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Family: Chrysomelidae
Size: 5.8 mm (5.0 to 6.0 mm)
Distribution: Caribbean Sea, Central America, and North America
Location: Costa Rica, Tarcoles, envir. Villa Lapas Jungle Village, 100 m
leg. U.Schmidt, 1.-11.XII.1996; det. U.Schmidt, 2025
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2025
Family: Chrysomelidae
Size: 5.0 mm
Distribution: Central America
Location: Costa Rica, Peninsula de Nicoya, envir. Hotel Barcelo Playa Tambor
leg. U.Schmidt, 14.-27.XI.1996; det. U.Schmidt, 2025
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2025
Family: Chrysomelidae
Size: 5.3 mm (5.0 to 7.0 mm)
Distribution: Central America
Location: Costa Rica, Peninsula de Nicoya, envir. Hotel Barcelo Playa Tambor
leg. U.Schmidt, 14.-27.XI.1996; det. U.Schmidt, 2025
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2025
Family: Chrysomelidae
Size: 6.5 mm (6.1 to 7.0 mm)
Distribution: Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua, Colombia
Location: Costa Rica, Tarcoles, envir. Villa Lapas Jungle Village, 100 m
leg. U.Schmidt, 1.-11.XII.1996; det. U.Schmidt, 2025
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2025
Family: Chrysomelidae
Size: 9.0 mm
Distribution: Brazil
Location: Brazil
leg. 1972; det. U.Schmidt, 2025
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2025
Family: Chrysomelidae
Size: 30 mm (25 to 50 mm)
Distrubution: Thailand, Vietnam. Indonesia, Malaysia
Biology: Cocoons of this species can be found in the jungle on climbing vines, specifically kudzu
det. U.Schmidt,2025
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2025
Family: Buprestidae
Size: 50 mm (45 to 60 mm)
Distribution: Southeast Asia
Biology: Development in dry wood of Chukrasia velutina and Lagerstroemia speciosa
det. U.Schmidt, 2025
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2025
Family: Buprestidae
Size: 43 mm
Distribution: Thailand, Malaysia
det. U.Schmidt, 2025
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2025
Family: Elateridae
Size: 34 mm (22 to 44 mm)
Distribution: Venezuela, Bolivia, Panama, Ecuador, Antilles
Location: Peru, Dep. Loreto, Yurimaguas, Rio Huallaga, 500 m
leg. Marx, III.1997; det. U.Schmidt, 2025
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2025
Family: Elateridae
Size: 33 mm (30 to 40 mm)
Distribution: From the Balkan Peninsula to Central-Western Asia and the Near East
Biology: The larvae develop in the wood of the old rotten fallen trees, especially pines
Location: Turkey, Anatolia, Termessos
leg. Kuhn, 7.VI.1983; det. U.Schmidt, 2025
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2025
Family: Elateridae
Size: 31 mm (15 to 44 mm)
Distribution: Central America, South America
Location: Peru, Salvacion, Rio Alto de Madre de Dios, Manu Park, 600 m
leg. Marx, XI.1998; det. U.Schmidt, 2025
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2025
Family: Elateridae
Size: 34 mm (31 to 38 mm)
Distribution: Central America, South America
Location: Peru, Salvacion, Rio Alto de Madre de Dios, Manu Park, 500 m
leg. Marx, IV.1997; det. U.Schmidt, 2025
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2025
Family: Elateridae
Size: 34 mm (28 to 44 mm)
Distribution: Peru, Colombia and Venezuela
Location: Peru, Dep. Loreto, Yurimaguas, Rio Huallaga, 500 m
leg. Marx, III.1997; det. U.Schmidt, 2025
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2025
Family: Erotylidae
Size: 12.5 mm
Distribution: Brazil
Biology: Feed on fungus
Location: Brazil
leg. 1972; det. U.Schmidt, 2025
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2025
Family: Erotylidae
Size: 23 mm
Distribution: Central America, South America
Biology: Feed on fungus
Location: Peru, Salvacion, Manu Park, Rio Alto de Madro de Dios, 500 m
leg. Marx, IV.1997; det. U.Schmidt, 2025
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2025
Family: Erotylidae
Size: 23 mm
Distribution: Central America, South America
Biology: Feed on fungus
Location: Peru, Salvacion, Manu Park, Rio Alto de Madro de Dios, 500 m
leg. Marx, IV.1997; det. U.Schmidt, 2025
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2025
Family: Erotylidae
Size: 17.2 mm
Distribution: Central America, South America
Biology: Feed on fungus
Location: Brazil, Manaus, Rio Negro, Acajatuba Jungle Lodge
leg. U.Schmidt, 2.XI.1993; det. U.Schmidt, 2025
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2025
Family: Elateridae
Size: 40 mm (40 to 50 mm)
Distribution: Argentina, Brazil, Guyana, Bolivia and Colombia
Biology: The larvae live in rotting wood or under bark and feed on dead plant material
Location: Brazil, 1972
det. U.Schmidt, 2005
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2025
Family: Erotylidae
Size: 16.2 mm
Distribution: Central America, South America
Biology: Feed on fungus
Location: Peru, Salvacion, Manu Park, Rio Alto de Madro de Dios, 500 m
leg. Marx, IV.1997; det. U.Schmidt, 2025
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2025
Family: Carabidae
Size: 5.4 mm (5.2 to 6.5 mm)
Distribution: In the eastern central Alps of Austria
Biology: Lives on snow edges in high alpine areas
Location: Autria, Carinthia, Kleinkirchheim, Falkert, 2100 m
leg.det. U.Schmidt, 27.VI.1981
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2025