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The cryptonephridial/rectal complex: an evolutionary adaptation for water and ion conservation. [PDF]

Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc
ABSTRACT Arthropods have integrated digestive and renal systems, which function to acquire and maintain homeostatically the substances they require for survival. The cryptonephridial complex (CNC) is an evolutionary novelty in which the renal organs and gut have been dramatically reorganised. Parts of the renal or Malpighian tubules (MpTs) form a close
Beaven R, Denholm B.
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Large positive ecological changes of small urban greening actions

Ecological Solutions and Evidence, Volume 4, Issue 3, July–September 2023., 2023
Urban greenspaces are known to mitigate the detrimental effects of urbanisation and support functionally diverse ecological communities, yet evidence of the ecological outcomes of urban greening remains scarce. Using a longitudinal observational design based on plant–insect interactions, we show how a small greening action quickly led to large positive
Luis Mata, Amy K. Hahs, Estibaliz Palma, Anna Backstrom, Nikolas Johnston, Tyler King, Ashley R. Olson, Christina Renowden, Tessa R. Smith, Blythe Vogel, Samantha Ward   +10 more
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Theme and variation in the evolution of insect sex determination

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, Volume 340, Issue 2, Page 162-181, March 2023., 2023
Graphical abstract Sex determination and dimorphic somatic differentiation are common in insects, such as the milkweed bugs (Oncopeltus fasciatus) shown here. Variation in the functions and structure of genes implicated in insect sex determination is not uniformly distributed.
Mara Laslo, Josefine Just, David R. Angelini   +2 more
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Invasion disharmony in the global biogeography of native and non‐native beetle species

Diversity and Distributions, Volume 27, Issue 11, Page 2050-2062, November 2021., 2021
Abstract Aim The concept of “island disharmony” has been widely applied to describe the systematic over‐ and under‐representation of taxa on islands compared to mainland regions. Here, we explore an extension of that concept to biological invasions. We compare biogeographical patterns in native and non‐native beetle (Coleoptera) assemblages from around
Andrew M. Liebhold, Rebecca M. Turner, Rachael E. Blake, Cleo Bertelsmeier, Eckehard G. Brockerhoff, Helen F. Nahrung, Deepa S. Pureswaran, Alain Roques, Hanno Seebens, Takehiko Yamanaka, Markus Franzén   +10 more
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Phenological shift along an elevational gradient and dispersal of pollen and seeds maintain a hybrid zone between two cherry tree species

Plant Species Biology, Volume 36, Issue 2, Page 230-245, April 2021., 2021
Hybrid zones between species with staggered reproductive phenology sometimes occur along elevational gradients, and the maintenance of such hybrid zones may depend on elevational shift in phenology and vertical dispersal of pollen and seeds. In a hybrid zone of Cerasus leveilleana and C.
Kahoko Tochigi, Kato Shuri, Satoshi Kikuchi, Shoji Naoe, Shinsuke Koike, Teruyoshi Nagamitsu   +5 more
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Record of Conotelus luteicornis Erichson (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) in passion fruit vine in Acre state, Brazil

Revista Ceres, 2021
The first record of Conotelus luteicornis Erichson (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) was made in a commercial passion fruit vine planting in the municipality of Senador Guiomard, Acre state, Brazil.
Rodrigo Souza Santos, Josef Jelínek, Romeu de Andrade Carvalho Neto   +2 more
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High levels of species' extirpation in an urban environment-A case study from Berlin, Germany, covering 1700-2023. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Our study compiled and analysed spatio‐temporal species' extirpation on a broad taxonomic coverage at the city scale. We revealed high number of extirpations, which are in the twenty‐firstcentury already comparable with previous centuries, and showed that cities might be suitable systems for studying species' extirpation processes due to their small ...
Keinath S, De Silva S, Sommerwerk N, Freyhof J.   +3 more
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First report of Austroporus doctus (Blackburn) from New Zealand and description of its larva (Coleoptera: Phalacridae) [PDF]

Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2020
The Australian species Austroporus doctus (Blackburn) is reported from New Zealand for the first time. Adults are illustrated and diagnosed, and late-instar larvae are fully described and illustrated.
Matthew L. Gimmel, Richard A.B. Leschen
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New mid-Cretaceous cryptic slime mold beetles and the early evolution of Sphindidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) [PDF]

Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny, 2021
The cryptic slime mold beetles, Sphindidae, are a moderately diverse cucujoid beetle family, whose members are obligately tied to slime molds throughout their life.
Yan-Da Li, Erik Tihelka, Zhen-Hua Liu, Di-Ying Huang, Chen‑Yang Cai   +4 more
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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

Arxius 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, B. Caballero-López, G. Massó   +2 more
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