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1. Micrometeorology and Energy Exchange in Two Desert Arthropods

Author:
Neil F. Hadley
Source:
Ecology 1970 v.51 no.3 pp. 434-444
ISSN:
0012-9658
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Eleodes; Scorpiones; absorption; arthropods; body temperature; burrows; cooling; direct contact; energy transfer; evaporation; heat transfer; laboratory experimentation; metabolism; relative humidity; solar radiation; wind speed;     Show all 17 Subjects
Abstract:
... Incoming solar, net, and reflected radiation, wind velocity, relative humidity, and temperatures at various levels above and below an open desert surface were recorded simultaneously at 30—minute intervals for a 3—day period. Concurrent measurements were also made of arthropod burrow temperatures and relative humidities, scorpion body temperatures, and body and subelytral temperatures of tenebrion ...
DOI:
10.2307/1935378

2. Labeling Adults of Red Palm Weevil (Rhynchophorus Ferrugineus) with Cerium for Detection by Neutron Activation

Author:
G. W. Rahalkar; K. B. Mistry; M. R. Harwalkar; K. G. Bharathan; A. R. Gopal-Ayengar
Source:
Ecology 1971 v.52 no.1 pp. 186-188
ISSN:
0012-9658
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Rhynchophorus ferrugineus; adults; cerium; ethanol; insects; topical application; washing;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... Adult red palm weevils (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Oliv.) were labeled by topical application of cerium chloride (CeCl_3) in 90% ethanol. Marked adults were detectable by assay of radiocerium following neutron activation of excised elytra. No significant loss of cerium from marked insects occurred over prolonged periods or after repeated washing with water. This marking technique has potential appl ...
DOI:
10.2307/1934754

3. A preliminary survey of ultraviolet reflectance in beetles

Author:
Source:
Biological journal of the Linnean Society 1977 v.9 no.4 pp. 331-348
ISSN:
0024-4066
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Anthribidae; Buprestidae; Carabidae; Cerambycidae; Curculionidae; Elateridae; Scarabaeidae; Tenebrionidae; pigments; reflectance; secretion; surveys;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... Ultraviolet reflectance is a widely distributed phenomenon among certain families of Coleoptera. It is so far found to occur in Carabidae, Scarabaeidae, Buprestidae, Elateridae, Tenebrionidae, Cerambycidae, Anthribidae and Curculionidae. Of more than 100 species examined, 70 were found to possess UV reflectant structures. Reflection is almost always from pigments contained within microtrichia or o ...
DOI:
10.1111/j.1095-8312.1977.tb00275.x

4. Contact transfer of diflubenzuron (dimilin®) by boll weevils¹ and the relation of site of application and effect on egg hatch

Author:
McLAUGHLIN, R.E.
Source:
Entomologia experimentalis et applicata 1978 v. no. pp. 171-176
ISSN:
0013-8703
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Anthonomus grandis; diflubenzuron; eggs; females; integument; males; oviposition; urea;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... The growth-regulating chemical diflubenzuron (tested as TH=6040, now formulated as Dimilin®), N(4-chlorophenyl)-N-(2,6-difluorobenzoyl)urea) was (1) applied to tarsi or to genital sternites of male or female boll weevils, Anthonomus grandis Boheman, that were then placed with untreated weevils of the opposite sex; (2) applied to genital sternites of either males or females and then placed with the ...
DOI:
10.1111/j.1570-7458.1978.tb03019.x

5. Food Limitation of Reproduction and Survival For Populations of Brachinus (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

Author:
Steven A. Juliano
Source:
Ecology 1986 v.67 no.4 pp. 1036-1045
ISSN:
0012-9658
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Brachinus; adulthood; adults; condition factor; egg production; females; field experimentation; food availability; insect reproduction; mortality; ponds; Arizona;     Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:
... In order to determine whether natural levels of food for adult bombardier beetles (Brachinus) were low enough to lead to reduced reproduction and survival, laboratory and field experiments were conducted in southeastern Arizona, USA. In the laboratory, feeding affected reproduction over a period of months, but had no detectable effect on short—term egg production. Females did not reproduce until t ...
DOI:
10.2307/1939826

6. Pyrrolizidine alkaloids of probable host‐plant origin in the pronotal and elytral secretion of the leaf beetle Oreina cacaliae

