Biology:Semiotus ligneus
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Short description: Species of beetle
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| Semiotus ligneus (Linnaeus, 1763)
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Semiotus ligneus is a species of click beetle from Central and South America.[1]
It grows to a total length of 15–44 millimetres (0.6–1.7 in),[1] and is 3.7–4.2 times as long as it is wide.[2] The larvae are 27 mm (1.1 in) long.[2] It closely resembles seed sheaths, which provides it with effective camouflage.[3]
S. ligneus is the most frequently collected species in the genus Semiotus.[2] Its closest relative is Semiotus serraticornis.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Maria Helena Parreira & Sônia A. Casari (2004). "Morphology of three Brazilian species of Semiotus (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Semiotinae)". Iheringia. Zoology 94 (3): 285–294. doi:10.1590/S0073-47212004000300011. http://www.scielo.br/pdf/isz/v94n3/22881.pdf.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Samuel A. Wells (2007). "Revision of the Neotropical click beetle genus Semiotus Eschscholtz (Coleoptera: Elateridae)". Contributions in Science (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County) 514: 1–114. http://www.nhm.org/site/sites/default/files/pdf/contrib_science/CS514.pdf.
- ↑ Mary Blair Beebe, C. William Beebe (1910). "A gold mine in the wilderness". Our Search for a Wilderness. An account of two ornithological expeditions to Venezuela and to British Guiana. Henry Holt and Company. pp. 165–213. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21799779#page/218/mode/1up.
Wikidata ☰ Q2227309 entry
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