Palaearctic seed beetle Bruchus affinis (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Bruchinae) new to North America, arrival, distribution, and autecology [PDF]
First North American records are presented for Bruchus affinis Frölich, 1799 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Bruchinae), as confirmed by morphology from multiple sites in Canada: British Columbia, Ontario, and Québec.
Hume B. Douglas +4 more
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Taxonomic revision of Dasydorylas Skevington, 2001 (Diptera, Pipunculidae) in the Middle East [PDF]
Species of the distinctive and cosmopolitan genus Dasydorylas Skevington, 2001 in the Middle East are revised. Seven species are documented, and three new species, Dasydorylas dactylos sp. nov., D. forcipus sp. nov. and D. parazardouei sp.
Behnam Motamedinia +2 more
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Taxonomic revision of Romaleosyrphus Bigot (Diptera, Syrphidae), including descriptions of seven new species [PDF]
The genus Romaleosyrphus Bigot is reviewed, including the description of seven new species (R. argosi Moran, sp. nov., R. bigoti Moran, sp. nov., R. drysus Moran, sp. nov., R. nephelaeus Moran & Thompson, sp. nov., R.
Kevin M. Moran, Jeffrey H. Skevington
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A world generic revision of Quediini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae), part 1. Early diverging Nearctic lineages [PDF]
Several phylogenetically isolated, early diverging lineages of rove beetle tribe Quediini, all endemic to the western Nearctic, have recently been revealed by phylogenomic systematics.
Adam J. Brunke
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Revision of rove beetle genus Bolitogyrus Chevrolat (Staphylininae, Cyrtoquediini). Supplement 1 [PDF]
Bolitogyrus is a moderately diverse genus of 78 species that are widely disjunct in the subtropical and tropical forests of the Neotropical and Oriental regions. Following recent revisions of both the Neotropical and Oriental species, this study provides
Adam J. Brunke
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Study on burrowing nematode, Radopholus similis, pathogenicity test system in tobacco as host
Radopholus similis (Cobb 1893) Thorne (1949) is a destructive migratory endoparasitic plant nematode. In this study, the pathogenic process of R. similis infection in Nicotiana benthamiana (tobacco) was studied using quartz sand culture in laboratory ...
Si-hua YANG +7 more
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Contributions to the systematics of New World macro-moths VII
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B. Christian Schmidt +1 more
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Based on newly discovered characters on the male genitalia, external morphology and an accumulation of ecological data, we revise the single member of the genus Hemiquedius. Two new species, H. infinitus Brunke & Smetana, sp. n. and H.
Adam Brunke +3 more
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A summary of all taxonomic and nomenclatural changes to the check list of the Noctuoidea of North America north of Mexico since the last update published in 2015 is provided.
B. Christian Schmidt +2 more
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Revision of the world species of Piogaster Perkins (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae), ectoparasitoids of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae) with a description of one new species [PDF]
The world species of Piogaster Perkins are revised including the description of a new species: Piogaster variegata Bass, Bennett & Schwarzfeld, sp. nov. from Alberta, Canada. The new species is described and the seven previously known species are
Amber Bass +3 more
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