New-world-fauna
Guides
Neobisnius
Neobisnius is a genus of large rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae, established by Ganglbauer in 1895. The genus contains at least 39 recognized species in the New World, with additional species known from the Palearctic region. Species-level taxonomy has been extensively revised, with numerous synonymies resolved and subspecies recognized in some taxa.
Sparganothini
Sparganothini is a tribe of tortrix moths (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Tortricinae) containing approximately 20 genera distributed primarily in the New World. The tribe includes economically significant species and has been the subject of multiple systematic revisions. Greatest species richness occurs at middle elevations (500–1500 m) in Central and South America. Several genera have been extensively studied, including Amorbia (29 species), Sparganothoides (32 species), and Amorbimorpha (at least 12 species, with 2 formally described).
Taphrocerus
Taphrocerus is a genus of metallic wood-boring beetles (family Buprestidae) comprising over 190 described species, predominantly distributed across North, Central, and South America. One anomalous species has been described from South Africa. Members are commonly referred to as "sedgie wedgies" among coleopterists due to their frequent association with sedges and related wetland plants. The genus exhibits leaf-mining larval biology, with larvae developing within the leaf tissue of host plants.