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1. A new genus of the family Glaphyridae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) from the Mesozoic of China

Author:
G.V. Nikolajev
Source:
Kavkazskij èntomologičeskij bûlletenʹ 2015 v.11 no.1 pp. 19-23
ISSN:
1814-3326
Subject:
Coleoptera; Mesozoic era; elytra; eyes; males; new genus; new species; China
Abstract:
... Paraglaphyrus gen. n. with 4 new species, P. yixianensis sp. n. (type species), P. subtilis sp. n., P. robustus sp. n. and P. ovalis sp. n. from the Yixian Formation of China are described. Diagnosis of the genus: mandibles and labrum produced beyond apex of clypeus; eye partly divided by genal lobe; scutellum triangular; mesoepimeron clearly visible from above between pronotum and elytron; elytra ...
DOI:
DOI:10.23885/1814-3326-2015-11-1-19-23

2. A new species of the genus Neagolius W. Koshantschikov, 1912 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Armenia

Author:
I.V. Shokhin; M.Yu. Kalashian
Source:
Kavkazskij èntomologičeskij bûlletenʹ 2015 v.11 no.2 pp. 315-316
ISSN:
1814-3326
Subject:
Scarabaeidae; aedeagus; elytra; males; new species; Armenia; Caucasus region
Abstract:
... A new species Neagolius aragatsi sp. n. is described from Aragats Mt. (Armenia). The new species differs from the widespread in the Caucasus N. abchazicus by the structure of modified front spur in male and bicolor elytra. It differs from other species by the structure of aedeagus. ...
DOI:
DOI:10.23885/1814-3326-2015-11-2-315-316

3. A unique species of Mecodema (Carabidae: Broscini) from the Hawke's Bay region, New Zealand, with implications for North–South Island zoogeography

Author:
D. S. Seldon
Source:
New Zealand entomologist 2015 v.38 no.1 pp. 28-35
ISSN:
1179-3430
Subject:
Carabidae; body size; elytra; head; insect taxonomy; males; new species; phylogeny; plateaus; zoogeography; New Zealand
Abstract:
... Mecodema chaiup sp. nov. (Carabidae: Broscini) is described from a single male specimen collected from Mohi Bush Scenic Reserve, Maraetotara Plateau, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. The species is unique among Mecodema in that its elytra are narrower than the pronotum at the widest point. Based on body size and elytral configuration this species could represent the first member of the ‘ costellum specie ...
DOI:
10.1080/00779962.2014.936105

4. Description of the stridulatory apparatus of the Far Eastern bark beetles Polygraphus proximus Blandford, 1894 and P. jezoensis Niisima, 1909 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae: Scolytinae)

Author:
I. A. Kerchev
Source:
Entomological revue 2015 v.95 no.9 pp. 1191-1196
ISSN:
0013-8738
Subject:
Curculionidae; Polygraphus; bark beetles; bioacoustics; courtship; elytra; males; tibia
Abstract:
... The stridulatory organ structure in two Far Eastern bark beetles, Polygraphus proximus and P. jezoensis, is described. The elytro-tergal type of the stridulatory apparatus is found in P. jezoensis. The structure involved in acoustic communication of P. jezoensis is present only in males. The plectrum of P. proximus males is re-described. Similarly to that in P. jezoensis, it is formed by two tuber ...
DOI:
10.1134/S0013873815090067

5. Evolution of a giant intromittent organ in Scydmaeninae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae): Functional morphology of the male postabdomen in Mastigini

Author:
Paweł Jałoszyński; Yoko Matsumura; Rolf G. Beutel
Source:
Arthropod structure & development 2015 v.44 no.1 pp. 77-98
ISSN:
1467-8039
Subject:
Staphylinidae; abdomen; aedeagus; copulation; elytra; evolution; females; flagellum; males; muscles; spermatheca; spermatozoa
Abstract:
... We compared the postabdominal architecture of Mastigini with extremely long (Stenomastigus) or short (Palaeostigus) aedeagus. A novel mode of copulation was discovered: males of Stenomastigus insert a paramere between the female's abdomen and elytra, and the intromission is stabilized by several structures of both sexes. The intrinsic aedeagal mechanism is indicated as responsible for inflating th ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.asd.2014.09.006

