Beetle bombing always deters praying mantises [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 Some animals have evolved chemical weapons to deter predators. Bombardier beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Brachininae: Brachinini) can eject toxic chemicals at temperatures of 100 °C from the tips of their abdomens, ‘bombing’ the attackers. Although some
Shinji Sugiura
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Bombardier beetles repel invasive bullfrogs [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 Invasive non-native predators negatively affect native species; however, some native species can survive the predation pressures of invasive species by using pre-existing antipredator strategies or evolving defenses against invasive predators.
Shinji Sugiura, Tomoki Date
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Bombardiers and assassins: mimetic interactions between unequally defended insects [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 In defensive mimicry, resemblance between unequally defended species can be parasitic; this phenomenon has been termed quasi-Batesian mimicry. Few studies have used real co-mimics and their predators to test whether the mimetic interactions were ...
Shinji Sugiura, Masakazu Hayashi
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Anti-predator defences of a bombardier beetle: is bombing essential for successful escape from frogs? [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 Some animals, such as the bombardier beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Brachinini), have evolved chemical defences against predators. When attacked, bombardier beetles can discharge noxious chemicals at temperatures of approximately 100 °C from the tip of ...
Shinji Sugiura
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A Bombardier Beetle Pheropsophus aequinoctialis (L.) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae)
EDIS, 2021 Pheropsophus aequinoctialis (L.) is a ground beetle in the tribe, Brachinini, native to parts of South and Central America. Ground beetles of this tribe are commonly referred to as bombardier beetles due to their ability to produce a powerful and hot ...
Gregory Parrow, Adam Dale
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ZooKeys, 2009 Adults of Pheropsophus aequinoctialis (L.) (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Brachininae: Brachinini), are largely nocturnal predators and scavengers on animal and plant materials. The daily food consumption of a pair of adults is the equivalent to 1.2 - 2.3 large
Howard Frank +2 more
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Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, 2001 Carabidae constituye dentro de los coléopteros chilenos, la cuarta familia en importancia por su cantidad de especies. El presente trabajo incluye una breve compilación acerca de la historia de la familia y de las primeras expediciones realizadas en ...
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Pygidial Glands in Carabidae, an Overview of Morphology and Chemical Secretion. [PDF]
Life (Basel), 2021 Giglio A +3 more
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Complete mitochondrial genome and phylogenetic analysis of Mastax latefasciata Liebke 1931 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae). [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA B Resour, 2022 Bai Y, Ye L, Yang K, Gao X.
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MicroCT data provide evidence correcting the previous misidentification of an Eocene amber beetle (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae) as an extant species. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2023 Schmidt J, Scholz S, Wiesner J, Will K.
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