Biology:Promecognathus
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Short description: Genus of beetles
| Promecognathus | |
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| Promecognathus crassus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Tribe: | Promecognathini |
| Genus: | Promecognathus Chaudoir, 1846 |
Promecognathus is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are at least two described species in Promecognathus.[1][2][3][4] Both species of Promecognathus are known to predate upon Xystocheir dissecta, which is a species of flat-backed millipede that produces cyanide as a chemical defense. The beetles do not avoid exposure to the defense, meaning they are likely physically resistant to cyanide. [5]
Species
These two species belong to the genus Promecognathus:
- Promecognathus crassus LeConte, 1868
- Promecognathus laevissimus (Dejean, 1829)
References
- ↑ "Promecognathus Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=109586. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ↑ "Promecognathus". https://www.gbif.org/species/1037143. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ↑ "Promecognathus genus Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/40262. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ↑ Bousquet, Yves (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys (245): 1–1722. doi:10.3897/zookeys.245.3416. PMID 23431087. PMC 3577090. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=4003.
- ↑ Ricciuti, Ed. "These Beetles Withstand Cyanide Blasts to Eat Millipedes". Entomological Society of America. https://entomologytoday.org/2020/09/30/beetles-withstand-cyanide-blasts-eat-millipedes/. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
Further reading
- Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 1: Archostemata - Myxophaga - Adephaga. Apollo Books. 2017. ISBN 978-90-04-33029-0.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q14171949 entry
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