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The genome sequence of the lesser stag beetle, Dorcus parallelipipedus (Linnaeus, 1758) [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] [PDF]

Wellcome Open Research
We present a genome assembly from an individual male Dorcus parallelipipedus (the lesser stag beetle; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Lucanidae). The genome sequence is 470.9 megabases in span.
Dominic Phillips, Liam M. Crowley
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Distribution of the genus Platycerus Geoffroy (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) in Italy [PDF]

Biodiversity Data Journal
Stag beetles are saproxylic species that are associated with deadwood in the larval stage and play an important role in forest ecosystem dynamics. In Italy, Platycerus caprea and Platycerus caraboides are two small, elusive stag beetle species, whose ...
Davide Scaccini, Luca Bartolozzi, Michele Zilioli, Andrea Di Giulio, Enrico Ruzzier   +4 more
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Assessing Biodiversity in Agricultural Landscapes Through Drone-Based Environmental DNA Sampling. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
We developed a drone‐based environmental DNA (eDNA) swabbing method to assess hexapod diversity in agricultural fields under three management types (conventional, organic, and IP‐Suisse), detecting 75 taxa across 19 families. eDNA replicates showed consistent within‐field results, though no significant differences in diversity were found between ...
Albouy C, Humbert L, Niedermeier K, Chautem M, Fopp F, Luthi M, Thurnheer S, Marques V, Kirchgeorg S, Geckeler C, Nasrallah A, Mintchev S, Pellissier L.   +12 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Taxonomic and Trophic Groups Mediate Latitudinal Variation in Saproxylic Beetle Species Richness and Body Size Across Western Palaearctic Oak Forests. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
In this study, we examined latitudinal gradients in species richness and body size among 425 saproxylic beetle species from 28 oak forest sites spanning from Israel to Norway. Our analyses show that taxonomic identity and trophic group both mediate latitudinal patterns, with several families displaying mid‐latitude diversity peaks and ...
Franzen M, Jansson N, Avci M, Brin A, Brustel H, Budka J, Buse J, Carpaneto G, Chiari S, Cizek L, Coskun M, Dagley J, Hammond PM, Micó E, Öncul Abacigil T, Pavlicek T, Schlaghamersky J, Sebek P, Sverdrup-Thygeson A, Vural Varli S, Westerberg L, Wilde I, Zauli A, Milberg P.   +23 more
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Multifaceted Biodiversity Patterns and Influencing Factors of <i>Lucanus</i> Stag Beetles (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) in China. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
As keystone indicators of forest integrity, stag beetles (genus Lucanus) in China reveal novel multidimensional patterns integrating taxonomic, phylogenetic, and functional diversity. Our integrative framework elucidates the interactive effects of contemporary environmental gradients and historical climatic oscillations on these biodiversity dimensions,
Wang YX, Shen YG, Zhu XL, Wan X.
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The smallest stag beetles (Coleoptera, Lucanidae): hidden paleodiversity in mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber from northern Myanmar [PDF]

Evolutionary Systematics, 2023
The fossil record of stag beetles (Lucanidae), especially in Mesozoic amber, is sparse. Four additional fossil lucanids preserved in mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber from northern Myanmar are here reported.
Shûhei Yamamoto
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Structural Diversity of Adipokinetic Hormones in the Coleopteran Suborder Polyphaga (Excluding Cucujiformia). [PDF]

Arch Insect Biochem Physiol
Adipokinetic hormones of Polyphaga beetles (minus Cucujiformia series) were sequenced and confirmed via mass spectrometry. Schgr‐AKH‐II is assumed as ancestral AKH in Coleoptera. Radiation of AKH diversity during the evolution of Scarabaeoidea. ABSTRACT Beetles are the largest animal group, in general.
Gäde G, König S, Marco HG.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Chromosome-Level Reference Genome of an Endemic, Endangered Long-Armed Scarab (<i>Cheirotonus formosanus</i>): Discovery of a Putative Y-Linked Scaffold and Demographic History. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Male and female Cheirotonus formosanus. Adults have metallic dark‐brown elytra with scattered light‐brown spots and golden hairs covering the ventral thorax and abdomen. Body length ranges from ~50 to 65 mm and males exhibit exaggerated, elongated forelegs.
Chien S, Huang JP, Blackmon H.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Geometric morphometric analysis of the pronotum and elytron in stag beetles: insight into its diversity and evolution [PDF]

ZooKeys, 2019
Stag beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea, Lucanidae) have received extensive attention from researchers in behavioral ecology and evolutionary biology. There have been no previous quantitative analyses, particularly using a geometric morphometric approach
Mengna Zhang, Yongying Ruan, Xia Wan, Yijie Tong, Xingke Yang, Ming Bai   +5 more
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Predation on Leptinopterus Hope species (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) by three species of Reduviidae (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) in the Atlantic Forest, Brazil

EntomoBrasilis, 2012
The natural occurrence of predation on Leptinopterus burmeisteri Arrow and Leptinopterus femoratus (Olivier) (Coleoptera, Lucanidae, Lucaninae) by Zelurus angularis (Stål) (Reduviinae), Apiomerus mutabilis Costa Lima, Seabra & Hathaway and Apiomerus ...
Paschoal Coelho Grossi, Ricardo Mitsuhiro Koike, Hélcio Reinaldo Gil-Santana   +2 more
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