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page 1Beetles described in 1796
Stenus
Stenus is a genus of semiaquatic rove beetles in the subfamily Steninae, and one of the largest genera in the kingdom Animalia, with some 3100 known species worldwide (only the beetle genus Agrilus is comparable in size). They are predators of Collembola and other small arthropods. Adults have a protrusible labium with a sticky tip used in prey capture. To overcome the rapid escape of Collembola, the labium is protruded at high speed (1-3 ms in Stenus comma) by hemolymph pressure, and immediately withdrawn (withdrawn in 30-40 ms in Stenus comma), pulling the prey within the range of the mandib
Aderus populneus
species of insect
Donacia semicuprea
species of beetle
Pterostichus vernalis
species of insect
Mordellistena neuwaldeggiana
species of beetle
Ilybius chalconatus
species of insect
Agonum viduum
species of insect
Pleurophorus caesus
species of insect
Amara eurynota
species of insect
Agonum impressum
species of insect
Pterostichus strenuus
species of insect
Bembidion doris
species of insect
Pterostichus aethiops
species of insect
Amara (Curtonotus) convexiuscula
species of insect
Drypta
thumb| Drypta dentata
Drypta is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae.
Harpalus hirtipes
species of insect
Paranchus albipes
species of insect
Amara torrida
species of insect
Amphimallon fuscum
species of beetle
Harpalus griseus
species of insect
Hadrobregmus denticollis
species of beetle
Ophonus sabulicola
species of insect
Gonotropis dorsalis
species of insect