6. Lepidasthenia loboi sp. n. from Puerto Madryn, Argentina (Polychaeta, Polynoidae)

Author:
Sergio I. Salazar-Vallejo; Norma Emilia González; Patricia Salazar-Silva
Source:
ZooKeys 2015 v.546 pp. 21-37
ISSN:
1313-2970
Subject:
Polychaeta; elytra; pigmentation; Argentina
Abstract:
... Among polychaetes, polynoids have the highest number of symbiotic species found living with a wide variety of marine invertebrates, including other polychaetes. Lepidasthenia Malmgren, 1867 and Lepidametria Webster, 1879 were regarded as synonyms but belong to different subfamilies, although both have species associated with thelepodid or terebellid polychaetes. In this contribution Lepidasthenia ...
DOI:
10.3897/zookeys.546.6175

7. Philorhizus Occitanus sp. n. from the South-Western Alps (Piedmont, Italy) (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Dromiini)

Author:
Gianni ALLEGRO; Pier Mauro GIACHINO; Luigi BISIO; Piero GIUNTELLI
Source:
Fragmenta entomologica 2015 v.47 no.2 pp. -
ISSN:
0429-288X
Subject:
Carabidae; aedeagus; color; elytra; new species; piedmont; Alps region; Italy
Abstract:
... Philorhizus occitanus sp. n. from the South-Western Alps (Ellero Valley and Maira Valley) is described. This new species is similar to P. crucifer and P. notatus as far as the external morphology is concerned, but it is distinguished by the color pattern and the shape of elytra, as well as by the features of the median lobe of aedeagus. P. liguricus, which is easily distinguished from P. occitanus ...
DOI:
10.4081/fe.2015.140

8. Phylogeny and evolution of Staphyliniformia and Scarabaeiformia: forest litter as a stepping stone for diversification of nonphytophagous beetles

Author:
DUANE D. MCKENNA; BRIAN D. FARRELL; MICHAEL S. CATERINO; CHARLES W. FARNUM; DAVID C. HAWKS; DAVID R. MADDISON; AINSLEY E. SEAGO; ANDREW E. Z. SHORT; ALFRED F. NEWTON; MARGARET K. THAYER
Source:
Systematic entomology 2015 v.40 no.1 pp. 35-60
ISSN:
0307-6970
Subject:
Bayesian theory; Histeridae; Hydraenidae; Passalidae; Scarabaeidae; Silphidae; Staphylinidae; dead animals; elytra; feces; flowers; forest litter; fungi; genes; leaves; lifestyle; microhabitats; monophyly; nucleotide sequences; ribosomal DNA; roots
Abstract:
... The beetle series Staphyliniformia exhibits extraordinary taxonomic, ecological and morphological diversity. To gain further insight into staphyliniform relationships and evolution, we reconstructed the phylogeny of Staphyliniformia using DNA sequences from nuclear 28S rDNA and the nuclear protein‐coding gene CAD for 282 species representing all living families and most subfamilies, a representati ...
DOI:
10.1111/syen.12093

9. Reassembling a lost lowland carabid beetle assemblage (Coleoptera) from Kauai, Hawaiian Islands

Author:
James K. Liebherr; Nick Porch
Source:
Invertebrate systematics 2015 v.29 no.2 pp. 191-213
ISSN:
1445-5226
Subject:
Bembidion; biogeography; dimensions; elytra; extinct species; fauna; habitats; head; indigenous species; insects; invertebrates; new species; phylogeny; Kauai
Abstract:
... A late Holocene but prehistoric carabid beetle fauna from the lowland Makauwahi Cave, Kauai, is characterised. Seven extinct species – Blackburnia burneyi, B. cryptipes, B. godzilla, B. menehune, B. mothra, B. ovata and B. rugosa, spp. nov. (tribe Platynini) – represent the first Hawaiian insect species to be newly described from subfossil specimens. Four extant Blackburnia spp. – B. aterrima (Sha ...
DOI:
10.1071/IS14047

10. Selection becomes visible: enforced sexual dimorphism caused by sexual selection in the weevil Rhopalapion longirostre (Olivier 1807) (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Brentidae)

