Ocalea is a genus of the rove beetle family Staphylinidae.

Acrisius () was a mythical king of Argos, and a son of Abas and Aglaea ( or Ocalea, depending on the author ), grandson of Lynceus, great-grandson of Danaus.

With his wife Ocalea ( or Aglaea, depending on the source ), he had three sons: the twins Acrisius ( grandfather of Perseus ) and Proetus, and Lyrcos, and one daughter, Idomene.

His father Abas, son of the last surviving Aegyptiad Lynceus and the Danaid Hypermnestra, had ruled over Argos and married Aglaea or Ocalea, who bore him twin sons, Proetus and Acrisius, who quarreled continually ever since they still were in the womb.

The rough-skinned newt ( Taricha granulosa ) from North America and other members of its genus contain the neurotoxin tetrodotoxin ( TTX ), the most toxic non-protein substance known and almost identical to that produced by pufferfish.

* Ada ( orchid ), genus of orchids

* Atlas Turtle ( Colossochelys atlas ), a prehistoric giant tortoise, formerly in the genus Testudo

The genus Allium includes some of the most widely used edible plants, such as onion and shallot ( varieties of Allium cepa ), garlic ( A. sativum and A. scordoprasum ), leek ( Allium ampeloprasum var.

Other Asterales are Rousseaceae ( 4 genera ), Campanulaceae ( 84 genera ) and Pentaphragmataceae ( 1 genus ).

* Athene ( owl ), a genus that contains two to four living species of small owls

Other animals found in the relatively open habitats of the high Andes include the huemul, cougar, foxes in the genus Pseudalopex, and, for birds, certain species of tinamous ( notably members of the genus Nothoprocta ), Andean Goose, Giant Coot, flamingos ( mainly associated with hypersaline lakes ), Lesser Rhea, Andean Flicker, Diademed Sandpiper-plover, miners, sierra-finches and diuca-finches.

The genus also contains several well-known ornamental plants, such as Amaranthus caudatus ( love-lies-bleeding ), a native of India and a vigorous, hardy annual with dark purplish flowers crowded in handsome drooping spikes.

Amaranths are recorded as food plants for some Lepidoptera ( butterfly and moth ) species including the nutmeg moth and various case-bearer moths of the genus Coleophora: C. amaranthella, C. enchorda ( feeds exclusively on Amaranthus ), C. immortalis ( feeds exclusively on Amaranthus ), C. lineapulvella and C. versurella ( recorded on A. spinosus ).

These include, for example, the beta-lactam antibacterials, which include the penicillins ( produced by fungi in the genus Penicillium ), the cephalosporins, and the carbapenems.

* Aquila ( genus ), a genus of birds including some eagles

* Aotus ( monkey ), the genus of night monkeys in the family Aotidae.

* Arene ( gastropod ), a genus of marine snails in the family Areneidae

* Ash ( Fraxinus ), genus of flowering plants in the olive and lilac family

* Prickly Ash ( Zanthoxylum ), genus of about 250 species of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs in the citrus or rue family, Rutaceae

Bluetongue is caused by the pathogenic virus, Bluetongue virus ( BTV ), of the genus Orbivirus, of the Reoviridae family.

The bongo belongs to the genus Tragelaphus, which includes the sitatunga ( Tragelaphus spekeii ), the nyala ( Tragelaphus angasii ), the bushbuck ( Tragelaphus scriptus ), the mountain nyala ( Tragelaphus buxtoni ), the Lesser Kudu ( Tragelaphus imberbis ) and the greater kudu ( Tragelaphus strepsiceros ).

: For the pygmy backswimmer genus, see Plea ( insect ).

* Iris ( insect ), a genus of praying mantis

The Pucciniomycotina includes the rust fungi, the insect parasitic / symbiotic genus Septobasidium, a former group of smut fungi ( in the Microbotryomycetes, which includes mirror yeasts ), and a mixture of odd, infrequently seen or seldom recognized fungi, often parasitic on plants.

The insect threatens the entire North American Fraxinus genus, while past invasive tree pests have only threatened a single species within a genus.

* Cytherea ( insect ), a genus of Bombyliidae

: For the owlfly genus, see Ascalaphus ( insect ).

* Silvius ( insect ), a genus of horsefly

For the stick insect genus, see Clitarchus ( genus ).

: The generic name Dryas L. ( 1753 ) represents a genus of magnoliophytan plants ( family Rosaceae ), and at the same time Dryas Hübner, 1807 is also a lepidopteran insect genus ( family Nymphalidae ).

Because this genus has no insect or decay resistance qualities after logging, it is generally recommended for construction purposes as indoor use only ( e. g. indoor drywall framing ).

This can be seen by the name itself, as it is a violation of convention to use the ending "- ptera " for any rank above genus other than an order – though since it is a convention rather than a mandatory rule of Linnean nomenclature, taxonomists are technically free to violate it ( which is why, for example, not all insect orders end in "- ptera ", e. g., Odonata ).

They are mainly insect eaters, with Eurystomus species taking their prey on the wing, and those of the genus Coracias diving from a perch to catch food items from on the ground, like giant shrikes.

This family of insect and seed-eating, ground-nesting birds resemble partridges, but with featherless heads, though both members of the genus Guttera have a distinctive black crest, and the Vulturine Guineafowl has a downy brown patch on the nape.

All members of this genus are insectivores, and have specalised structures for catching insects: a heel-like structure on the wrist that is thought to be used to tap on wood to locate insect larvae.

The name of the genus comes from the Greek pseudes ( false ) and akris ( locust ), probably a reference to the repeated rasping trill of most Chorus Frogs, which is similar to that of the insect.

The foliage and bark is eaten by Red Deer, Roe Deer, and Mountain Hares, and a small number of insect larvae, including the moth Venusia cambrica, the case-bearer moth Coleophora anatipennella and leaf-miners of genus Stigmella.

In North America it formed hybrids with native species from the Vitis genus ; some of these were intentional hybrids created to combat phylloxera, an insect pest which affected the European grapevine to a much greater extent than North American ones and in fact managed to devastate European wine production in a matter of years.

The insect order Zoraptera contains a single family, the Zorotypidae, which in turn contains one extant genus with 34 species, Zorotypus as well as 9 extinct species.

This disease occurs when the beech scale insect, Cryptococcus fagisuga, attacks the bark, creating a wound that is then infected by one of two different species of fungi in the genus Nectria.

The genus has many anamorphs ( asexual states ), of which Beauveria ( possibly including Beauveria bassiana, Metarhizium, and Isaria ) are the better known, since these have been used in biological control of insect pests.