New Parandrinae from Solomon Islands

Melanesiandra barclayi Santos-Silva Melanesiandra barclayi Santos-Silva

New species of Melzerella from Santa Cruz Bolivia

Melzerella monnei Wappes & Lingafelter 2011 Zootaxa 2805 Melzerella monnei Wappes & Lingafelter 2011 Zootaxa 2805

Two new species of Stenandra from Asia

Stenandra saitoae Komiya & Santos-Silva 2011 Zookeys 103 Stenandra saitoae Komiya & Santos-Silva 2011 Zookeys 103

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Welcome to Coleop-Terra

Coleop-Terra 2011 renders homage to diversity of nature, incarnated by beetles. What makes beetles so exciting? Even experienced beetle taxonomists, often very focused on specific taxa, are impressed when they settle back and get an overview of another beetle group. Scarabs, longhorn-, and jewel beetles are large, striking, comparable easy to study and to photograph. Because they share exaggerated traits such as prolonged horns or antennae, some species are well-studied models for mating selection and evolution.

The author at the foot of the vulcano Arenal, Costa Rica The author at the foot of the vulcano Arenal, Costa Rica

The gallery shows representative and rarely seen longhorn-, jewel-, and scarab beetles.

If available, additional informations and references regarding biology and evolutionary aspects of figured species will be provided. This is an ongoing process, newly added informations will be announced in the main page. Biogeographical overviews and interactive keys of the longhorn genus Batocera and established Bolivian beetle indicator groups for biodiversity are currently in preparation.  At the right side newly described species will be introduced.  When you are interested in contributing to the development of this web page or you have a request, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with me. Further identification of  undetermined specimens would be particularly appreciated.

Humberto Lezama, the author (Robert Perger), Gino Nearns and Will Edelmann in the Museo de Insectos (UCR) Costa Rica Humberto Lezama, the author (Robert Perger), Gino Nearns and Will Edelmann in the Museo de Insectos (UCR) Costa Rica

I would like to thank my colleagues for providing pictures of species rarely seen in the world wide web, which can now be found in my webpage. Please see the list of contributors (in alphabetical order). A hearty thanks to Diego Martinez-Schuett for streamlining my english.


 

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