Author:
Gertha Wilhelm; Stephan Handschuh; John Plant; Hans Leo Nemeschkal
Source:
Biological journal of the Linnean Society 2015 v.115 no.1 pp. 38-47
ISSN:
0024-4066
Subject:
Alcea rosea; Brentidae; Curculionidae; body size; buds; copulation; eggs; elytra; females; host plants; males; sexual dimorphism; sexual selection; statistical analysis; Austria
Abstract:
... Extremely divergent traits between males and females are often the result of different requirements and behaviours of the sexes and will evolve relatively rapidly under selection forces. Sexual dimorphism in Rhopalapion longirostre is predominately manifested in the length and structure of the rostrum. To estimate how sexual selection shapes mating success in this weevil we compared paired and unp ...
DOI:
10.1111/bij.12484

11. Stenelmis hollandi White and Lenat (Coleoptera: Elmidae), a New Species of Riffle Beetle from the Little River, North Carolina, USA

Author:
White David S.; Lenat David A.
Source:
Coleopterists' bulletin 2015 v.69 no.4 pp. 723-726
ISSN:
0010-065X
Subject:
Elmidae; adults; antennae; drainage; elytra; habitats; male genitalia; males; new species; palps; photographs; rivers; water quality; watersheds; North Carolina
Abstract:
... Stenelmis hollandi White and Lenat, a new species of riffle beetle (Elmidae), is described from the Little River drainage of North Carolina, within the Cape Fear River basin. It may be separated from similar species by the male genitalia, small size, distinct single testaceous vitta on each elytron that does not overlap the umbone, distinctly dilated fifth tarsomere, and a mesotibial ridge in male ...
DOI:
10.1649/0010-065X-69.4.723

12. Striking New Species of Brachys Dejean, 1833 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico

Author:
Hespenheide Henry A.
Source:
Coleopterists' bulletin 2015 v.69 no.2 pp. 221-224
ISSN:
0010-065X
Subject:
Buprestidae; elytra; new species; Mexico; New Mexico; Texas
Abstract:
... Recent collections from New Mexico and western Texas yielded striking specimens of the genus Brachys Dejean with largely blue elytra and subapical coppery patches with coppery setae. Two superficially similar species are also known from single specimens collected in Mexico. This study describes the three as Brachys rileyi Hespenheide, new species, Brachys barri Hespenheide, new species, and Brachy ...
DOI:
10.1649/0010-065X-69.2.221

13. A new fossil Lucanidae subfamily (Coleoptera) from the Mesozoic of China

Author:
G.V. Nikolajev; D. Ren
Source:
Kavkazskij èntomologičeskij bûlletenʹ 2015 v.11 no.1 pp. 15-18
ISSN:
1814-3326
Subject:
Cretaceous period; Lucanidae; elytra; fossils; holotypes; males; new species; new subfamily; sexual dimorphism; villages; China
Abstract:
... Litholamprima longimana Nikolajev et Ren, gen. et sp. n. of the family Lucanidae is described from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation. Fossils were collected from Chaomidian Village, Liaoning Province, China. The holotype of the new species is deposited in College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Beijing. A new subfamily is established for this genus. Diagnosis of Litholampriminae su ...
DOI:
DOI:10.23885/1814-3326-2015-11-1-15-18

14. A uni- and multivariate analysis approach to reveal sexual size dimorphism in Iranian populations of Hypera postica (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Author:
Ehsan Sanaei; Marjan Seiedy; Farzaneh Momtazi
Source:
Biologia 2015 v.70 no.9 pp. 1228-1233
ISSN:
1336-9563
Subject:
Hypera postica; alfalfa; body size; elytra; fecundity; females; insects; intraspecific variation; males; multivariate analysis; oviposition; pests; sexual dimorphism; sexual selection
Abstract:
... Body size dimorphism between genders is a commonly observed phenomenon in insects, usually manifested in larger female body size. Sexual Size Dimorphism (SSD) varies from species to species, the degree and direction influenced by certain evolutionary pressures. Intraspecific variation in SSD may also occur between populations. The Hypera postica (Gyllenhal, 1813) is a well-known alfalfa plant pest ...
DOI:
10.1515/biolog-2015-0137

