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Agathidium#Species

{{short description|Genus of beetles}}

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| image_caption = Agathidium mandibulare

| taxon = Agathidium

| authority = Panzer, 1797Panzer, G. W. F. (1797). Faunae Insectorum Germanicae initia; oder Deutschlands Insecten. Felssecker, Nürnberg, 7(37), 1–24.

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Agathidium is a genus of beetles in the family Leiodidae.

A. bushi, A. cheneyi and A. rumsfeldi are species of this genus named after George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld, respectively, by two former Cornell entomologists, Kelly B. Miller (now at the University of New Mexico){{Cite web|title=Kelly B. Miller Lab: Arthropod Systematics & Evolution|url=http://kellymillerlab.com/default.asp?action=show_personnel&id=kelly|access-date=2021-10-13|website=kellymillerlab.com}} and Quentin D. Wheeler. According to Miller and Wheeler, the naming of the beetles (which were three of 65 species to be named) was done in homage to the political figures.{{Cite web|title=Slime-mold beetles named for Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld -- but strictly in homage|url=https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2005/04/slime-mold-beetles-named-bush-cheney-rumsfeld|access-date=2021-10-11|website=Cornell Chronicle|language=en}} The same authors named A. vaderi after the fictional Darth Vader.

Some species can roll themselves up into an almost complete sphere, similar to pillbugs. Some males have horns on their left mandibles to dislodge rival males.Atlantic Canada Coleoptera: [http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/Agathidium.html Agathidium Panzer 1797 and Gelae Miller and Wheeler 2004] (with pictures)

