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Insect collecting bias in Arizona with a preliminary checklist of the beetles from the Sand Tank Mountains [PDF]

open access: yesBiodiversity Data Journal, 2023
The State of Arizona in the south-western United States supports a high diversity of insects. Digitised occurrence records, especially from preserved specimens in natural history collections, are an important and growing resource to understand ...
M. Andrew Johnston   +12 more
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When the Beetles Hit the Fan: The Fan-Trap, an Inexpensive, Light and Scalable Insect Trap under a Creative Commons License, for Monitoring and Experimental Use

open access: yesInsects, 2022
Monitoring is an important component in pest management, to prevent or mitigate outbreaks of native pests and to check for quarantine organisms. Surveys often rely on trapping, especially when the target species respond to semiochemicals.
Jean-Claude Grégoire   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

New species of Sericini from Sri Lanka (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Part II

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Taxonomy, 2022
Here, we present the results of our field survey in Sri Lanka and describe ten new species of Sericini: Selaserica fabriziae sp. nov., Sel. sororinitida sp. nov., Neoserica pophami sp. nov., Maladera haniel sp. nov., M. kishi sp. nov., M. windy sp. nov.,
Sasanka Ranasinghe   +4 more
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The Structure of the Endophallus Is a New Promising Feature and a Key to Study of Taxonomy of the Subgenus Metallotimarcha of the Genus Timarcha (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) in the Caucasus

open access: yesInsects, 2021
A comparative morphological study of the members of the subgenus Metallotimarcha revealed that Caucasian Timarcha hummelii is a separate species, which differs from European members of the subgenus (T. metallica, T. corinthia, T.
Andrzej Bieńkowski
doaj   +1 more source

Solanum nigrum Fruit Extract Increases Toxicity of Fenitrothion—A Synthetic Insecticide, in the Mealworm Beetle Tenebrio molitor Larvae

open access: yesToxins, 2020
Synthetic insecticides are widely used for crop protection both in the fields and in the food stored facilities. Due to their toxicity, and assumptions of Integrated Pest Management, we conducted two independent experiments, where we studied the ...
Marta Spochacz   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dung beetles [PDF]

open access: yesCurrent Biology, 2019
Frank T. Krell and Allison R. Moon introduce dung beetles.
Frank-Thorsten, Krell, Allison R, Moon
openaire   +2 more sources

A checklist of bark and ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae and Platypodidae) from Siberia and the Russian Far East

open access: yesActa Biologica Sibirica, 2022
Currently, 185 species of the family Scolytidae and three species of the family Platypodidae are recorded from Asian Russia. In total, 99 species of bark beetles are found in Siberia and 168 species in the Russian Far East.
Andrei A. Legalov
doaj   +1 more source

Cases of unintentional phoresy of beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) on birds

open access: yesТрансформация экосистем, 2019
Cases of unintentional phoresy of adult beetles on birds are discussed in this article. Five species of beetles from families Anobiidae, Curculionidae, Chrysomelidae and Dermestidae were recorded on five species of birds (families Columbidae ...
Alexey S. Sazhnev   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Burying beetles [PDF]

open access: yesCurrent Biology, 2013
Published ; Journal Article ; What are they? Burying beetles are members of the coleopteran family Silphidae (the carrion beetles) of the genus Nicrophorus. There are approximately 75 species in this Northern hemisphere genus. As for most other silphids, the use of vertebrate carrion is an essential part of a burying beetles life.
Royle, NJ, Hopwood, PE, Head, ML
openaire   +3 more sources

Aggregation Behavior of a Willow Flea Beetle, \u3ci\u3eAltica Subplicata\u3c/i\u3e (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This study examined the aggregation behavior of a specialist insect herbivore, Altica subplicata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), on its host plant, Salix cordata. Mark-recapture experiments were conducted in patches of S. cordata growing along the shores of
Bach, Catherine E, Carr, Deborah S
core   +2 more sources

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