Red-breasted caries [1] ( lat. Necrobia ruficollis ) - a species of beetles from the family of motley (Cleridae).
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Distribution
Everywhere [2] .
Description
Brightly colored beetles 4.0–6.5 mm long. Body color red-black: antennae, head and abdomen black, pronotum and base of elytra red [3] [4] . Cutout eyes in front. The shape of the last segment of the palps is oval. Antennae with a 3-segmented large and wide club, in which the last segment is equal in length to the previous two combined [3] . Scavenger, feeds on dead animals, including jerky and smoked meat and animal skins, as well as cheese. It is often found in corpses in the later stages of decomposition and is therefore useful in forensic entomology [2] .
The Beetle and the Fate of Latrey
The French entomologist and deacon Pierre Andre Latrey (future academician and founder of the Entomological Society of France in 1832) ended up in prison in 1793 awaiting execution. The priest, holding conservative views, he refused to swear allegiance to the state in accordance with the Civil Constitution of the clergy (1790), adopted during the French Revolution ( French Constitution civile du clergé ) [5] . Before the execution, the condemned had to undergo a medical examination. When the prison doctor examined the prisoners, he was surprised to find that Latrey was examining a bug on the dungeon floor [6] . When Latrey (who is now considered the largest French entomologist) explained that it was a rare insect, identifying it as Necrobia ruficollis , the doctor was impressed and sent the insect to the local 15-year-old naturalist Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent (later becoming a naturalist, Colonel , volcanologist, traveler and academician). Boris de Saint-Vincent knew Latrey's work and managed to secure the release of himself and one of his cellmates [6] . All other prisoners were executed within a month [6] .
Notes
- ↑ Striganova B.R. , Zakharov A.A. The Bilingual Dictionary of Animal Names: Insects (Latin-Russian-English-German-French) /Ed. Dr. biol. sciences, prof. B.R. Striganova . - M .: RUSSO, 2000 .-- 560 p. - 1060 copies. - ISBN 5-88721-162-8 .
- ↑ 1 2 Ham Beetle, Necrobia ruficollis . Australian Museum (November 10, 2009). Date of treatment March 14, 2011.
- ↑ 1 2 Key to insects of the European part of the USSR. T. II. Coleoptera and fan-winged. / under total. ed. Corr. G. Ya. Bey-Bienko . - M. - L .: "Science", 1965. - S. 234—239. - 668 p. - (Keys to the fauna of the USSR, published by the Zoological Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR ; issue 89.). - 5700 copies.
- ↑ George Gordh, Gordon Gordh & David Headrick. Red-shouldered ham-beetle // A Dictionary of Entomology . - CAB International , 2003. - P. 772. - ISBN 978-0-85199-655-4 .
- ↑ Claude Dupuis. Pierre André Latreille (1762–1833): the foremost entomologist of his time // Annual Review of Entomology : journal. - 1974. - Vol. 19 . - P. 1-14 . - DOI : 10.1146 / annurev.en.19.010174.000245 .
- ↑ 1 2 3 David M. Damkaer. A celebration of Crustacea // The Copepodologist's Cabinet: A Biographical and Bibliographical History, Volume 1 . - American Philosophical Society , 2002. - P. 114-130. - ISBN 978-0-87169-240-5 .