini Genus NICAGUS LeConte N. obscurus (LeConte) - - - - - - - ON PQ - - - - - Subfamily LUCANINAE Tribe Lucanini Genus LUCANUS Scopoli (Subgenus LUCANUS s.str.) L. elaphus Fabricius - - - - - - - ON - - - - - - carlengi Angell (Subgenus PSEUDOLUCANUS Hope & Westwood) L. capreolus (Linné) - - - - - - - ON - - - - - - dama Fabricius muticus Thunberg nigricephalus (Benesh) trigonus Thunberg L. placidus Say - - - - - - - ON - - - - - - lentus Castelnau Tribe Dorcini Genus DORCUS MacLeay D. parallelus (Say) - - - - - - - ON PQ - - - - - carnochani Angell costatus LeConte nanus Casey oblongus (Charpentier) voeti (Schonherr) Tribe Platycerini Genus PLATYCEROPSIS Benesh P. -
Divergence in Gut Bacterial Community Among Life Stages of the Rainbow Stag Beetle Phalacrognathus Muelleri (Coleoptera: Lucanidae)
insects Article Divergence in Gut Bacterial Community Among Life Stages of the Rainbow Stag Beetle Phalacrognathus muelleri (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) 1,2, 1,2, 1,2, Miaomiao Wang y, Xingjia Xiang y and Xia Wan * 1 School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China; [email protected] (M.W.); [email protected] (X.X.) 2 Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecosystem Protection and Restoration, Hefei 230601, China * Correspondence: [email protected] These authors contributed equally to this article. y Received: 19 September 2020; Accepted: 17 October 2020; Published: 21 October 2020 Simple Summary: Phalacrognathus muelleri is naturally distributed in Queensland (Australia) and New Guinea, and this species can be successfully bred under artificial conditions. In this study, we compared gut bacterial community structure among different life stages. There were dramatic shifts in gut bacterial community structure between larvae and adults, which was probably shaped by their diet. The significant differences between early instar and final instars larvae suggested that certain life stages are associated with a defined gut bacterial community. Our results contribute to a better understanding of the potential role of gut microbiota in a host’s growth and development, and the data will benefit stag beetle conservation in artificial feeding conditions. Abstract: Although stag beetles are popular saprophytic insects, there are few studies about their gut bacterial community. This study focused on the gut bacterial community structure of the rainbow stag beetle (i.e., Phalacrognathus muelleri) in its larvae (three instars) and adult stages, using high throughput sequencing (Illumina Miseq). Our aim was to compare the gut bacterial community structure among different life stages. -
Meeting Stag Beetles (Key Stage 2)
Meeting Stag Beetles (Key Stage 2) Deborah Harvey The stag beetle’s life cycle The stag beetle, or Lucanus cervus to give it its proper scientifi c name, is Britain’s largest terrestrial or land-living beetle. It is also sometimes known as a thunder beetle, or a “Billywitch”. Many of us know what the male looks like with its large antlers and chestnut colour, but what not so many people know is that the numbers of stag beetles are falling. We are not sure why the numbers are falling but probably it is because of changes in climate and the fact that people no longer leave rotting wood around, an essential part of the life cycle of the stag beetle. Stag beetle eggs Eggs are laid by the female in or near rotting wood in late summer. They are about 3mm long. They hatch out 2-3 weeks later as tiny larvae. Stag beetle larva (or grub) The stag beetle larva is cream with an orange head and orange legs (3 pairs like the adult), and has small brown antlers. It lives in rotten wood, which it eats. It takes up to 6 years to reach full size (approx. 8 cm), shedding its skin fi ve times as it grows. Pupa After 6 years, the larva leaves the wood and makes a ‘cocoon’ in the soil. Next it turns into a pupa. This happens in late summer or autumn and lasts a few weeks. Then the fully grown beetle emerges but it stays under the ground until the next summer when it comes out as an adult. -
© 2016 David Paul Moskowitz ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
