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Trade-offs between personal immunity and reproduction in the burying beetle, N. vespilloides [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
We know that parental investment and immune investment are costly processes, but it is unclear which trait will be prioritised when both may be required.
Cotter, Sheena C.   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Mating competition and parentage assessment in Ptomascopus morio (Coleoptera: Silphidae): A case for resource defense polygyny

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Entomology, 2006
Ptomascopus morio of both sexes are attracted to vertebrate carcasses, a necessary resource for reproduction. The stage during reproduction that resource defense was most intense and the hypothesis that large beetles were better competitors and sired a ...
Seizi SUZUKI   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

An Annotated Checklist of Wisconsin Handsome Fungus Beetles (Coleoptera: Endomychidae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The first comprehensive survey of Wisconsin Endomychidae was initiated in 1998. Throughout Wisconsin sampling sites were selected based on habitat type and sampling history.
Price, Michele B, Young, Daniel K
core   +2 more sources

Algunas adiciones y correcciones a la fauna de coleópteros de las islas Canarias

open access: yesGraellsia, 2014
Dos especies de endomíquidos descritos de El Hierro (islas Canarias) se eliminan de la fauna canaria: Dapsa hierrensis Franz, 1976 es una sinonimia posterior de Archipines intricata (Gorham, 1889), nov.
Antonio Machado
doaj   +1 more source

Large carrion beetles (Coleoptera, Silphidae) in Western Europe: a review [PDF]

open access: yesBiotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement, 2011
This review focuses on carrion beetles (Coleoptera, Silphidae) of the Western Palearctic and their potential use in forensic entomology as bioindicators. Few studies have looked at Silphidae in forensic context and investigations. However, some Silphidae
Dekeirsschieter, J.   +3 more
doaj  

Resource guarding by Ptomascopus morio: Simple parental care in the Nicrophorinae (Coleoptera: Silphidae)

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Entomology, 2006
Nicrophorine beetles use small vertebrate carrion for breeding resource. While Nicrophorus spp. have highly developed biparental care, no form of parental care is recorded for Ptomascopus spp.
Seizi SUZUKI, Masahiro NAGANO
doaj   +1 more source

Niche variation and the maintenance of variation in body size in a burying beetle [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
© 2015 The Authors. Ecological Entomology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Royal Entomological Society. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and ...
Darwin C.   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Current Classification of the Families of Coleoptera [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
(excerpt) Several works on the order Coleoptera have appeared in recent years, some of them creating new superfamilies, others modifying the constitution of these or creating new families, finally others are genera1 revisions of the order.
de Viedma, M G, Nelson, M L
core   +3 more sources

Flies (Calliphoridae, Muscidae) and Beetles (Silphidae) from Human Cadavers in Cali, Colombia

open access: yesMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2002
Adult specimens of Cochliomyia macellaria, Chrysomya megacephala, Ch. rufifacies, Lucilia sp. (Calliphoridae), Musca domestica (Muscidae), Oxelytrum discicolle (Silphidae) and Sarcophagidae were recovered from 12 human cadavers in Cali, Valle, Colombia ...
Mauricio Barreto   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Staphylinidae e Silphidae (Coleoptera) como Potenciais Famílias Bioindicadoras de Qualidade Ambiental

open access: yesRevista Eletrônica Teccen, 2016
O presente estudo teve como objetivo levantar a biodiversidade de coleópteros do IZMA (Eng. Paulo de Frontin - RJ), compreender suas relações com as composições florísticas e buscar identificar potenciais bioindicadores.
Fabiana dos Santos Fernandes   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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