15. Colony distribution and prey diversity of Cercerisfumipennis (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae) in British Columbia

Author:
Troy Kimoto; Josie Roberts; Richard L. Westcott; Eduard Jendek; Matthias Buck; David Holden; Philip D. Careless
Source:
Journal of Hymenoptera research 2015 v.46 pp. 45-59
ISSN:
1314-2607
Subject:
Buprestidae; Carabidae; Crabronidae; brood cells; elytra; females; frost; research; wasps; British Columbia
Abstract:
... Cercerisfumipennis Say, 1837 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) is a wasp that provisions its subterranean nests with jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). At 3 newly discovered colonies in British Columbia (BC), Cercerisfumipennis prey were collected by excavating the subterranean nests, using sweep nets to capture paralyzed prey in the grasp of a female returning to her nest, or collecting prey disca ...
DOI:
10.3897/JHR.46.5644

16. First record of the genus Aethiophenax (Acari: Acarophenacidae) from Asia, redefinition of the genus and description of a new species

Author:
Alihan Katlav; Hamidreza Hajiqanbar; Ali Asghar Talebi
Source:
Journal of Asia-Pacific entomology 2015 v.18 no.3 pp. 389-395
ISSN:
1226-8615
Subject:
Acarophenacidae; Nitidulidae; Trombidiformes; elytra; habitats; host range; legs; mites; new species; parasitoids; scientific illustration; taxon descriptions; Iran
Abstract:
... The parasitoid mite Aethiophenax luteoli sp. nov. (Acari: Trombidiformes: Acarophenacidae) collected from the beneath elytra of Epuraea (Haptoncus) luteola Erichson, 1843 (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) is described and illustrated from Mazandaran province, northern Iran. This is the first record of the genus Aethiophenax Mahunka, 1981 from Asia. This genus is redefined and a key to its world species is ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.aspen.2015.03.011

17. Intra-body variation and ontogenetic changes in the isotopic composition (13C/12C and 15N/14N) of beetles (Coleoptera)

Author:
S. M. Tsurikov; A. A. Goncharov; A. V. Tiunov
Source:
Entomological revue 2015 v.95 no.3 pp. 326-333
ISSN:
0013-8738
Subject:
elytra; metamorphosis; gonads; carbon; legs; stable isotopes; insects; adults; Tribolium confusum; fat body; muscle tissues; trophic relationships; invertebrates; muscles; ontogeny; larvae; lipid content; diet; fractionation; rearing; nitrogen; carbon nitrogen ratio
Abstract:
... Stable isotope analysis, which is widely used for studying trophic relationships of invertebrates, requires a correct estimation of trophic fractionation factors as well as the proper choice of reference tissues. Different organs and body parts of large insects may vary in the isotopic composition of carbon (δ¹³C) and nitrogen (δ¹⁵N), though detailed information is available for a limited set of s ...
DOI:
10.1134/S0013873815030057

18. Investigating the poor performance of heather beetle, Lochmaea suturalis (Thompson) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), as a weed biocontrol agent in New Zealand: Has genetic bottlenecking resulted in small body size and poor winter survival?

Author:
Simon V. Fowler; Paul Peterson; D. Paul Barrett; Shaun Forgie; Dianne M. Gleeson; Helen Harman; Gary J. Houliston; Lindsay Smith
Source:
Biological control 2015 v.87 pp. 32-38
ISSN:
1049-9644
Subject:
Lochmaea; Microsporidia; biological control; biological control agents; body size; elytra; females; founder effect; genetic rescue; genetic variation; heterozygosity; lipids; mortality; overwintering; weeds; New Zealand; United Kingdom
Abstract:
... Heather beetle (Lochmaea suturalis), has underperformed as a biocontrol agent when compared with the damage it does to native heather in Europe. Mean heather beetle body size, measured by elytron area, was 10% smaller in NZ populations compared with beetles from northern UK where the NZ beetles originated. Previous research in Europe showed that small beetles suffer higher winter mortality. Field- ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.biocontrol.2015.04.015

19. Lehr's fields of campaniform sensilla in beetles (Coleoptera): Functional morphology. II. Wing reduction and the sensory field