© 2016 David Paul Moskowitz ALL RIGHTS RESERVED THE LIFE HISTORY, BEHAVIOR AND CONSERVATION OF THE TIGER SPIKETAIL DRAGONFLY (CORDULEGASTER ERRONEA HAGEN) IN NEW JERSEY By DAVID P. MOSKOWITZ A dissertation submitted to the Graduate School-New Brunswick Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey In partial fulfillment of the requirements For the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Graduate Program in Entomology Written under the direction of Dr. Michael L. May And approved by _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ New Brunswick, New Jersey January, 2016 ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION THE LIFE HISTORY, BEHAVIOR AND CONSERVATION OF THE TIGER SPIKETAIL DRAGONFLY (CORDULEGASTER ERRONEA HAGEN) IN NEW JERSEY by DAVID PAUL MOSKOWITZ Dissertation Director: Dr. Michael L. May This dissertation explores the life history and behavior of the Tiger Spiketail dragonfly (Cordulegaster erronea Hagen) and provides recommendations for the conservation of the species. Like most species in the genus Cordulegaster and the family Cordulegastridae, the Tiger Spiketail is geographically restricted, patchily distributed with its range, and a habitat specialist in habitats susceptible to disturbance. Most Cordulegastridae species are also of conservation concern and the Tiger Spiketail is no exception. However, many aspects of the life history of the Tiger Spiketail and many other Cordulegastridae are poorly understood, complicating conservation strategies. In this dissertation, I report the results of my research on the Tiger Spiketail in New Jersey. The research to investigate life history and behavior included: larval and exuvial sampling; radio- telemetry studies; marking-resighting studies; habitat analyses; observations of ovipositing females and patrolling males, and the presentation of models and insects to patrolling males. -
Observation of Female Stag Beetle Lucanus Cervus on a Freshly Cut Stump Maria Fremlin, [email protected]
36 OBSERVATIon OF FEMALE STAG BeeTLE Lucanus cervus on A FRESHLY CUT STUMP Maria Fremlin, [email protected] One day in June 2009, while cycling along Maldon Road, Colchester, I noticed that a big false-acacia tree, Robinia pseudoacacia, was missing from a front garden, TL986243. Cutting a tree is big news in a stag beetle hotspot, which is where I happen to live, so late one afternoon when returning from our allotment I stopped to take photos, starting with the general aspect, Figure 1. As I approached the stump, camera at the ready, I saw a female stag beetle, Lucanus cervus, walking on top of it and then disappearing into a gap in the bark, see Figures 2 & 3. I could not have timed it better - these photos were 5 seconds apart. This was a most exciting observation because it supports my hypothesis that stag beetle females are very quick to colonise freshly cut stumps (Fremlin, 2009). L. cervus in the UK is currently Figure 1: False-acacia stump in a front garden classified as “Nationally Scarce drive, 26 June 2009. Note the darker wood which surrounds the cavity. Category B”; it is a saproxylic species. Photo: Maria Fremlin Saproxylic organisms are species which are involved in or dependent on the process of fungal decay of wood, or on the products of that decay, and which are associated with living as well as dead trees (Alexander, 2008). Stag beetle females seem to be very opportunistic in their choices judging from the great variety of places where their larvae have been found: stumps, logs, fence posts, woodchips, railway sleepers, compost, horse manure, etc. -
Delaware's Wildlife Species of Greatest Conservation Need
CHAPTER 1 DELAWARE’S WILDLIFE SPECIES OF GREATEST CONSERVATION NEED CHAPTER 1: Delaware’s Wildlife Species of Greatest Conservation Need Contents Introduction ................................................................................................................................................... 7 Regional Context ........................................................................................................................................... 7 Delaware’s Animal Biodiversity .................................................................................................................... 10 State of Knowledge of Delaware’s Species ................................................................................................... 10 Delaware’s Wildlife and SGCN - presented by Taxonomic Group .................................................................. 11 Delaware’s 2015 SGCN Status Rank Tier Definitions................................................................................. 12 TIER 1 .................................................................................................................................................... 13 TIER 2 .................................................................................................................................................... 13 TIER 3 .................................................................................................................................................... 13 Mammals .................................................................................................................................................... -