Species

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  • Agathidium akallebregma Miller and Wheeler, 2005Miller, K. B. & Wheeler, Q. D. (2005). [http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/459 Slime-mold beetles of the genus Agathidium Panzer in North and Central America, Part II. Coleoptera: Leiodidae.] Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 291(1), 1–167.
  • Agathidium akrogeneios Miller and Wheeler, 2005
  • Agathidium amae Miller and Wheeler, 2005
  • Agathidium angulare Mannerheim, 1852Mannerheim, C. G. (1852). Zweiter Nachtrag zur Käfer-fauna der Nord-Amerikanischen Länder des Russischen Reiches. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 25, 283–387.
  • Agathidium angustoperculum Wheeler and Miller, 2005Wheeler, Q. D. & Miller, K. B.(2005). [http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/458 Slime-mold beetles of the genus Agathidium Panzer in North and Central America, Part I. Coleoptera: Leiodidae.] Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 291(1), 1–95.
  • Agathidium appalachium Miller and Wheeler, 2005
  • Agathidium aristerium Wheeler, 1987Wheeler, Q. D. (1987). A new species of Agathidium associated with an "epimycetic" slime mold plasmodium on Pleurotus fungi (Coleoptera: Leiodidae - Myxomycetes: Physarales-Basidiomycetes: Thrichomolomataceae). The Coleopterists Bulletin, 41(4), 395–403.
  • Agathidium athabascanum Fall, 1934Fall, H. C. (1934b). A review of the North American species of Agathidium. Entomologica Americana, 14, 99–131.
  • Agathidium atronitens Fall, 1934
  • Agathidium atrum Paykull, 1798{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y8EEAAAAQAAJ|title=Transactions of the Entomological Society of London|date=1866|publisher=Society|pages=447–448|language=en}}
  • Agathidium brevisternum Fall, 1934
  • Agathidium bushi Miller and Wheeler, 2005
  • Agathidium carolinense Miller and Wheeler, 2005
  • Agathidium cavisternum Fall, 1934
  • Agathidium cheneyi Miller and Wheeler, 2005
  • Agathidium columbianum Fall, 1934
  • Agathidium compressidens Fall, 1934
  • Agathidium concinnum Mannerheim, 1852
  • Agathidium conjunctum Brown, 1933Brown, W. J. “New Species of Coleoptera IV.” The Canadian Entomologist, vol. 65, no. 2, 1933, pp. 43–47., doi:10.4039/Ent6543-2.
  • Agathidium cortezi Miller and Wheeler, 2005{{Cite journal|last1=Miller|first1=Kelly B. (Kelly Bryce)|last2=Wheeler|first2=Quentin D.|date=2005|title=Slime-mold beetles of the genus Agathidium Panzer in North and Central America : Coleoptera, Leiodidae. Part 2. Bulletin of the AMNH ; no. 291|hdl=2246/459|url=https://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/459|language=en-US}}
  • Agathidium dentigerum Horn, 1880Horn, G. H. (1880). Synopsis of the Silphidae of the United States with reference to the genera of other countries. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 8, 219–322.
  • Agathidium depressum Fall, 1934
  • Agathidium difforme (LeConte, 1850)LeConte, J. L. (1850). General remarks upon Coleoptera of Lake Superior. In: Agassiz, L. (Ed.), Lake Superior: its physical character, vegetation and animals (pp. 209–241). Boston: Gould, Kendall and Lincoln.
  • Agathidium dioperculum Wheeler and Miller, 2005
  • Agathidium divaricatum Miller and Wheeler, 2005
  • Agathidium dubitanoides Wheeler and Miller, 2005
  • Agathidium dubitans Fall, 1934
  • Agathidium estriatum Horn, 1880
  • Agathidium exiguum Melsheimer, 1844Melsheimer, F. E. (1844). Descriptions of new species of Coleoptera of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 2, 98–118.
  • Agathidium falcatoperculum Wheeler and Miller, 2005
  • Agathidium fawcettae Miller and Wheeler, 2005
  • Agathidium fenderi Hatch, 1957Hatch, M. H. (1957). The beetles of the Pacific Northwest. Part II. Staphyliniformia. University of Washington Publications in Biology, 16, 1–384.
  • Agathidium framea Miller and Wheeler, 2005
  • Agathidium gallititillo Miller and Wheeler, 2005
  • Agathidium georgiaense Miller and Wheeler, 2005
  • Agathidium hamulum Miller and Wheeler, 2005
  • Agathidium hatchi Wheeler, 1977Wheeler, Q. D. (1977). Placement of Anisotoma fenderi Hatch (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Agathidiini). Entomological News, 88, 137–138.
  • Agathidium integricolle Wollaston, 1864{{Cite web|title=Agathidium integricolle|url=https://www.mindat.org/taxon-5747767.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-13|website=www.mindat.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029171854/https://www.mindat.org/taxon-5747767.html |archive-date=2021-10-29 }}
  • Agathidium jasperanum Fall, 1934
  • Agathidium kimberlae Miller and Wheeler, 2005
  • Agathidium laetum Fall, 1934
  • Agathidium maculosum Brown, 1928Brown, W. J. (1928). New Silphidae and Melyridae in the Canadian National Collection. Canadian Entomologist, 60, 141–148.
  • Agathidium mandibulare Sturm, 1807{{Cite book|last1=Wheeler|first1=Quentin D.|url=|title=Slime-mold Beetles of the Genus Agathidium Panzer in North and Central America|last2=Miller|first2=Kelly B.|date=2005|publisher=American Museum of Natural History|pages=14|language=en}}
  • Agathidium marae Miller and Wheeler, 2005
  • Agathidium mollinum Fall, 1934
  • Agathidium omissum Fall, 1934
  • Agathidium oniscoides Palisot de Beauvois, 1817Palisot de Beauvois, A. M. F. J. (1817). In Insectes recueillis en Afrique et en Amérique, dans les royaumes d’Oware et de Benin, á Saint-Dominique et dans les États-Unis, pendant les années 1786–1797. Paris: Impr. de Fain et compagnie.
  • Agathidium oregonense Miller and Wheeler, 2005
  • Agathidium picipes Fall, 1934
  • Agathidium pocahontasae Miller and Wheeler, 2005
  • Agathidium politum LeConte, 1866LeConte, J. L. (1866). Additions to the Coleopterous fauna of the United States. No. 1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 18, 361–394.
  • Agathidium pulchellum Wankowicz, 1869Wankowiez [sic], J. Notices entomologiques. I-VI. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, (4) 9: 411-422. (1869).
  • Agathidium pulchrum LeConte, 1853LeConte, J. L. (1853). Synopsis of the Silphales of America, North of Mexico. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 6, 274–287.
  • Agathidium repentinum Horn, 1880
  • Agathidium revolvens LeConte, 1850
  • Agathidium rhinocerellum Wheeler and Miller, 2005
  • Agathidium rotundulum Mannerheim, 1852
  • Agathidium rubellum Fall, 1934
  • Agathidium rumsfeldi Miller and Wheeler, 2005
  • Agathidium rusticum Fall, 1934
  • Agathidium sexstriatum Horn, 1880
  • Agathidium stephani Miller and Wheeler, 2005
  • Agathidium vaderi Miller and Wheeler, 2005
  • Agathidium vesperpressidens Miller and Wheeler, 2005
  • Agathidium virile Fall, 1901Fall, H. C. (1901). List of the Coleoptera of southern California, with notes on habits and distribution of new species. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences, 8, 1–282.}}

References

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External links

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  • [http://www.news.cornell.edu/Stories/April05/slime-mold.Bush.Cheney.ssl.html Press Release] from Cornell News

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