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Long droughts decrease tiger- and ground-beetle’ beta diversity and community body size in savannas of the Gorongosa National Park (Mozambique) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
: We assessed the Caraboidea communities of Gorongosa National Park (GNP) in Mozambique. Influence of tropical rainfall, after a long period of drought, was evaluated on alpha and beta diversity of tiger- and ground-beetles in the main habitat types of ...
Boieiro, Mário   +4 more
core   +1 more source

It's Not a Bug, It's a Feature: Functional Materials in Insects

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, Volume 30, Issue 19, May 10, 2018., 2018
Insects have evolved manifold optimized solutions to everyday problems. The diversity and precision of their hierarchical material adaptations often outsmart and outperform current man‐made approaches. These materials hence provide an excellent basis for the inspiration of new technological approaches by taking design cues from nature's solutions ...
Thomas B. H. Schroeder   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pheropsophus consularis

open access: yes, 2019
Pheropsophus consularis (SCHMIDT-GOEBEL, 1846) (Fig. 1 G) = Pheropsophus stenoderus CHAUDOIR, 1850 Brachinus consularis Schmidt-Goebel, 1846: 75; Bates, 1891b: 336; 1892b: 392; Andrewes, 1923: 44; 1924a: 116; 1930: 272; Jedlička, 1963: 531; Hrdlička, 2017: 479; Ullah et al., 2017: 180 Pheropsophus stenoderus Chaudoir, 1850: 77; 1876: 41; Arrow, 1901 ...
Venugopal, Akhil S., Thomas, Sabu K.
openaire   +2 more sources

On the nomenclatural status of type genera in Coleoptera (Insecta) [PDF]

open access: yesZooKeys
More than 4700 nominal family-group names (including names for fossils and ichnotaxa) are nomenclaturally available in the order Coleoptera. Since each family-group name is based on the concept of its type genus, we argue that the stability of names used
Patrice Bouchard   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Coleopteran Fauna Of Agroecosystems In Awka, Nigeria [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
A study was carried out to investigate the coleopteran fauna of two agroecosystems (cultivated farmland and fallow plot at the Permanent Site of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka) for a twelve-month period using the pitfall technque.
Egwuatu, R, Ewuim, S C, Nwana, I E
core   +2 more sources

Pheropsophus catoirei

open access: yes, 2019
Published as part of Venugopal, Akhil S. & Thomas, Sabu K., 2019, Bombardier beetles of the genus Pheropsophus Solier 1833 (Carabidae: Brachininae: Brachinini) from Indian subcontinent, pp.
Venugopal, Akhil S., Thomas, Sabu K.
openaire   +2 more sources

Bettle fauna of agro and forest ecosystems in a tropical rainforest habitat, Nigeria [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
An investigation was carried out to study the beele fauna of a cultivated farmland and tropical rainforest plot at the Permanent. Site of Nnamd Azikiwe University, Awka for a twelve-month period using the pitfall echnique.
Ewuim, CS
core   +2 more sources

Pheropsophus occipitalis

open access: yes, 2019
Published as part of Venugopal, Akhil S. & Thomas, Sabu K., 2019, Bombardier beetles of the genus Pheropsophus Solier 1833 (Carabidae: Brachininae: Brachinini) from Indian subcontinent, pp.
Venugopal, Akhil S., Thomas, Sabu K.
openaire   +2 more sources

Pheropsophus bimaculatus

open access: yes, 2019
Pheropsophus bimaculatus (LINNAEUS, 1771) (Fig. 1 C, 5 C) Ssp. Pheropsophus bimaculatus posticalis ARROW, 1901 Carabus bimaculatus Linnaeus, 1771: 532; Fabricius, 1775: 243; Olivier, 1795: 65; Dejean, 1821: 3; 1825: 299; Hope, 1838: 100; Motschulsky, 1855: 55; Redtenbacher, 1844: 5; Chaudoir, 1876: 34; Bates, 1886: 200; Andrewes, 1919: 120; 1921a: 153;
Venugopal, Akhil S., Thomas, Sabu K.
openaire   +2 more sources

Pheropsophus sobrinus

open access: yes, 2019
Published as part of Venugopal, Akhil S. & Thomas, Sabu K., 2019, Bombardier beetles of the genus Pheropsophus Solier 1833 (Carabidae: Brachininae: Brachinini) from Indian subcontinent, pp.
Venugopal, Akhil S., Thomas, Sabu K.
openaire   +1 more source

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