Leptodirus, the Glossary
Leptodirus is a cave beetle in the family Leiodidae.[1]
Table of Contents
56 relations: Abdomen, Anophthalmia, Antenna (biology), Bat, Beetle, Biological life cycle, Biological pigment, Biospeleology, Bird, Branches of science, Carniola, Cave, Circadian rhythm, Conservation status, Croatia, Dinaric Alps, Ecdysis, Ecology, Egg, Elytron, Endemism, Entomology, Ferdinand Joseph Schmidt, Genus, German language, Guano, Habitats Directive, Inner Carniola, Instar, Integument, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Italy, IUCN Red List, Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti, Karst Plateau, Larva, Leg, Leiodidae, List of troglobites, Ljubljana, Natural history, Olm, Organic matter, Physogastrism, Postojna Cave, Receptor (biochemistry), Russia, Slovene language, Slovenia, Species, ... Expand index (6 more) »
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Abdomen
The abdomen (colloquially called the belly, tummy, midriff, tucky or stomach) is the part of the body between the thorax (chest) and pelvis, in humans and in other vertebrates.
Anophthalmia
Anophthalmia (Greek: ἀνόφθαλμος, "without eye") is the medical term for the absence of one or both eyes.
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Antenna (biology)
Antennae (antenna), sometimes referred to as "feelers", are paired appendages used for sensing in arthropods.
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Bat
Bats are flying mammals of the order Chiroptera.
Beetle
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera, in the superorder Holometabola.
Biological life cycle
In biology, a biological life cycle (or just life cycle when the biological context is clear) is a series of stages of the life of an organism, that begins as a zygote, often in an egg, and concludes as an adult that reproduces, producing an offspring in the form of a new zygote which then itself goes through the same series of stages, the process repeating in a cyclic fashion.
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Biological pigment
Biological pigments, also known simply as pigments or biochromes, are substances produced by living organisms that have a color resulting from selective color absorption.
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Biospeleology
Biospeleology, also known as cave biology, is a branch of biology dedicated to the study of organisms that live in caves and are collectively referred to as troglofauna.
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Bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.
Branches of science
The branches of science, also referred to as sciences, scientific fields or scientific disciplines, are commonly divided into three major groups.
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Carniola
Carniola (Kranjska;, Krain; Carniola; Krajna) is a historical region that comprised parts of present-day Slovenia.
Cave
A cave or cavern is a natural void under the Earth's surface.
Circadian rhythm
A circadian rhythm, or circadian cycle, is a natural oscillation that repeats roughly every 24 hours.
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Conservation status
The conservation status of a group of organisms (for instance, a species) indicates whether the group still exists and how likely the group is to become extinct in the near future.
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Croatia
Croatia (Hrvatska), officially the Republic of Croatia (Republika Hrvatska), is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe.
Dinaric Alps
The Dinaric Alps, also Dinarides, are a mountain range in Southern and Southcentral Europe, separating the continental Balkan Peninsula from the Adriatic Sea.
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Ecdysis
Ecdysis is the moulting of the cuticle in many invertebrates of the clade Ecdysozoa.
Ecology
Ecology is the natural science of the relationships among living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment.
Egg
An egg is an organic vessel grown by an animal to carry a possibly fertilized egg cell (a zygote) and to incubate from it an embryo within the egg until the embryo has become an animal fetus that can survive on its own, at which point the animal hatches.
Elytron
An elytron (elytra) is a modified, hardened forewing of beetles (Coleoptera), though a few of the true bugs (Hemiptera) such as the family Schizopteridae are extremely similar; in true bugs, the forewings are called hemelytra (sometimes alternatively spelled as "hemielytra"), and in most species only the basal half is thickened while the apex is membranous, but when they are entirely thickened the condition is referred to as "coleopteroid".
Endemism
Endemism is the state of a species only being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.
Entomology
Entomology is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology.
Ferdinand Joseph Schmidt
Ferdinand Joseph Schmidt (also known as Ferdinand Jožef Schmidt or Ferdinand Jožef Šmit) (20 February 1791, Sopron – 16 February 1878, Ljubljana) was an Austro-Hungarian businessman, naturalist and explorer who was among the pioneers of biospeleology, the study of cave fauna.
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Genus
Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.
German language
German (Standard High German: Deutsch) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western and Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol.