Author:
Leonid Frantsevich; Stanislav Gorb; Vladimir Radchenko; Dmytro Gladun; Alexey Polilov; Lyubov Cherney; Vassily Browdy; Maxim Kovalev
Source:
Arthropod structure & development 2015 v.44 no.1 pp. 1-9
ISSN:
1467-8039
Subject:
Coleoptera; body size; elytra; flight; insects; sensilla
Abstract:
... Loss of the flight ability and wing reduction has been reported for many taxa of Coleoptera. If elytra are closed, their roots are clenched between the tergum and the pleuron, forces applied to the elytra can not be transmitted to the field of campaniform sensilla situated on the root. That is why it is plausible to assume that the field becomes redundant in non-flying beetles. We examined the rel ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.asd.2014.10.003

20. Lehr's fields of campaniform sensilla in beetles (Coleoptera): Functional morphology. III. Modification of elytral mobility or shape in flying beetles

Author:
Leonid Frantsevich; Stanislav Gorb; Vladimir Radchenko; Dmytro Gladun
Source:
Arthropod structure & development 2015 v.44 no.2 pp. 113-120
ISSN:
1467-8039
Subject:
Meloidae; Scarabaeus; Staphylinidae; abdomen; body size; elytra; flight; functional properties; sensilla
Abstract:
... Some flying beetles have peculiar functional properties of their elytra, if compared with the vast majority of beetles. A “typical” beetle covers its pterothorax and the abdomen from above with closed elytra and links closed elytra together along the sutural edges. In the open state during flight, the sutural edges diverge much more than by 90°. Several beetles of unrelated taxa spread wings throu ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.asd.2014.11.004

21. Mites (Acari) associated with Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Malaysia, with a revised list of the mites found on this weevil

Author:
Masilamany Dilipkumar; Ali Ahadiyat; Peter Mašán; Tse Seng Chuah
Source:
Journal of Asia-Pacific entomology 2015 v.18 no.2 pp. 169-174
ISSN:
1226-8615
Subject:
Macrocheles; Rhynchophorus ferrugineus; elytra; evolution; females; insects; males; mites; parasitism; phoresy; Malaysia
Abstract:
... There is a great deal of diversity among phoretic association particularly in mesostigmatic mites that exploited insect host to complete their dispersal strategy. Similarly, the red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus, also has been used as a carrier by the phoretic mites. In this study, we found Centrouropoda almerodai (Uropodidae), Macrocheles mammifer, Macrocheles cf. oigru (Macrochelidae), ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.aspen.2014.12.010

22. Monitoring and Marking Techniques for the Endangered Comal Springs Riffle Beetle, Heterelmis comalensis Bosse, Tuff, and Brown, 1988 (Coleoptera: Elmidae)

Author:
Huston Daniel C.; Gibson J. Randy; Ostrand Kenneth G.; Norris Chad W.; Diaz Peter H.
Source:
Coleopterists' bulletin 2015 v.69 no.4 pp. 793-798
ISSN:
0010-065X
Subject:
Amphipoda; Elmidae; biofilm; cotton; elytra; endangered species; invertebrates; labor; laboratory experimentation; monitoring; population size
Abstract:
... Two monitoring methods for the endangered Comal Springs riffle beetle, Heterelmis comalensis Bosse, Tuff, and Brown, 1988, were evaluated. The first used cotton cloth “lures” lodged within the substrate in close proximity to spring openings. The second evaluated the feasibility of marking H. comalensis with paint. During our evaluation, biofilms grew upon the lures over time, and within two weeks ...
DOI:
10.1649/0010-065X-69.4.793

23. Neoclypeodytes moroni Arce-Pérez and Novelo-Gutiérrez, New Species (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae: Bidessini) from Mexico, with Notes on the Distribution of Neoclypeodytes haroldi Miller

Author:
Arce-Pérez Roberto; Novelo-Gutiérrez Rodolfo
Source:
Coleopterists' bulletin 2015 v.69 no.2 pp. 297-300
ISSN:
0010-065X
Subject:
Dytiscidae; body length; elytra; head; male genitalia; new species; Mexico
Abstract:
... Neoclypeodytes moroni Arce-Pérez and Novelo-Gutiérrez, new species, is described and illustrated. Neoclypeodytes moroni is characterized by a total body length of 2.5 mm; frontal region of the head with two rows of fine punctures; clypeus elongate, trapezoidal, and fissured, its margins raised and apex slightly rounded and smooth; metacoxal length/ width ratio 3.55–3.87; elytra without sutural str ...
DOI:
10.1649/0010-065X-69.2.297

