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Abstract Aim China has dozens of well‐recognized biodiversity hotspots, but many more potential areas have not been estimated thoroughly, which is unfavourable for biodiversity conservation. Neotenic net‐winged beetles with limited dispersal ability generally occur in restricted ranges but rarely occur in China, which makes them ideal models for ...
Tong Liu +4 more
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An updated checklist of the Cantharidae and Lycidae of Switzerland (Coleoptera, Elateroidea) [PDF]
An updated checklist of the Swiss species belonging to the families Cantharidae and Lycidae, is presented and briefly discussed. This checklist includes 106 species and is based on over 26’000 occurrences obtained from the identification of specimens ...
Yannick Chittaro +2 more
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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 +5 more
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Strange loves: a remarkable case of aberrant copulation in beetles (Coleoptera: Meloidae, Chrysomelidae) [PDF]
A case of copulation between two mimic and repellent beetle species (a male of Timarcha fracassii, and a female of Meloe autumnalis), belonging to distinct families (Chrysomelidae, Meloidae), is ...
Alberto BOLOGNA, Marco +5 more
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The click beetles (Elateridae) originated in the Mesozoic and recently form a relatively large family with approximately 10,000 described species worldwide. However, the Mesozoic, and particularly Cretaceous, click beetle fauna remains very poorly known.
Katerina Triskova +3 more
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Epuraea imperialis (Reitter, 1877). New invasive species of Nitidulidae (Coleoptera) in Europe, with a checklist of sap beetles introduced to Europe and Mediterranean areas [PDF]
Australian species Epuraea imperialis (Reitter, 1877), previously introduced to New Zealand, is recorded as a new invasive species from the Canary Islands, Continental Spain, Portugal, France, Belgium, and Italy.
Audisio, Paolo Aldo +4 more
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The soft-bodied click-beetle genus Malacogaster Bassi, 1834 from the Mediterranean region has never been taxonomically revised to date. Information on its morphology, intra- and interspecific variability, systematics and distribution is fragmented and ...
Johana Hoffmannova, Robin Kundrata
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Henoticonus bouchardi Grouvelle transferred to Trogocryptoides Champion (Coleoptera: Salpingidae) [PDF]
During a revision of the genus Pharaxonotha Reitter, 1875 (Coleoptera: Erotylidae) the study of the type of Henoticonus bouchardi Grouvelle, 1919 (Coleoptera: Erotylidae), considered to belong in Pharaxonotha, was found to be misplaced.
Skelley, Paul E.
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The complete mitogenome of the trilobite beetle, Platerodrilus sp. (Elateroidea: Lycidae) [PDF]
The nucleotide sequence of the complete mitogenome of the trilobite beetle, Platerodrilus sp. was determined. This is the first complete mitogenome reported for the family Lycidae (Elateroidea: Coleoptera). The newly determined sequence is 16,394 bp long
Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, Jorge +1 more
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Notas sobre Ovipalpus Solier (Coleoptera: Elateridae), con descripción de una nueva especie de Chile
Ovipalpus nigromarginatus sp. nov., es descrita e ilustrada en base a ejemplares provenientes de una única localidad (Lolol, Chile). El macho de O. piceus Fleutiaux, 1910 y el macho y la hembra de O. pubescens Solier, 1851 son ilustrados.
Cristian Pineda
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