The Beetles (Episode 2): Torynorrhina
Starring : Torynorrhina
Date: 29th August 2023
Beetle Image : Ramnarayan on Inaturalist
Torrynorrhina Video
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Introduction to "The Beetles"
"John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and Paul McCartney are the most well-known Beatles. Their band was active from 1960 to 1970, but their music will be around for a long time.
The Coleoptera beetles are a colorful, diverse-looking, and diverse living group that have been around since the dawn of ...., well, very early, literally and figuratively. The oldest known beetle is Coleopsis, found in Germany, is from the earliest Permian (Asselian) geologic period, around 295 million years ago.
While the earliest clearly identified primate ancestors of Homo sapiens appeared a mere 22 million years ago. Our most specific species have only been around for 300,000 to 800,000 years, including the ancestors of the Beatles, as well as the specific and unscientific subspecies Homo sapiens beatlemaniacs.
So, through this series, The Beetles, under the aegis of the project Beetle Mania - India, we will share stories of some of these amazing beetles, who have predated and outlived the dinosaurs and much else, and could potentially also outlive Homo sapiens as well.
The Beetles - (Episode 2) : Torynorrhina
Genus Torynorrhina
a member of Goliath Beetles, Drone Beetles, and Allies **Tribe Goliathini**
Taxonomy, Description, & Behaviour,
The beautiful Torynorrhina Scarab beetle is a member of the flower chafer beetle group, found in tropical and subtropical regions. They are herbivores and their diet consists of fruit, flowers, and leaves. The larvae are grub-like and live in the soil, where they feed on decaying organic matter.
Flower chafers are a group of scarab beetles, comprising the subfamily Cetoniinae. Many species are diurnal and visit flowers for pollen and nectar, or to browse on the petals. Some species also feed on fruit. The group is also called fruit and flower chafers, flower beetles and flower scarabs. There are around 4,000 species, many of them still undescribed. (Source : Wikipedia)
The Torynorrhina beetles in the subtribe Coryphocerina are some of the most beautiful and colorful beetles in the world. The males of this subtribe have a large, triangular pronotum with horns, which they use for fighting.
Animals - Arthropods
Beetles Order Coleoptera
Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf, & Snout Beetles
Scarabaeiform Beetles
Scarabs, Stag Beetles & Allies
Scarabs
Fruit and Flower Chafers
Goliath Beetles, Drone Beetles, and Allies
Subtribe Coryphocerina
Genus Torynorrhina
Whats in a Name ?
The genus name Torynorrhina is derived from the Greek words "toryon", meaning "helmet", and "rhis", meaning "nose". This refers to the prominent snout-like projection on the head of these beetles.
The snout is used for digging, and the beetles use it to burrow into the ground to lay their eggs.
The beetle name Torynorrhina was suggested by John Gilber Arrow / Arrow, G. J. in (1907)is his publication Some new species and genera of lamellicorn Coleoptera from the Indian Empire (part 2). The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Including Zoology, Botany and Geology. London 7(19):416-439. [Source - Archive.org(http://www.archive.org/stream/ser7annalsmagazi19londuoft#page/416/mode/1up).
No explanation seems to have been given about the name itself.
Slide show as a pdf
All the content excepting the video segmemts are available in this pdf document
Acknowledgements
Identifications
- @borisb Boris B
- @seenakarimbumkara Seena Karimbumkara (received via CC communications)
Images in the Video :
- Observer : Ramnarayan @ram_k
- Location: Munsiari, Uttarakhand, India
- Date : 29th Aug. 2022 and 30th Aug. 2023
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Inaturalist Links :
Video Sources
- Video : Rajendra Koranga @rajkoranga
- Location: Munsiari, Uttarakhand, India
- 29th Aug. 2022
- Inaturalist Observation by [Raj Koranga(https://www.inaturalist.org/people/rajkoranga)
Audio
- Title "Shady Groove"
- Author : Stefan Kartenberg
- License 2023 - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (4.0)
- Web URL https://ccmixter.org/files/JeffSpeed68/66949
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