24. New poorly known taxa of the ground-beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from Afghanistan and north-western China

Author:
I.I. Kabak
Source:
Kavkazskij èntomologičeskij bûlletenʹ 2015 v.11 no.1 pp. 9-14
ISSN:
1814-3326
Subject:
Carabidae; body size; ecology; elytra; endophallus; new species; Afghanistan; China
Abstract:
... Two new species of carabid beetles are described from Xinjiang-Uygur Autonomous Region of China: Leistus (Pogonophorus) kazenasi sp. n. from the Dunsala Valley on the Khalyktau Mt. Range and the Kokterek Valley on the Narat Mt. Range, similar to L. spinangulus Reitter, 1913 and L. mitjaevi Kabak, 2008 but differs by larger body size, the shape of the pronotum and elytra, and the conformation of th ...
DOI:
DOI:10.23885/1814-3326-2015-11-1-9-14

25. Premiers cas de brachyptérisme dans le genre Sisyphus Latreille (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sisyphini)

Author:
Olivier Montreuil
Source:
Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.) 2015 v.51 no.4 pp. 281-293
ISSN:
2168-6351
Subject:
Scarabaeidae; elytra; new species; scientific illustration; taxon descriptions; taxonomic keys
Abstract:
... The species of the genus Sisyphus Latreille, 1807, with tuffs of setae on elytra are studied. Seven new species belonging to this group are described, illustrated and compared with their most related species: two species with normal wings, S. manni n. sp. and S. perissinottoi n. sp., and five brachypterous species, S. jossoi n. sp., S. janssensi n. sp., S. bouyeri n. sp., S. felschei n. sp. and S. ...

26. Termitotrox venus sp. n. (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae), a new blind, flightless termitophilous scarab from Cambodia

Author:
Showtaro Kakizoe; Munetoshi Maruyama
Source:
ZooKeys 2015 v.513 pp. 13-21
ISSN:
1313-2970
Subject:
Macrotermes; Scarabaeidae; body size; elytra; fungus gardens; mouthparts; new species; solid wastes; trichomes; Cambodia
Abstract:
... Termitotrox venus sp. n. is described from Cambodia and represents the second discovery of Termitotrox Reichensperger, 1915 from the Indo-Chinese subregion of the Indomalayan region. Most of the type series was collected from refuse dumps in fungus garden cells of Macrotermescf.gilvus (Hagen, 1858). Macrotermes Holmgren, 1910 was previously an unknown host of Termitotrox species. The new species i ...
DOI:
10.3897/zookeys.513.9958

27. An unusual new species of the genus Anomala Samouelle, 1819 from Vietnam (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae)

Author:
A.M. Prokofiev
Source:
Kavkazskij èntomologičeskij bûlletenʹ 2015 v.11 no.1 pp. 25-27
ISSN:
1814-3326
Subject:
Anomala; Palearctic region; aedeagus; color; elytra; fauna; new species; Laos; Vietnam
Abstract:
... A new species of Anomala related to A. ardoini Frey, 1971 (Laos) and certain East Palearctic species (A. gracilenta Reitter, 1903, A. keithi Zorn, 2011, A. obscurata Reitter, 1903, A. palleola (Gyllenhal, 1817) and A. potanini Medvedev, 1949) is described from Dalat Plaeau (Vietnam). This group of species appears to be unique within the other Anomalini in the structure of the aedeagus in the males ...
DOI:
DOI:10.23885/1814-3326-2015-11-1-25-27

