The genus Morphostenophanes is a small arboreal group of darkling beetles that are endemic to the Oriental region. The complete mitochondrial genome of the M. sinicus population from the Manwan Town was first characterized.
Yu Bai +6 more
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The use of the larvae of Zophobas morio and galleria mellonella in feeding growing pigs
Insects represent a promising alternative source to more expensive components of the feeding regimen of farm animals for meat production. With this aim in mind, we conducted this experiment to investigate the effects of dried larvae of darkling beetles ...
Roman Vladimirovich Nekrasov +4 more
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Predictions and test of multiple climate-species richness hypotheses to explain the spatial distribution of tenebrionid beetles in mountain environments [PDF]
Few studies have evaluated how climate is mechanistically related to species richness in mountain environments. We used path analysis to evaluate predictions of several mechanistic hypotheses based on their hypothesized mechanism relating climate with ...
RODOLFO CARRARA +3 more
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Spatial Morphometric and Biochemical Variation within Populations of Scelosodis castaneus castaneus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Different Eco-geographical Regions in Egypt [PDF]
Spatial variation in morphological traits associated with biochemical changes as a result of habitat isolation is still a lacking study for most Egyptian insect groups especially darkling beetles.
Mohammed Mahmoud +2 more
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A new tribe record for the Darkling Beetle
Members of the tribe Scaurini Billberg, 1820, have been systematically studied by Solier (1838), Reitter (1914), Koch (1935, 1958), Peyerimhoff (1948), Español (1954, 1960), Antoine (1953, 1954), Kocher (1958, 1964), Reymond (1956 a, 1956 b) and Labrique (1992, 1995 a, 1995 b, 1995 c, 2001, 2004, 2006).
Taravati, S., Ferrer, J.
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Nabozhenko, Maxim V., Mpamnaras, Athanasios, Kalaentzis, Konstantinos (2020): Contribution to the knowledge of Mediterranean lichen-feeding darkling beetles of the genus Stenohelops Reitter, 1922 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae).
Nabozhenko, Maxim V. +2 more
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Note on the identity and distribution of Mesostena puncticollis Solier, 1835 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) in Central Asia [PDF]
The darkling beetle Mesostena puncticollis Solier, 1835 is recorded for Uzbekistan for the first time. Beetles were collected in the Sundukli desert and the foothills of the Nurota Mountains.
Norbek Kh. Bekchanov +5 more
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Peculiarities of Morphology of Darkling Beetles (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) of the Fauna of Ukraine [PDF]
Приведены оригинальные данные по морфологии жуков-чернотелок, которые станут основой для выяснения вопросов эволюции и филогении семейства, а также будут использованы для построения современных определителей. Изучены 102 вида, относящиеся к 54 родам и 29
Белов, А.А. +2 more
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A new genus and species of false darkling beetles (Coleoptera: Melandryidae) of the tribe Orchesiini Mulsant, 1856 from Australia [PDF]
The new genus and species of false darkling beetles (Melandriidae, Orchesiini), Austrolederia abdurakhmanovi gen. et sp. n. is described from the Lamington National Park, Australia.
N.B. Nikitsky
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Significance of the saprophagous diet for Opatrum sabulosum (Linnaeus, 1761), which is a pest of cultivated crops such as sunflower and maize, is under consideration.
S. S. Nazimov, V. V. Brygadyrenko
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