The Stag Beetle Lucanus Cervus (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) in Art and Mythology
View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by I-Revues THE STAG BEETLE LUCANUS CERVUS (COLEOPTERA, LUCANIDAE) IN ART AND MYTHOLOGY 1 Eva SPRECHER-UEBERSAX RÉSUMÉ. — Le Lucane cerf-volant Lucanus cervus (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) dans l’art et la mytholo- gie. — Connu en Europe depuis l’Antiquité, Lucanus cervus, le plus grand Coléoptère européen, a de tout temps captivé l’imagination et fasciné l’humanité. Les premières sources écrites dans lesquelles il est men- tionné remontent à la Grèce ancienne et les dernières sont de très récentes peintures de lucanes mâles du 21e siècle, ce qui démontre une remarquable durée de l’intérêt porté à cet insecte charismatique. La popularité du Lucane repose non seulement sur les légendes mythologiques mais aussi sur ses pouvoirs magiques. Au cours du temps, il s’est lentement débarrassé de la signifi cation symbolique qui lui avait été assignée pour prendre une fonction descriptive et décorative, devenant au fi nal le sujet favori de beaucoup d’artistes. Par son aptitude à stimuler l’imagination populaire et à jouer une variété de rôles, le Lucane apparaît même dans les illustrations satiriques. Il est inscrit au répertoire décoratif de l’Art Nouveau sur les porcelaines, les bijoux, les timbres et une variété de biens de consommation. Mots-clés: Coléoptères, Lucanus cervus, art, mythologie. SUMMARY. — Lucanus cervus, the largest European beetle, has incessantly captured the imagination and fascination of mankind and has been known in Europe since the antiquity. The fi rst written sources, in which it is mentioned, appear in ancient Greece and the last are very recent paintings of male stag beetles from the 21st century, demonstrating a very impressive span for this charismatic beetle. -
Biodiversity and Coarse Woody Debris in Southern Forests Proceedings of the Workshop on Coarse Woody Debris in Southern Forests: Effects on Biodiversity
Biodiversity and Coarse woody Debris in Southern Forests Proceedings of the Workshop on Coarse Woody Debris in Southern Forests: Effects on Biodiversity Athens, GA - October 18-20,1993 Biodiversity and Coarse Woody Debris in Southern Forests Proceedings of the Workhop on Coarse Woody Debris in Southern Forests: Effects on Biodiversity Athens, GA October 18-20,1993 Editors: James W. McMinn, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Athens, GA, and D.A. Crossley, Jr., University of Georgia, Athens, GA Sponsored by: U.S. Department of Energy, Savannah River Site, and the USDA Forest Service, Savannah River Forest Station, Biodiversity Program, Aiken, SC Conducted by: USDA Forest Service, Southem Research Station, Asheville, NC, and University of Georgia, Institute of Ecology, Athens, GA Preface James W. McMinn and D. A. Crossley, Jr. Conservation of biodiversity is emerging as a major goal in The effects of CWD on biodiversity depend upon the management of forest ecosystems. The implied harvesting variables, distribution, and dynamics. This objective is the conservation of a full complement of native proceedings addresses the current state of knowledge about species and communities within the forest ecosystem. the influences of CWD on the biodiversity of various Effective implementation of conservation measures will groups of biota. Research priorities are identified for future require a broader knowledge of the dimensions of studies that should provide a basis for the conservation of biodiversity, the contributions of various ecosystem biodiversity when interacting with appropriate management components to those dimensions, and the impact of techniques. management practices. We thank John Blake, USDA Forest Service, Savannah In a workshop held in Athens, GA, October 18-20, 1993, River Forest Station, for encouragement and support we focused on an ecosystem component, coarse woody throughout the workshop process.