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Patterns of morphological simplification and innovation in the megadiverse Holometabola (Insecta)

open access: yesCladistics, Volume 38, Issue 2, Page 227-245, April 2022., 2022
Abstract We analyzed patterns of complexity and simplicity in holometabolan insects using parsimony and maximum‐likelihood. By contrast with other groups of arthropods (and most other groups of animals), insects have undergone a stepwise process of structural simplification in their evolution.
Rolf Georg Beutel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

New cleroid beetles from the Middle–Late Jurassic of China [PDF]

open access: yesActa Palaeontologica Polonica, 2019
Four specimens of fossil beetles recorded from the Middle and Late Jurassic boundary beds of Inner Mongolia, China are assigned to the melyrid lineage of Cleroidea. Three of them are described as Sinomelyris praedecessor gen. et sp. nov.
Jiří Kolibáč, Diying Huang
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What feeds on Quercus ilex L.? A biogeographical approach to studying trophic interactions in a Mediterranean keystone species

open access: yesDiversity and Distributions, Volume 28, Issue 1, Page 4-24, January 2022., 2022
Abstract Aim Holm oak (Quercus ilex L.) is regarded as a keystone plant species. Trophic interactions may affect the distribution and abundance of phytophagous species, but the number of arthropod species that use holm oak as a food resource and their levels of host specificity are not yet known.
Juan Antonio Hernández‐Agüero   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Фауна жесткокрылых надсемейства Cleroidea (Coleoptera) Тюменской области

open access: yesАмурский зоологический журнал, 2022
В работе приводится аннотированный список жесткокрылых насекомых надсемейства Cleroidea Тюменской области. На основе собственных сборов и литературных данных, на исследуемой территории достоверно выявлено 26 видов из 19 родов и 4 семейств: Trogossitidae
Елена Викторовна Сергеева   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparative study of head structures of larvae of Sphindidae and Protocucujidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea)

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Entomology, 2001
Selected representatives of Cucujoidea, Cleroidea, Tenebrionoidea, Chrysomelidae, and Lymexylidae were examined. External and internal head structures of larvae of Sphindus americanus and Ericmodes spp. are described in detail.
Rolf Georg BEUTEL   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

The collection of type specimens belonging to the superfamilies Scarabaeoidea, Buprestoidea, Byrrhoidea, Elateroidea, Cleroidea, Cucujoidea, Tenebrionoidea (except Tenebrionidae family), Chrysomeloidea and Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) hosted in the Natural

open access: yesArxius de Miscel-lània Zoològica, 2016
The type collection of the superfamilies Scarabaeoidea, Buprestoidea, Byrrhoidea, Elateroidea, Cleroidea, Cucujoidea, Tenebrionoidea (except Tenebrionidae family), Chrysomeloidea and Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) deposited in the Natural Sciences Museum of
A. Viñolas   +2 more
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Diversity Phenomenon of the Danaceinae Malachite Beetle Subfamily (Coleoptera: Dasytidae) in Eocene Baltic Amber with a New Description of an Extinct Genus and Species

open access: yesDiversity, 2023
A new malachite beetle, Baltamauroania mirabilicornis gen. et sp. nov., belonging to the tribe Amauroniodini (Coleoptera: Dasytidae) embedded in Eocene Baltic amber is described and illustrated.
Sergei E. Tshernyshev   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The complete mitochondrial genome of Idgia oculata (Coleoptera: Cleroidea: Prionoceridae) and a related phylogenetic analysis of Cleroidea

open access: yesMitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2019
In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome of Idgia oculata Redtenbacher, 1868 was sequenced using Illumina’s NovaSeq platform. The mitogenome is a double-stranded circular molecule of 15,805 bp in length with 22 transfer RNA genes, 13 protein ...
Ling Wu, Ruie Nie, Ming Bai, Yuxia Yang
doaj   +1 more source

Taxonomic notes on some species of genus Charopus Erichson, 1840 in the Mediterranean Region (Coleoptera: Cleroidea, Melyridae, Malachiinae)

open access: yesFragmenta entomologica, 2022
The results of the study of several hundred specimens of the genus Charopus, preserved in public and private collections from the Mediterranean region are here presented. For C. rotundatus Erichson, 1840 the neotype is here described. C.
Gabriele Franzini
doaj   +1 more source

Pectotibialis paghmanensis Tshernyshev gen. nov. – a new genus and species of soft-winged flower beetle (Coleoptera, Cleroidea, Malachiidae) from Afghanistan

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Taxonomy, 2021
A new genus with a new species of soft-winged flower beetle, Pectotibialis paghmanensis Tshernyshev gen. et sp. nov. are described from Afghanistan. The new genus can be distinguished from the congeners of the tribe Apalochrini by the dark pectination in
Sergei E. Tshernyshev
doaj   +1 more source

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