Insufficient Cold Resistance as a Possible Reason for the Absence of Darkling Beetles (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) in Pleistocene Sediments of Siberia [PDF]
InsectsThe level of diversity and abundance of darkling beetles (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) is the main difference between the late Pleistocene and modern insect faunas of arid regions.
Roman Yu. Dudko +6 more
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Phylogenomics of darkling beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from the Atacama Desert [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 Background Tenebrionidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) are a conspicuous component of desert fauna worldwide. In these ecosystems, they are significantly responsible for nutrient cycling and show remarkable morphological and physiological adaptations ...
Lapo Ragionieri +3 more
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Distribution and environmental determinants of darkling beetles assemblages (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in Península Valdés (Argentinean Patagonia) [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2021 Arid lands provide several products and services to humankind, but human activities affect this environment, increasing the extinction risk of the native species.
GERMÁN H. CHELI +3 more
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Diversity, 2022 Many studies have found that the correlation between species richness (SR) and morphological diversity (MD) is positive, but the correlation degree of these parameters is not always consistent due to differences in categories and various ecological ...
Ming Bai, Yi-Jie Tong, Yu-Chen Zhao
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Two new species of the genus Morphostenophanes Pic, 1925 from Yunnan, China (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Stenochiinae, Cnodalonini) [PDF]
ZooKeysTwo new species of darkling beetles of the genus Morphostenophanes Pic, 1925 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Stenochiinae, Cnodalonini) are described from Yunnan, China: M. jiaoziensis sp. nov. and M. yangshijiani sp. nov.
Hao He, Fei-Yan Meng, Shi-Jian Yang
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Larvae and pupae of two North American darkling beetles (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Stenochiinae), Glyptotus cribratus LeConte and Cibdelis blaschkei Mannerheim, with notes on ecological and behavioural similarities [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2014 This study describes and illustrates the larvae and pupae of two North American darkling beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in the subfamily Stenochiinae, Glyptotus cribratus LeConte from the southeastern United States, and Cibdelis blaschkei Mannerheim
Warren Steiner
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Fog-basking behaviour and water collection efficiency in Namib Desert Darkling beetles [PDF]
Frontiers in Zoology, 2010 Background In the Namib Desert fog represents an alternative water source. This is utilised by Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae) that employ different strategies for obtaining the fog water. Some dig trenches in the sand, while others use their own bodies
Dacke Marie, Nørgaard Thomas
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Research Note: Role of Darkling Beetles (Alphitobius diaperinus) and Litter in Spreading and Maintaining Salmonella Enteritidis and Campylobacter jejuni in Chicken Flocks [PDF]
Poultry Science, 2023 Chengming Wang +2 more
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Cynaeus angustus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), a new alien beetle in Romania [PDF]
Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa”, 2021 Cynaeus angustus, a North American tenebrionid, is recorded for the first time in Romania. Its distribution in Europe and some data regarding its ecology are presented and discussed.
Alexandru-Mihai Pintilioaie +1 more
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First records of Eledonoprius serrifrons (Reitter, 1890) from Greece and Eledona hellenica Reitter, 1885 from Bulgaria (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae): a contribution to the Bolitophagini of southern Balkan Peninsula with a special reference to Greece [PDF]
Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень, 2022 Te Western Palaearctic representatives of the tribe Bolitophagini comprise of seven species in three genera. Research on Bolitophagini of Greece has been minimal reporting on the presence of four species. In this paper, the rarely collected Eledonoprius
G. Kakiopoulos, J. Demetriou
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