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Genetic structure of recently fragmented suburban populations of European stag beetle [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution, 2020
Habitat loss and fragmentation due to urbanization can negatively affect metapopulation persistence when gene flow among populations is reduced and population sizes decrease.
Karen Cox, Niall McKeown, An Vanden Broeck, An Van Breusegem, Roger Cammaerts, Arno Thomaes   +5 more
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The complete mitochondrial genome of stag beetle Lucanus cervus (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) and phylogenetic analysis [PDF]

PeerJ, 2019
Background The stag beetle Lucanus cervus (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) is widely distributed in Europe. Habitat loss and fragmentation has led to significant reductions in numbers of this species.
Dan Chen, Jing Liu, Luca Bartolozzi, Xia Wan   +3 more
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Supporting dataset and methods for body sizes and concentrations of chemical elements measured in elytra and abdomens of Stag Beetles Lucanus cervus [PDF]

Data in Brief, 2020
The dataset presented in this data paper supports “Breaking down insect stoichiometry into chitin-based and internal elemental traits: Patterns and correlates of continent-wide intraspecific variation in the largest European saproxylic beetle” (Orłowski ...
Grzegorz Orłowski, Lucyna Mróz, Marcin Kadej, Adrian Smolis, Dariusz Tarnawski, Jerzy Karg, Alessandro Campanaro, Marco Bardiani, Deborah J. Harvey, Marcos Méndez, Arno Thomaes, Al Vrezec, Krzysztof Ziomek, Andrzej L. Rudecki, Detlef Mader   +14 more
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The European Stag Beetle (Lucanus cervus) Monitoring Network: International Citizen Science Cooperation Reveals Regional Differences in Phenology and Temperature Response [PDF]

Insects, 2021
To address the decline in biodiversity, international cooperation in monitoring of threatened species is needed. Citizen science can play a crucial role in achieving this challenging goal, but most citizen science projects have been established at ...
Arno Thomaes, Sylvie Barbalat, Marco Bardiani, Laura Bower, Alessandro Campanaro, Natalia Fanega Sleziak, João Gonçalo Soutinho, Sanne Govaert, Deborah Harvey, Colin Hawes, Marcin Kadej, Marcos Méndez, Bruno Meriguet, Markus Rink, Sarah Rossi De Gasperis, Sanne Ruyts, Lucija Šerić Jelaska, John Smit, Adrian Smolis, Eduard Snegin, Arianna Tagliani, Al Vrezec   +21 more
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Nutrient-dependent allometric plasticity in a male-diphenic mite. [PDF]

Ecol Evol, 2022
The threshold body size for male morph expression in bulb mites Rhizoglyphus robini is food‐dependent. Such allometric plasticity can facilitate rapid evolution of allometric scaling relationships. Abstract Male secondary sexual traits often scale allometrically with body size. These allometries can be variable within species and may shift depending on
Rhebergen FT, Stewart KA, Smallegange IM.   +2 more
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Novel pheromone-mediated reproductive behaviour in the stag beetle, Lucanus cervus [PDF]

Scientific Reports
The iconic European stag beetle (Lucanus cervus) (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) is one of the largest terrestrial beetles in Europe. Due to decreasing population numbers, thought to be a consequence of habitat loss, this beetle has become a near-threatened ...
Deborah J. Harvey, József Vuts, Antony Hooper, John C. Caulfield, Paul Finch, Christine M. Woodcock, Alan C. Gange, Jason W. Chapman, Michael A. Birkett, John A. Pickett   +9 more
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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.
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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.
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From professional surveys to citizen scientists’ observations: Presence-based spatial and temporal analyses of three protected saproxylic beetles (Coleoptera, Lucanidae, Cerambycidae) in Bulgaria [PDF]

Biodiversity Data Journal
The saproxylic beetles Lucanus cervus (Linnaeus, 1758), Morimus asper funereus Mulsant, 1862 and Rosalia alpina (Linnaeus, 1758), protected under the European Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC, became the subject of targeted surveys in Bulgaria after the ...
Rumyana Kostova, Rostislav Bekchiev
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A multidimensional study on population size, deadwood relationship and allometric variation of Lucanus cervus through citizen science

Insect Conservation and Diversity, 2023
Collaborating with citizen scientists, we were able to collect a vast amount of data on different ecological dimensions of Lucanus cervus across a protected woodland. We estimated a remarkably large population size, documented its variation related to different deadwood characteristics, and discovered an unexpectedly low allometric variation of males ...
Cristina Castracani, Donato A. Grasso, Stefano Leonardi   +2 more
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