MonotomidGen – A matrix-based interactive key to the New World genera of Monotomidae (Coleoptera, Cucujoidea) [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2016 A matrix-based LucidTM key is presented for the twelve genera of Monotomidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) represented in the New World. A general overview is given for the features and technical specifications of an original interactive key for the ...
Thomas C. McElrath +2 more
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Taxonomic notes on the little-known genus Metahelotella Kirejtshuk (Coleoptera, Cucujoidea, Helotidae) from southwestern China, with description of a new species and two new records [PDF]
ZooKeysMetahelotella alatonotata sp. nov. is described from Yunnan, China. Habitus and diagnostic characters of the new species are illustrated. Metahelotella semifulva (Ritsema, 1881) and Metahelotella immaculata (Ritsema, 1891) are newly recorded from China ...
Yu-Zhou Huang, Tian-Xuan Gu
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Review of family Monotomidae Laporte, 1840 (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) in Korea
Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 2020 In total, 10 species in five genera of the family Monotomidae Laporte, 1840, are recognized from Korea. Among them, two genera (Rhizophagoides Nakane & Hisamatsu, 1963, and Europs Wollaston, 1854) and four species (Monotoma (Monotoma) testacea ...
Seunghwan Lee, Min Hyeuk Lee
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Faunistic notes on Cryptophagidae and Latridiidae of Talassemtane National Park, Western Rif, Morocco, with the description of a new species (Coleoptera, Cucujoidea) [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2017 In order to contribute to the knowledge of beetles (Coleoptera) of the mountainous region of Morocco, Talassemtane National Park (Western Rif, Chefchaouen district, Morocco) was surveyed.
José Carlos Otero +2 more
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Three species of Cryptophagidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) new to Korea
Journal of Asia-Pacific BiodiversityThe genera Cryptophagus Herbst and Henoticus Thomson (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Cryptophagidae) include over 200 and approximately 35 described species worldwide, respectively.
Joong-In Shin, Jong-Seok Park
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Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti : Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali, 2014 This paper compiles an updated checklist of Sicilian species of Nitidulidae and Kateretidae from historical bibliographical data, and new Sicilian material collected by the first author and several other Italian and European entomologists in the last few
Cosimo Baviera, Paolo Audisio
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Two species of Cryptophagidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) new to Korea
Journal of Asia-Pacific BiodiversityThe genus Cryptophagus Herbst comprises over 200 described species worldwide, with 10 Korean species. The genus Micrambe Thomson includes 101 species within 3 subgenera, and a single species, Micrambe (s. str.) abietis (Paykull), is recorded in Korea. In
Joong-In Shin, Jong-Seok Park
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Structural Diversity of Adipokinetic Hormones in the Coleopteran Suborder Polyphaga (Excluding Cucujiformia). [PDF]
Arch Insect Biochem PhysiolAdipokinetic hormones of Polyphaga beetles (minus Cucujiformia series) were sequenced and confirmed via mass spectrometry. Schgr‐AKH‐II is assumed as ancestral AKH in Coleoptera. Radiation of AKH diversity during the evolution of Scarabaeoidea. ABSTRACT Beetles are the largest animal group, in general.
Gäde G, König S, Marco HG.
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Three species of the genus Cryptophagus Herbst (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Cryptophagidae) new to Korea
Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 2023 The genus Cryptophagus Herbst is one of the largest groups of the family Cryptophagidae Kirby (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea), and found in soil litter, under bark, nests of small animals, social insects, and stored products.
Joong-In Shin +2 more
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Optimizing the widely used nuclear protein-coding gene primers in beetle phylogenies and their application in the genus Sasajiscymnus Vandenberg (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2020 We optimized five NPC fragments widely used in beetle phylogenetics by reducing the degenerate site of primers and the length of target genes slightly. These five NPC fragments and 6 other molecular loci were amplified to test the monophyly of the coccinellid genus Sasajiscymnus.
Huang W +5 more
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