A checklist of arthropods associated with pig carrion and human corpses in Southeastern Brazil
Necrophagous insects, mainly Diptera and Coleoptera, are attracted to specific stages of carcass decomposition, in a process of faunistic succession. They are very important in estimating the postmortem interval, the time interval between the death and ...
LML Carvalho +3 more
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Red-legged ham beetle, Necrobia rufipes De Geer is described from Kurdistan region- Iraq. The specimens were collected from the carrion and carcasses in contact with soil during January and March- 2018.
zewar zainal omar +2 more
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Great Diversity of Insect Floral Associates May Partially Explain Ecological Success of Poison Ivy (\u3ci\u3eToxicodendron Radicans\u3c/i\u3e Subsp. \u3ci\u3eNegundo\u3c/i\u3e [Greene] Gillis, Anacardiaceae) [PDF]
Little is known about insect floral associates of poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans, Anacardiaceae), despite the species’ ubiquity and importance in nature and society.
Senchina, David S, Summerville, Keith S
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The article presents 13 new species of beetles for the territory of Katon-Karagay State National Natural Park (South-Western Altai, East Kazakhstan), which complements the fauna Scarabaеidae (Coleoptera) of National Park 49 species, Cerambycidae ...
A. U. Gabdullina
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A summary of the endemic beetle genera of the West Indies (Insecta: Coleoptera); bioindicators of the evolutionary richness of this Neotropical archipelago [PDF]
The Caribbean Islands (or the West Indies) are recognized as one of the leading global biodiversity hot spots. This is based on data on species, genus, and family diversity for vascular plants and non-marine vertebrates.
Peck, Stewart B. +1 more
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Enoclerus zonatus (Klug) is a clerid beetle predator distributed in northern and central Mexico. Specimens were reared from fruits (bolls) of mezcal maguey (Agave vivipara L., Asparagaceae) collected from Quetzalapa, Huitzuco de los Figueroa, Guerrero ...
Pedro Figueroa-Castro +3 more
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Current Classification of the Families of Coleoptera [PDF]
(excerpt) Several works on the order Coleoptera have appeared in recent years, some of them creating new superfamilies, others modifying the constitution of these or creating new families, finally others are genera1 revisions of the order.
de Viedma, M G, Nelson, M L
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Strange loves: a remarkable case of aberrant copulation in beetles (Coleoptera: Meloidae, Chrysomelidae) [PDF]
A case of copulation between two mimic and repellent beetle species (a male of Timarcha fracassii, and a female of Meloe autumnalis), belonging to distinct families (Chrysomelidae, Meloidae), is ...
Alberto BOLOGNA, Marco +5 more
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Cantharidin is produced only by beetles of Meloidae and Oedemeridae families and is a rare resource for canthariphilous insects that ingest fluids and/or portions of living and even dead meloid and oedemerid beetles. This study reports that the canthariphilous insects also use cantharidin that remains in bird droppings produced after eating meloid or ...
Hidemori Yazaki +3 more
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MOLECULAR STUDY OF THE RED-LEGGED HAM BEETLE NECROBIA RUFIPES (DE GEER, 1775) (COLEOPTERA: CLERIDAE) FROM THE ERBIL PROVINCE OF THE KURDISTAN REGION, IRAQ [PDF]
Necrobia rufipes (Coleoptera: Cleridae) are economically essential since most species are predaceous on other insects in both adult and larval stages. Molecular investigation is useful for identifying species and other downstream analysis. In addition to
H. M. Muhammad +3 more
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