Insect or Invertebrates Identification

Discussions and information on all Southern African Invertebrates

Moderator: Klipspringer

Klipspringer
Global Moderator
Posts: 5858
Joined: Sat Sep 14, 2013 12:34 pm
Country: Germany
Contact:

Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification

Post by Klipspringer »

nan wrote: Mon Feb 22, 2021 11:57 pm Armoured Darkling Beetle ???

or

like this one -O-

Image
This is an Omorgus, a Bone Beetle of the family Keratin Beetles (Trogidae)

3 species are recorded from KTP: asperulatus, squalidus and freyi.

Fun fact:
Beetles are believed to make up approximately 40% of total arthropod diversity. The widely accepted estimate for athropods falls between five and 80 million species globally.
The Coleoptera, with probably much more than 400,000 species, is the largest of all orders, constituting 25% of all known animal life-forms.

And many of them can be identified with almost certainty lol


The Trogidae represent a lineage of keratin-feeding Scarabaeoidea, the only group in the superfamily to do so and one of few insect groups capable of digesting keratin.


User avatar
Richprins
Committee Member
Posts: 75002
Joined: Sat May 19, 2012 3:52 pm
Location: NELSPRUIT
Contact:

Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification

Post by Richprins »

Klipspringer wrote: Tue Feb 23, 2021 6:59 pm
Richprins wrote: Tue Feb 23, 2021 6:04 pm A chafer beetle then? :-0
^Q^

and now look at the antennae - what is odd looking there?
It has Laminated antennae! \O


Please check Needs Attention pre-booking: https://africawild-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=322&t=596
Klipspringer
Global Moderator
Posts: 5858
Joined: Sat Sep 14, 2013 12:34 pm
Country: Germany
Contact:

Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification

Post by Klipspringer »

3 lamellae are standard for the subfamily.

Just keep looking and eventually we will get there lol


User avatar
nan
Posts: 26445
Joined: Thu May 31, 2012 9:41 pm
Country: Switzerland
Location: Central Europe
Contact:

Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification

Post by nan »

Klipspringer wrote: Wed Feb 24, 2021 8:38 am
nan wrote: Mon Feb 22, 2021 11:57 pm Armoured Darkling Beetle ???

or

like this one -O-

Image
This is an Omorgus, a Bone Beetle of the family Keratin Beetles (Trogidae)

3 species are recorded from KTP: asperulatus, squalidus and freyi.

Fun fact:
Beetles are believed to make up approximately 40% of total arthropod diversity. The widely accepted estimate for athropods falls between five and 80 million species globally.
The Coleoptera, with probably much more than 400,000 species, is the largest of all orders, constituting 25% of all known animal life-forms.

And many of them can be identified with almost certainty lol


The Trogidae represent a lineage of keratin-feeding Scarabaeoidea, the only group in the superfamily to do so and one of few insect groups capable of digesting keratin.
thank you Klipspringer 0/0


Kgalagadi lover… for ever
https://safrounet.piwigo.com/
User avatar
Richprins
Committee Member
Posts: 75002
Joined: Sat May 19, 2012 3:52 pm
Location: NELSPRUIT
Contact:

Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification

Post by Richprins »

The antenna has 3 fingers? ..0..


Please check Needs Attention pre-booking: https://africawild-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=322&t=596
Klipspringer
Global Moderator
Posts: 5858
Joined: Sat Sep 14, 2013 12:34 pm
Country: Germany
Contact:

Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification

Post by Klipspringer »

Richprins wrote: Thu Feb 25, 2021 10:37 am The antenna has 3 fingers? ..0..
Yes, that is good for many scarabs. Now the other end of the antennae O**


ExFmem
Posts: 4623
Joined: Fri Jun 01, 2012 6:56 pm
Contact:

Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification

Post by ExFmem »

\O O-/ O-/

Here’s a pic of a different individual (not the same spider as in the AW entry) I took in Kruger. Could it be a female of Oxyopes vogelsangeri, since the abdomen is larger/rounder?

Image

I obviously know NOTHING about spider ID, nor do I have a book, but couldn’t find pics /info on-line.

(Is “body-shaming” an unwoke no-no when it comes to invertebrates?) I’m so-o-o uninformed with all this new nonsense….eish. O/


Klipspringer
Global Moderator
Posts: 5858
Joined: Sat Sep 14, 2013 12:34 pm
Country: Germany
Contact:

Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification

Post by Klipspringer »

ExFmem wrote: Fri Feb 26, 2021 12:22 am \O O-/ O-/

Here’s a pic of a different individual (not the same spider as in the AW entry) I took in Kruger. Could it be a female of Oxyopes vogelsangeri, since the abdomen is larger/rounder?

Image

I obviously know NOTHING about spider ID, nor do I have a book, but couldn’t find pics /info on-line.

(Is “body-shaming” an unwoke no-no when it comes to invertebrates?) I’m so-o-o uninformed with all this new nonsense….eish. O/
quite a fattie lol

Difficult, perhaps send to Ansie Dippenaar-Schoeman and ask for ID ?
The South African National Survey of Arachnida
(SANSA) is still busy with its first drafts of photo
guides. If you want to be put on the mailing list,
send an email to Prof. Dippenaar-Schoeman at
DippenaarA@arc.agric.za. If you want to
contribute photos to the guide, please send
them to the same address, together with the
location and, if possible, the identification
http://www.spiderclub.co.za/wp-content/ ... 0-12-b.pdf


ExFmem
Posts: 4623
Joined: Fri Jun 01, 2012 6:56 pm
Contact:

Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification

Post by ExFmem »

Richprins wrote: Sat Feb 20, 2021 5:07 pm Medium beetle, 2cm, Marloth:



Image
Ant's nest chafer? Antennae can be retracted to reduce chances of attack by ants - and I saw a similar looking beetle on iSpot -O-


Klipspringer
Global Moderator
Posts: 5858
Joined: Sat Sep 14, 2013 12:34 pm
Country: Germany
Contact:

Re: Insect or Invertebrates Identification

Post by Klipspringer »

ExFmem wrote: Sat Feb 27, 2021 9:28 pm
Richprins wrote: Sat Feb 20, 2021 5:07 pm Medium beetle, 2cm, Marloth:



Image
Ant's nest chafer? Antennae can be retracted to reduce chances of attack by ants - and I saw a similar looking beetle on iSpot -O-
^Q^ ^Q^
Scaptobius it is.

Any insights on the ant connection?


Post Reply

Return to “Invertebrates”