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Guano
Guano (Spanish from wanu) is the accumulated excrement of seabirds or bats.
Habitats Directive
The Habitats Directive (more formally known as Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the Conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora) is a directive adopted by the European Community in 1992 as a response to the Berne Convention.
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Inner Carniola
Inner Carniola (Notranjska; Innerkrain) is a traditional region of Slovenia, the southwestern part of the larger Carniola region.
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Instar
An instar (from the Latin īnstar 'form, likeness') is a developmental stage of arthropods, such as insects, which occurs between each moult (ecdysis) until sexual maturity is reached.
Integument
In biology, an integument is the tissue surrounding an organism's body or an organ within, such as skin, a husk, shell, germ or rind.
International Union for Conservation of Nature
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.
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Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.
IUCN Red List
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data Book, founded in 1964, is an inventory of the global conservation status and extinction risk of biological species.
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Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti
Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti (4 December 1735, Vienna – 17 February 1805, Vienna) was an Austrian naturalist and zoologist of Italian origin.
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Karst Plateau
The Karst Plateau or the Karst region (Kras, Carso), also locally called Karst, is a karst plateau region extending across the border of southwestern Slovenia and northeastern Italy.
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Larva
A larva (larvae) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into their next life stage.
Leg
A leg is a weight-bearing and locomotive anatomical structure, usually having a columnar shape.
Leiodidae
Leiodidae is a family of beetles with around 3800 described species found worldwide.
List of troglobites
A troglobite (or, formally, troglobiont) is an animal species, or population of a species, strictly bound to underground habitats, such as caves.
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Ljubljana
Ljubljana (also known by other historical names) is the capital and largest city of Slovenia, located along a trade route between the northern Adriatic Sea and the Danube region, north of the country's largest marsh, inhabited since prehistoric times.
Natural history
Natural history is a domain of inquiry involving organisms, including animals, fungi, and plants, in their natural environment, leaning more towards observational than experimental methods of study.
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Olm
The olm or proteus (Proteus anguinus) is an aquatic salamander which is the only species in the genus Proteus of the family Proteidae and the only exclusively cave-dwelling chordate species found in Europe; the family's other extant genus is Necturus. Leptodirus and olm are Postojna Cave.
Organic matter
Organic matter, organic material, or natural organic matter refers to the large source of carbon-based compounds found within natural and engineered, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.
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Physogastrism
Physogastrism or physogastry is a characteristic of certain arthropods (mostly insects and mites), where the abdomen is greatly enlarged and membranous.
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Postojna Cave
Postojna Cave (Postojnska jama; Adelsberger Grotte; Grotte di Postumia) is a long karst cave system near Postojna, southwestern Slovenia.
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Receptor (biochemistry)
In biochemistry and pharmacology, receptors are chemical structures, composed of protein, that receive and transduce signals that may be integrated into biological systems.
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Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.
Slovene language
Slovene or Slovenian (slovenščina) is a South Slavic language of the Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European language family.
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Slovenia
Slovenia (Slovenija), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene), is a country in southern Central Europe.
Species
A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.
Species distribution
Species distribution, or species dispersion, is the manner in which a biological taxon is spatially arranged.
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Subspecies
In biological classification, subspecies (subspecies) is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed.
Thorax
The thorax (thoraces or thoraxes) or chest is a part of the anatomy of mammals and other tetrapod animals located between the neck and the abdomen.
Velebit
Velebit (Alpi Bebie) is the largest, though not the highest, mountain range in Croatia.
Vulnerable species
A vulnerable species is a species which has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as being threatened with extinction unless the circumstances that are threatening its survival and reproduction improve.
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Wing
A wing is a type of fin that produces lift while moving through air or some other fluid.
See also
Cave beetles
- Anophthalmus hitleri
- Anophthalmus schmidti
- Augustia
- Coffin Cave mold beetle
- Duvalius abyssimus
- Duvalius doriae
- Glacicavicola bathyscioides
- Kretschmarr Cave mold beetle
- Leptodirus
- Perrin's cave beetle
- Pseudanophthalmus
- Xuedytes
Postojna Cave
- Leptodirus
- Olm
- Planina Cave
- Postojna Cave
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptodirus
Also known as Leptodirus hochenwartii, Leptodirus hohenwarti.
, Species distribution, Subspecies, Thorax, Velebit, Vulnerable species, Wing.