28. Beetle wing folding facilitated by micro-protrusions on the body surface: a case of Allomyrina dichotoma

Author:
Zelin Linghu; Chenjia Zhao; Heng Yang; Xinqian Zheng
Source:
Science bulletin 2015 v.60 pp. 1457-1460
ISSN:
2095-9273
Subject:
Coleoptera; abdomen; elytra; flight; insects; models; scanning electron microscopy
Abstract:
... Biological world always provides inspirations for engineering designs, and insects are important targets to mimic. For the Coleoptera, its flight has been emphasized for long. However, the invisible folding procedure of hind wings, which occurs under the stiff elytra after flight, still remains unknown. In this paper, the wing folding process and the surficial microstructures of elytra, hind wing ...
DOI:
10.1007/s11434-015-0865-1

29. Chaseleodes Thomas: A New Subgenus of Eleodes Eschscholtz (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from the Central Plateau of Mexico

Author:
Thomas Donald B.
Source:
Coleopterists' bulletin 2015 v.14 no.mo4 pp. 122-126
ISSN:
0010-065X
Subject:
Eleodes; elytra; females; new subgenus; plateaus; Mexico
Abstract:
... Chaseleodes Thomas, a new subgenus of Eleodes Eschscholtz, is described and proposed to hold two species from central Mexico, Eleodes connatus Solier and Eleodes curtus Champion (designated as type species). A key, map, illustrations, and diagnoses are provided for the species. Characters that in combination define the new subgenus include the wedge-shaped elytron, broadly based epipleuron, and th ...
DOI:
10.1649/0010-065X-69.mo4.122

30. Dynamics of biparental care in a burying beetle: experimental handicapping results in partner compensation

Author:
J. Curtis Creighton; Ashlee N. Smith; April Komendat; Mark C. Belk
Source:
Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2015 v.69 no.2 pp. 265-271
ISSN:
0340-5443
Subject:
Nicrophorus orbicollis; birds; breeding; breeds; elytra; females; invertebrates; males; models; parents; prediction
Abstract:
... Negotiation models of biparental care predict that parents should partially compensate for a reduction in the level of care that their partner provides. A number of studies, mostly with monogamous birds, have tested this prediction by removing or manipulating the level of effort of one parent and then measuring the response of the other parent. In this study, we test this prediction with the buryi ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00265-014-1839-z

31. Geographic variation of color polymorphism in two sibling ladybird species, Harmonia yedoensis and H. axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

Author:
Suzuki Noriyuki; Naoya Osawa
Source:
Entomological science 2015 v.18 no.4 pp. 502-508
ISSN:
1343-8786
Subject:
Harmonia; color; elytra; geographical variation; sympatry; Ryukyu Archipelago
Abstract:
... Geographical variation of elytra color pattern in two sibling ladybird species, Harmonia yedoensis and H. axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), was examined. The two species are distributed sympatrically in central Japan; however, only H. yedoensis and H. axyridis occur in the Ryukyu Islands (southern Japan) and Hokkaido island (northern Japan), respectively. The frequency of elytra color patterns ...
DOI:
10.1111/ens.12147

32. Jurassic artematopodid beetles and their implications for the early evolution of Artematopodidae (Coleoptera)

Author:
CHEN‐YANG CAI; JOHN F. LAWRENCE; ADAM ŚLIPIŃSKI; DI‐YING HUANG
Source:
Systematic entomology 2015 v.40 no.4 pp. 779-788
ISSN:
0307-6970
Subject:
Coleoptera; adults; amber; elytra; fossils; new genus; phylogeny; tongue; China
Abstract:
... Fossil Artematopodidae are rarely collected and previously confined to middle Eocene Baltic amber. Here we report the first definitive artematopodid, Sinobrevipogon jurassicus gen. et sp.n., from the Middle Jurassic Daohugou beds (c. 165 Ma) in Inner Mongolia, northeastern China. It exhibits a number of defining features of Artematopodidae, including paired carinae on prosternum and an internal ap ...
DOI:
10.1111/syen.12131

33. Marking by elytral clip changes stridulatory characteristics and reduces reproduction in the American burying beetle, Nicrophorus americanus

Author:
Carrie L. Hall; Daniel R. Howard; Rosemary J. Smith; Andrew C. Mason
Source:
Journal of insect conservation 2015 v.19 no.1 pp. 155-162
ISSN:
1366-638X
Subject:
Nicrophorus; elytra; endangered species; females; insects; males; reproduction; reproductive behavior; stridulation; surveys
Abstract:
... Some insects produce and use sound during multiple behaviors including many aspects of reproduction. Variation in call structure depends on the evolved morphological structures used to produce the sound and encode function. Beetles in the genus Nicrophorus produce stridulation by rubbing plectra, located on the ventral side of the elytra, against a pars stridens, located on the caudal end on the f ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10841-015-9755-8

