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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 ...
Ragionieri L, Zúñiga-Reinoso Á, Bläser M, Predel R.   +3 more
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Insufficient Cold Resistance as a Possible Reason for the Absence of Darkling Beetles (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) in Pleistocene Sediments of Siberia. [PDF]

Insects
The 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.
Dudko RY, Alfimov AV, Gurina AA, Meshcheryakova EN, Reshetnikov SV, Legalov AA, Berman DI.   +6 more
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Rapid Identification of Edible Insect Species in Food Using MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry. [PDF]

Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom
ABSTRACT Rationale Edible insects are emerging as sustainable, nutritious ‘foods of the future’ and are gradually introduced to the European market as novel foods. Ensuring consumer safety and preventing fraud requires legal regulation, which in turn depends on reliable analytical methods.
Straka D, Meledina A, Smirnova TA, Hajslova J, Kourimska L, Kulma M, Sebelova K, Pospisil O, Kopecka A, Kuckova S.   +9 more
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Study on the Relationship between Richness and Morphological Diversity of Higher Taxa in the Darkling Beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

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, Yijie Tong, Yuchen Zhao
exaly   +3 more sources

Zoborg: On-Demand Climbing Control for Cyborg Beetles. [PDF]

Adv Sci (Weinh)
A novel on‐demand climbing protocol enables Zoborg (a cyborg beetle from the living Zophobas morio) to seamlessly transition from horizontal floors to vertical walls. Multiple unrestrained mechanosensors allow wall sensing while electrical stimulation of the elytron initiates climbing. Leveraging the agile locomotion and exceptional adaptability of the
Fitzgerald L, Le HN, Wilson RS, Nguyen HD, Do TN, Vo-Doan TT.   +5 more
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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
Steiner WE.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Two new species of the genus <i>Morphostenophanes</i> Pic, 1925 from Yunnan, China (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Stenochiinae, Cnodalonini). [PDF]

Zookeys
Two 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.
He H, Meng FY, Yang SJ.
europepmc   +4 more sources

Fog-basking behaviour and water collection efficiency in Namib Desert Darkling beetles. [PDF]

Front Zool, 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
Nørgaard T, Dacke M.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Unexpected Evolutionary Divergence of Tachykinin-Positive Neurons Innervating the Central Complex in Hexapods. [PDF]

J Comp Neurol
The central complex is a group of midline‐spanning neuropils in the brain of insects with a key role in goal‐directed orientation and navigation. Immunolabeling in 25 species, ranging from bristletails to flies, shows that neurons containing peptides of the tachykinin family of neuropeptides are present in most species studied.
Homberg U, Xu J, Keyser T, Suzdalenkov F, Wimmer F, Fromandi M, Bianco S, Tez M, Dippel S.   +8 more
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Negative impacts of insecticide-treated methods and slot traps for trapping of Ips cembrae on nontarget invertebrates. [PDF]

Pest Manag Sci
The negative impacts of using insecticide‐treated methods and slot traps against Ips cembrae were evaluated. Negative impacts on predator species of bark beetles such as Thanasimus formicarius and Red‐Listed species were described. Abstract BACKGROUND Ips cembrae is serious forest pest of European larch (Larix decidua).
Jakub Š, Jiří F, Karolina R, Emanuel K.   +3 more
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