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Insect species described from Big Bend National Park [PDF]
The list contains 192 insect species, of which 139 are primary types.
Van Pelt, Arnold F.
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Ecologists have identified several correlates of biological rarity in animals. Among the various correlates identified so far, three are explored in this paper: (a) abundance is correlated with absolute body size in animals; (b) phylogenetically ...
Monica PITZALIS+4 more
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Nomenclatural changes for selected Mordellidae (Coleoptera) in North America [PDF]
New nomenclatural changes are presented for selected North American mordellid beetles (Coleoptera: Mordellidae). The following five genera are newly recorded fi.·om the United States: Mordellaria Ermisch 1950, Falsomordellistena Ermisch 1941, Mordellina ...
Jackman, John A., Lu, Wenhua
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New records of woodboring beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) for the eastern United States [PDF]
An abundance-based checklist of eastern Buprestidae (Coleoptera) was compiled from collection records from invasive insect surveys conducted during 2010–2018. Reported are 111 species in 17 genera based on 33,047 specimens examined from 10 states.
Barringer, Lawrence
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Forest edges are essential to the maintenance of biodiversity at the landscape level. According to the edge effect hypothesis, diversity is higher in an edge than in adjacent areas. We tested the edge effect hypothesis for carabids and staphylinids in an
Béla TÓTHMÉRÉSZ+4 more
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Checklist of the Aphodiini of Mexico, Central and South America (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) [PDF]
This preliminary checklist of Aphodiini south of the United States is prepared to provide published data for a future web-based checklist of all New World Aphodiinae.
Dellacasa, Giovanni+3 more
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Industrial air pollution constitutes a major environmental disturbance, and its impacts on insect communities have considerable implications for ecosystem structure and functions.
Mikhail V. KOZLOV
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A summary of the published data on host plants and morphology of immature stages of Australian jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) : with additional new records [PDF]
A summary is given of the published host plant and descriptive immature stage morphology data for 671 species and 11 subspecies in 54 genera of Australian jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae).
Bellamy, Charles L.+3 more
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Carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae) provide a valuable ecosystem service by promoting nutrient cycling and controlling pests like noxious flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae and Sarcophagidae).
Pavel JAKUBEC, Jan RŮŽIČKA
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Large, ball rolling dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) are competitively dominant and can strongly influence community succession in dung pads.
Gregory T. SULLIVAN+4 more
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