The ground beetle tribe Platynini Bonelli, 1810 (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in the southern Levant: dichotomous and interactive identification tools, ecological traits, and distribution [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2021 The carabids of the tribe Platynini from the southern Levant (Egypt: Sinai Peninsula, Israel, Jordan) and adjacent regions of Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia are reviewed in terms of species taxonomy, ecological, distributional traits, and ...
Thorsten Assmann +12 more
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New and unpublished data about Bulgarian ground beetles from the tribes Pterostichini, Sphodrini and Platynini (Coleoptera, Carabidae) [PDF]
Acta Biologica Sibirica, 2021 Bulgarian ground beetle (Coleoptera, Carabidae) fauna is relatively well studied but there are still many species and regions in the country which are not well researched.
Teodora Teofilova
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A contribution to the knowledge of cavernicolous ground beetles from Sichuan Province, southwestern China (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechini, Platynini) [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2020 Two new genera and four new species of cave-adapted ground beetles are described from Sichuan Province, southwestern China. Uenoaphaenops gen. nov. is established to place the trechine species Qianotrechus fani Uéno, 2003 occurring in the limestone cave ...
Li He, Mingyi Tian
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New cavernicolous ground beetles from Anhui Province, China (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechini, Platynini) [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2020 A new genus and three new species of cave-adapted ground beetles are reported from the limestone cave Shenxian Dong in Huangshan Shi, southeastern Anhui Province, China. Shenoblemus gen. nov.
Jie Fang +3 more
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A remarkably modified species of the tribe Platynini (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from a limestone cave in Jiangxi Province, eastern China [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2014 Morimotoidius zhushandong sp. n. is described and illustrated from a limestone cave called Zhushan Dong II in Wanzhai Xian (=County) of western Jiangxi Province, eastern China. This species is the most modified species within the tribe Platynini in China
Pang Jianmei, Mingyi Tian
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Inferring species interactions from ecological survey data: A mechanistic approach to predict quantitative food webs of seed feeding by carabid beetles. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2021 Ecological networks are valuable for ecosystem analysis, but often limited by lack of data on interactions between species. Here, we develop a trait‐based approach to infer interaction strengths with mechanistic models and take existing ecological census data (samples of species: of carabid ground beetles and weed seeds) to construct inferred ...
Pocock MJO, Schmucki R, Bohan DA.
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The preimaginal stages of Galerita ruficollis Dejean, 1825 and the position of the tribe Galeritini in the classification of ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2021 The complete development cycle of Galerita (Galerita) ruficollis Dejean, 1825 was studied for the first time. In laboratory, at a temperature of 22 °C and long-day conditions, the development from egg to adult lasted 58–60 days.
Kirill V. Makarov, Andrey V. Matalin
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Comparative and Phylogenetic Analyses of Mitochondrial Genomes in Carabidae (Coleoptera: Adephaga). [PDF]
Ecol EvolIn this study, six complete mitochondrial genomes (mitogenomes) from the genus Harpalus are reported. Additionally, 13 cases of suspected misidentifications in public Carabidae mitogenomes from GenBank were identified, with potential corrections suggested.
Zhu P +8 more
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The molecular mechanisms of defensive-grade organic acid biosynthesis in ground beetles. [PDF]
Insect Mol BiolFormic acid and methacrylic acid are the primary defensive chemicals in the pygidial gland secretions of Platynus angustatus and Pterostichus moestus, respectively. Comparative transcriptomics suggests the folate cycle and valine catabolism may be involved in the biosynthesis of formic acid and methacrylic acid, respectively.
Rork AM, Xu S, Attygalle A, Renner T.
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Male reproductive system and spermatogenesis of Limodromus assimilis (Paykull 1790). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Based on advanced light and electron microscopy, we describe the male reproductive system and sperm development of Limodromus assimilis. The genital tract consists of pairs of uni-follicular testes, spermatic ducts with diverticula regions, seminal ...
Lea F Schubert +3 more
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