236

Prosopocoilus 133

Protocoleoptera 22

Psammodes 191

Pselaphinae 41, 126–7

Psephenidae 48

Pseudovadonia 203

Pterostichus 98

Ptiliidae 116–17

Ptinidae 61, 168

Ptininae 168

pygidium 16

Pyrearinus 43, 158–9

Pyrophorus 159

R

Reesa 60–1

reflex bleeding 180

respiration 16

Reticulated Beetles 85

Rhagophthalmidae 154

rhinoceros beetles

18, 29, 138–9

Rhinocyllus 64

Rhipiceridae 144–5

Rhizophagus 179

Rhynchites 219

Rhynchitinae 218, 219

Rhynchophorus 67

Rhysodidae 93

Riffle Beetles 48, 152

Rosalia 207

rostrum 13, 15

round fungus beetles 118

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques 80

rove beetles 16, 116–17, 122–5

Rutelinae 140–1

S

Sade, Marquis de 78, 197

Sagrinae 19

saltwater species 50–1

sand habitat 46–7

sap beetles 182–3

scarab beetles 34, 38, 66–7, 68,

72, 128–9, 134–5

Scarabaeidae

13, 29, 34, 128–9, 136–41

Scarabaeinae 136–7

Scarabaeoidea

19, 66–7, 81, 128–9, 134–41

Scaritinae 100–1

scavenger scarab beetles

134–5

Scirtidae 142

Scirtoidea 142–3

Scolytinae 226–7

Scolytus 30, 59

screech beetles 93

Scydosella 116

Seven Spot Ladybird 15

sexual selection 18–19

Shakespeare, William 70–1

shining leaf chafers 140–1

ship timber beetles 170–1

Silphidae

32–3, 39, 77, 120–1

Silphinae 120

Sinopyrophorus 154

skiff beetles 88

small carrion beetles 118

small diving beetles 106–7

soft-bodied plant beetles

144–5

soft-winged flower beetles

176–7

soldier beetles 164–5

sooty bark disease 30

Spanish Fly 78, 197

Sphaeridiinae 113

Sphaeritidae 110–11

Sphaerius 88

Sphaeriusidae 87, 88

Sphaeriusoidea 87

spider beetles 168

spiracles 16

Spotted Maize Beetles 176

stag beetles

13, 19, 68, 81, 132–3

Staphylinidae 12, 16, 17, 25,

33, 77, 78, 116, 120, 122–7

Staphylininae 122–3

Staphylinoidea 116–27

Stelidota 183

Stenocara 47

Stenochiinae 194–5

Sternocera 69

Strawberry Beetles 98

Strepsiptera 9

Strongylium 194

sugarcane beetles 65

Sweet Potato Weevil 221

symbiosis 31, 170

synanthropic species 60–1

Synteliidae 110–11

T

Tajiri, Satoshi 74

Tenebrio 67, 78–9, 192

Tenebrionidae

47, 67, 73, 79, 186, 190–5

Tenebrioninae 192–3

Tenebrionoidea

9, 186–7, 190–7, 198–9

Tenebroides 172–3

tergites 16

termite nests 42–3, 114, 158

Terry, Ellen 69

Tetralobus 158

Thistle Weevil 64

thorax 8, 10, 14–15

tiger beetles 12, 25, 96–7

Titanus 29

toktokkies 191

Index