Towards a revision of the South American genus Praocis Eschscholtz (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae), with estimation of the diversity of each subgenus [PDF]
A review of the subgenera of the South American genus Praocis Eschscholtz (Pimeliinae: Praociini) is presented. Praocis comprises 77 species and 8 subspecies arranged in nine subgenera distributed in arid lands from Central Peru and Bolivia to the ...
Flores, Gustavo Ernesto+1 more
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The bioinsecticidal effects of methanolic extracts of the leaves of castor bean, Ricinus communis, and papaya, Carica papaya, on the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum, were studied.
Nujira TATUN+3 more
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Pupa of \u3ci\u3ePhaleria Rotundata\u3c/i\u3e Leconte (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) [PDF]
(excerpt) It is not necessary to apologize for making known fragments of the insect fauna of the seabeach of Pacific North America. This fauna commands attention.
Moore, Ian
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Como consecuencia de nuestra actual remodelación taxonómica de la tribu Asidini, la composición específica y la posición sistemática de los subgéneros Elongasida Escalera, 1906 y Pseudoelongasida Escalera, 1922, habían ya cambiado en relación con lo ...
Francisco Pérez-Vera+2 more
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Pachychila freyi Koch, 1944 –confundida con Pachychila incrassata Rosenhauer, 1856–, y P. denticollis Grimm, 1987, son dos especies válidas de Almería, España, arbitrariamente puestas en sinonimia de Pachychila glabella (Herbst, 1799) y de P.
J. Ferrer+2 more
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New and interesting records of comb-clawed beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Alleculinae) in the European part of Russia and the Caucasus [PDF]
New data on distribution of rare and little-known species of comb-clawed beetles (Tenebrionidae: Alleculinae) in the European part of Russia and the Caucasus are presented.
M.V. Nabozhenko, M.A. Gadaborsheva
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Darkling beetles (Alphitobius diaperinus) and their larvae as potential vectors for the transfer of Campylobacter jejuni and Salmonella enterica serovar paratyphi B variant Java between successive broiler flocks [PDF]
Broiler flocks often become infected with Campylobacter and Salmonella, and the exact contamination routes are still not fully understood. Insects like darkling beetles and their larvae may play a role in transfer of the pathogens between consecutive ...
Beumer, R.R.+3 more
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A key to pupae of selected Tenebrionidae (including Bolitophagus corticola SAY) was constructed by Daggy (1946). This key can be useful with some minor reinterpretation, i.e. the introduction of characters of the B. reticulatus pupa: Original text: Prothorax without tubercles; lateral plates with several teeth (plate I, fig. 1; plate III, fig.
Wagner, Grzegorz K., Gosik, Rafał
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Description of the Larva of \u3ci\u3eDioedus Punctatus\u3c/i\u3e LeConte (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) [PDF]
Larvae of Dioedus punctatus LeConte have been collected from logs, probably Ulmus americana, in the red-rotten stage of decay and determined from reared adults.
Young, Daniel K
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A new species and a key to Isomira Mulsant, 1856 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Alleculinae) from Eocene Baltic amber [PDF]
Based on a single well-preserved specimen from Eocene Baltic amber, a new comb-clawed beetle Isomira lobanovi sp. n. (Alleculinae: Alleculini: Gonoderina) is described and illustrated.
M.V. Nabozhenko, A. Bukejs
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