Museum-taxonomy

Guides

• Alphitophagus

  Alphitophagus is a genus of darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae) established by Stephens in 1832. The genus has an almost cosmopolitan distribution. The best-known species, A. bifasciatus, is a cosmopolitan pest of stored products and serves as an intermediate host for the poultry cestode Raillietina cesticillus. A. obtusangulus, described from Croatia in 1904, was recently recorded from France and Greece.

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• Cremnops

  Pegasus wasps

  Cremnops is a genus of braconid wasps in the subfamily Agathidinae, commonly called 'Pegasus wasps' due to their distinctive elongated, horse-like head shape. These relatively large braconids (6–10 mm) are known parasitoids of caterpillars in the families Pyralidae and Crambidae. The genus occurs in terrestrial habitats worldwide, with documented species in North America, Europe, Japan, and the Middle East. Thirty-three New World species have been revised, including five described in 2015.

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• Phaneropterinae

  Leaf Katydids, Sickle-bearing Bush Crickets, False Katydids, Round-headed Katydids

  Phaneropterinae is a large subfamily of katydids (family Tettigoniidae) comprising approximately 2,060 species in 85 genera worldwide. Members are commonly known as leaf katydids, sickle-bearing bush crickets, false katydids, or round-headed katydids. The subfamily name derives from the type genus Phaneroptera, meaning 'visible wing,' referring to the exposed tips of the inner wings in many species. The group was first erected by Hermann Burmeister in 1838 and represents one of the most diverse lineages within Tettigoniidae.

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