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RNAi‐mediated gene silencing of a 26S proteasome subunit increases mortality of the Japanese beetle Popillia japonica

Pest Management Science, Volume 82, Issue 1, Page 1066-1078, January 2026.
We propose the regulatory particle non‐ATPase subunit 6 of the 26S proteasome as a first good promising RNA interference target candidate to control the Japanese beetle Popillia japonica. This will help to optimize a double‐stranded RNA insecticide against this priority pest with low off‐target effects on pollinators on a gene sequence‐based prediction.
Giulia Lucetti, Simona Abbà, Gabriele Pesavento, Elena Fanelli, Francesca De Luca, Elia Battagini, Stefano Cazzaniga, Matteo Ballottari, Diletta Frizzon, Nicola Mori, Luciana Galetto   +10 more
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The role of natural savanna in maintaining dung beetle diversity and their ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes in the Brazilian Cerrado

Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 63, Issue 1, January 2026.
Low‐intensity management agriculture, such as organic agriculture, can benefit landscape permeability to key insects that provide ecosystem services to agriculture. Maintenance of natural savanna patches can increase the pool of species, benefiting local populations and the provision of their ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes.
Rafaella Maciel, Thiara A. Bernardes, Pedro Henrique B. Togni, Marina R. Frizzas   +3 more
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Pollinator‐dependence and specialization in three sunbird‐pollinated, fire‐stimulated flowering species

Plant Biology, Volume 28, Issue 1, Page 215-224, January 2026.
Through field observations and experimental verification, we found that three bird‐pollinated plant species with fire‐stimulated flowering specialize in, and heavily depend on, sunbirds for pollination and reproduction. Abstract Fires dramatically reduce both floral resources and pollinator abundance, potentially compromising flowering plant ...
A. Mantintsilili, C. L. Seymour, S. Geerts, A. Coetzee   +3 more
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BODILOPSIS OGLOBLINI (SEMENOV ET SI MEDVEDEV, 1928) (COLEOPTERA, SCARABAEIDAE, APHODIINAE) – A CIRCUMCASPIAN SPECIES

Юг России: экология, развитие, 2016
Bodilopsis ogloblini (Semenov et Medvedev, 1928) comb.n. (previously included in the subgenera Mendidius and Bodilus of the genus Aphodius) are recorded as new for the fauna of Dagestan, Azerbaijan, the Caucasus and Russia.
G. M. Abdurakhmanov, I. V. Shokhin
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Effects of Collection Cup Preservative on Flight Intercept Trap Performance for Forest Insects

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, Volume 173, Issue 12, Page 1330-1340, December 2025.
Flight intercept traps are important tools for the monitoring and surveillance of forest Coleoptera. We investigated the comparative efficacy of three wet (saturated saltwater, propylene glycol, and soapy water) and one dry (dichlorvos strip) collection cup treatments on the capture of forest insects.
Joel T. L. Goodwin, Sandy M. Smith, Jeremy D. Allison   +2 more
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ECOLOGICAL AND FAUNISTIC CHARACTERISTICS AND ZOOGEOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS OF COLEOPTERA AND SCARABAEIDAE OF INTRAMONTANE DAGESTAN

Юг России: экология, развитие, 2016
Aim. The article presents the findings of the study on fauna, biotopic distribution and zoogeographical analysis of scarabaeidae family of intramontane Dagestan.Methodology. The study of the fauna of scarabaeidae family has been conducted using a variety
B. N. Saypulaeva
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Cantharidin world on bird droppings: Reused cantharidin after bird predation of cantharidin‐producing insects

Entomological Science, Volume 28, Issue 4, December 2025.
Cantharidin is produced only by beetles of Meloidae and Oedemeridae families and is a rare resource for canthariphilous insects that ingest fluids and/or portions of living and even dead meloid and oedemerid beetles. This study reports that the canthariphilous insects also use cantharidin that remains in bird droppings produced after eating meloid or ...
Hidemori Yazaki, Kosei Hashimoto, Nozomu Sato, Fumio Hayashi   +3 more
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Coconut rhinoceros beetle Oryctes rhinoceros (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) confirmed in the Americas

EPPO Bulletin, Volume 55, Issue 3, Page 511-517, December 2025.
Abstract In 2022, a suspected incursion of Oryctes rhinoceros (coconut rhinoceros beetle, CRB) was reported in Bahía de Banderas, Nayarit, México, based on damage symptoms observed on coconut palms and photographs of beetles on a social media site. This prompted collaboration with local biologists and land managers, and a survey of the area with the ...
Trevor A. Jackson, Miguel Nájera‐Rincón, Sulav Paudel, Mitchell K. Weston, Amy Beattie, Sean D. G. Marshall   +5 more
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Description of a new species of Chrysina Kirby, 1828 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) from optima group, based on morphological characters and mtDNA COX I molecular marker

Acta Biologica Sibirica, 2019
A new species of the genus Chrysina Kirby, 1828 is decribed from Panama. Chrysina valentini sp.n. is related to Chrysina tricolor (Ohaus, 1922) and Chrysina optima (H. W. Bates, 1888) in morphology and mtDNA COX I molecular marker.
A.S. Zubov, N.V. Ivshin, A. Yu. Titarenko, D.A. Romanov   +3 more
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Microallopatric Speciation in Southern African Dung Beetle Genus Macroderes Driven by Miocene Aridification and Ancestral Flight Loss

Journal of Biogeography, Volume 52, Issue 12, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Aim Southern Africa harbours a diverse array of dung beetles (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae), with many species endemic to the region. Despite this diversity, the historical drivers of their evolution remain largely unexplored. This study investigates the evolutionary history of the flightless dung beetle genus Macroderes, testing its monophyly ...
Gimo M. Daniel, Ishtiag H. Abdalla, Clarke H. Scholtz, Catherine L. Sole   +3 more
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