Biology:Asklepia
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Asklepia is a genus of beetle in the family Carabidae first described by Max Liebke in 1938.[1][2][3] The genus is found in South America, from Colombia south to central Argentina. They measure 2–3.7 mm (0.079–0.146 in).[3]
The genus names refers to the Greek god Asclepius (Asklepios), but the reason for this association is unknown.[3]
Species
Asklepia contains the following twenty-seven species:[2]
- Asklepia adisi Erwin & Zamorano, 2014
- Asklepia asuncionensis Erwin & Zamorano, 2014
- Asklepia biolat Erwin & Zamorano, 2014
- Asklepia bracheia Zamorano & Erwin, 2014
- Asklepia campbellorum Zamorano & Erwin, 2014
- Asklepia cuiabaensis Erwin & Zamorano, 2014
- Asklepia demiti Erwin & Zamorano, 2014
- Asklepia duofos Zamorano & Erwin, 2014
- Asklepia ecuadoriana Erwin & Zamorano, 2014
- Asklepia geminata (Bates, 1871)
- Asklepia grammechrysea Zamorano & Erwin, 2014
- Asklepia hilaris (Bates, 1871)
- Asklepia kathleenae Erwin & Zamorano, 2014
- Asklepia laetitia Zamorano & Erwin, 2014
- Asklepia lebioides (Bates, 1871)
- Asklepia macrops Erwin & Zamorano, 2014
- Asklepia marchantaria Erwin & Zamorano, 2014
- Asklepia marituba Zamorano & Erwin, 2014
- Asklepia matomena Zamorano & Erwin, 2014
- Asklepia pakitza Erwin & Zamorano, 2014
- Asklepia paraguayensis Zamorano & Erwin, 2014
- Asklepia pulchripennis (Bates, 1871)
- Asklepia samiriaensis Zamorano & Erwin, 2014
- Asklepia stalametlitos Zamorano & Erwin, 2014
- Asklepia strandi Liebke, 1938
- Asklepia surinamensis Zamorano & Erwin, 2014
- Asklepia vigilante Erwin & Zamorano, 2014
References
- ↑ Liebke, Max (1938). "Denkschrift über die Carabiden-Tribus Colliurini". Festschrift zum 60. Geburtstage von Professor Dr. Embrik Strand. 4. Riga: Liepājas Burtnieks. pp. 37–141 [113]. https://dspace.lu.lv/handle/7/61205.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Asklepia Liebke, 1938". Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/8KVF4.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Erwin, Terry; Zamorano, Laura S. (2014). "A synopsis of the tribe Lachnophorini, with a new genus of Neotropical distribution and a revision of the Neotropical genus Asklepia Liebke, 1938 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae)". ZooKeys 430: 1–108. doi:10.3897/zookeys.430.8094.
Wikidata ☰ Q4807225 entry
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