34. Record of Coptoclerus Chapin from Korea with a new species and a note on the distribution of the genus (Coleoptera: Cleridae)

Author:
Jongok Lim; Shuhei Nomura; Seunghwan Lee; Youngeun Han; Bong-Woo Lee
Source:
Oriental Insects 2015 v.49 no.3-4 pp. 223-232
ISSN:
2157-8745
Subject:
Cleridae; elytra; head; new species; Korean Peninsula
Abstract:
... A new species of Coptoclerus Chapin (Coleoptera: Cleridae), C. quadrimaculatus Lim sp. nov., is described from Korea. Coptoclerus is reported from the country for the first time. The new species differs from congeners in having the following characteristics: head and the prothorax black; each elytron with two separated black maculations and a transverse thick black band on the middle of disc; rasp ...
DOI:
10.1080/00305316.2015.1081642

35. Silencing of apolipophorin‐III causes abnormal adult morphological phenotype and susceptibility to Listeria monocytogenes infection in Tenebrio molitor

Author:
Bharat Bhusan Patnaik; Hongray Howrelia Patnaik; Ki Beom Park; Yong Hun Jo; Yong Seok Lee; Yeon Soo Han
Source:
Entomological research 2015 v.45 no.2 pp. 116-121
ISSN:
1738-2297
Subject:
Listeria monocytogenes; RNA interference; Tenebrio molitor; adults; eclosion; elytra; hemolymph; innate immunity; insects; larvae; messenger RNA; mortality; phenotype
Abstract:
... Insect apolipophorin‐III is an exchangeable protein that is abundantly found in the hemolymph, and serves an important role in lipid transport, development, and innate immunity. In this study, we examined the role of apolipophorin‐III (TmapoLp‐III) during the adult eclosion stages of Tenebrio molitor by RNA interference (RNAi) analysis. After silencing of the mRNA transcripts at both larval and pu ...
DOI:
10.1111/1748-5967.12099

36. To the knowledge of the genera Asactopholis Brenske, 1894, Dasylepida Moser, 1913 and Lepidiota Kirby, 1826 in Indochina (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Leucopholini)

Author:
A.M. Prokofiev
Source:
Kavkazskij èntomologičeskij bûlletenʹ 2015 v.11 no.2 pp. 327-350
ISSN:
1814-3326
Subject:
Scarabaeidae; abdomen; aedeagus; elytra; fauna; females; males; new species; China; Indochina; Thailand
Abstract:
... The genera Asactopholis, Dasylepida and Lepidiota of the Indochinese fauna (without Peninsula of Malacca) are discussed. Nine new species and subspecies are described: A. bicolor nigrimargo subsp. n., A. dalatensis sp. n., D. rudepunctata aciculata subsp. n., L. acuminatops sp. n., L. adelphopyga sp. n., L. irokezica sp. n., L. medvedevi sp. n., L. nho sp. n. and L. omnipodex sp. n. The following ...
DOI:
DOI:10.23885/1814-3326-2015-11-2-327-350

37. Two new species of the genus Rhynchitobius Sharp, 1889 (Coleoptera: Rhynchitidae) in Dominican amber

Author:
George Poinar; Andrei A. Legalov
Source:
Annales de la Société entomologique de France 2015 v.51 no.1 pp. 70-77
ISSN:
2168-6351
Subject:
elytra; Attelabidae; legs; amber; new species; Curculionidae; Dominica
Abstract:
... Summary New species of rhynchitid weevils, Rhynchitobius tanyrhinus n. sp . and R . xuthocolus n. sp . (Coleoptera: Rhynchitidae) in the tribe Auletini are described from Dominican amber. The former species is characterized by a long rostrum, narrow pronotum and elytra, rugose elytral intervals and distinct elytral striae. The latter species has a short rostrum, wide antennal club, yellow legs, no ...
DOI:
10.1080/00379271.2015.1059996