Author:
J. M. Pasteels; M. Rowell‐Rahier; T. Randoux; J. C. Braekman; D. Daloze
Source:
Entomologia experimentalis et applicata 1988 v.49 no.1‐2 pp. 55-58
ISSN:
0013-8703
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Chrysomelidae; Petasites; Senecio nemorensis; cardenolides; chemical composition; cholesterol; defense mechanisms; defensive secretions; ethanolamine; food plants; host plants; pyrrolizidine alkaloids; secretion;     Show all 14 Subjects
Abstract:
... Oreina cacaliae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) produces in its elytral and pronotal defensive secretion seneciphylline N‐oxide together with small amounts of another pyrrolizidine alkaloid tentatively identified as senecionine N‐oxide. This is a strong departure from the chemical composition of the defensive secretions in related species, characterized by complex mixtures of cardenolides, synthesized ...
DOI:
10.1111/j.1570-7458.1988.tb02476.x

7. The phylogeny of diving beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) and the evolution of sexual conflict

Author:
Kelly B. Miller
Source:
Biological journal of the Linnean Society 2003 v.79 no.3 pp. 359-388
ISSN:
0024-4066
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Dytiscidae; adults; behavioral resistance; females; genes; larvae; legs; males; mating behavior; models; phylogeny; prediction; sexual selection; swimming;     Show all 15 Subjects
Abstract:
... A model of evolution based on conflicts of interest between the sexes over mating decisions is examined in relation to diving beetles (Dytiscidae). The model predicts the following evolutionary sequence: (1) cost to females of mating increases, (2) females evolve behavioural resistance to male mating attempts, (3) males evolve devices to overcome female resistance, and (4) females evolve morpholog ...
DOI:
10.1046/j.1095-8312.2003.00195.x

8. Dung beetle (Scarabaeus (Pachysoma)) biology and immature stages: reversal to ancestral states under desert conditions (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)?

Author:
C. H. Scholtz; J. Du G. Harrison; V. V. Grebennikov
Source:
Biological journal of the Linnean Society 2004 v.83 no.4 pp. 453-460
ISSN:
0024-4066
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Scarabaeus; abdomen; antennae; breeding; burrows; detritus; dung beetles; feces; females; herbivores; immatures; larvae; monophyly; pupae; spiracles; teeth;     Show all 17 Subjects
Abstract:
... The unique feeding biology of the unusual flightless Namib Desert dung beetle species belonging to Scarabaeus ( Pachysoma ) MacLeay (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) has been studied in the past but in this report we document breeding biology, larval feeding and immature morphology for the first time. Females provision burrows with fragments of dry herbivore dung and detritus, in which the larvae devel ...
DOI:
10.1111/j.1095-8312.2004.00389.x

9. A new species of the genus Odocnemis Allard, 1876 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) from Turkey

Author:
M.V. Nabozhenko; V. Tichý
Source:
Kavkazskij èntomologičeskij bûlletenʹ 2006 v.2 no.2 pp. 183-185
ISSN:
1814-3326
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Tenebrionidae; Turkey (country); color; new species;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... A new species, Odocnemis (s. str.) perarmatus Nabozhenko et Tichý, sp. n. is described from southern Turkey (province Isparta). The new species is most closely related to O. anatolicus (Kaszab, 1961), from which it differs in the presence of distinct tubercules on the elytra, large tooth on the hind tibias and darker coloration (in O. anatolicus the coloration is pale brown and with reddish pronot ...
DOI:
DOI:10.23885/1814-3326-2006-2-2-183-185

10. Myctolaimus platypi sp. n. (Nematoda: Cylindrocorporidae) isolated from the oak borer, Platypus quercivorus (Coleoptera: Platypodidae)

Author:
Natsumi Kanzaki; Masahide Kobayashi; Ai Nozaki; Kazuyoshi Futai
Source:
Nematology v.8 no.5 pp. 717-725
ISSN:
1388-5545
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Nematoda; Platypus quercivorus; adults; agar; body length; females; male reproductive system; males; nematology; new species;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... Myctolaimus platypi sp. n. is described and figured. The third-stage dauer juveniles of M. platypi sp. n. were isolated from the underside of the elytra of the oak borer, Platypus quercivorus, and were reared on an Asparagine-Mannitol (A-M) agar. Specimens of adult nematodes for description and measurements were collected from a 2-week-old culture on A-M agar. The new species is characterised by h ...
DOI:
10.1163/156854106778877820

11. Sexual dimorphism and allometry in two seed beetles (Coleoptera: Bruchidae)

Author:
COLGONI, Andrew; VAMOSI, Steven M.
Source:
Entomological science 2006 v.9 no.2 pp. 171-179
ISSN:
1343-8786
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Callosobruchus chinensis; Callosobruchus maculatus; allometry; antennae; body size; females; males; principal component analysis; sex pheromones; sexual dimorphism;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... Male Callosobruchus chinensis (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) have elaborated, pectinate antennae, which are absent from conspecific females and both sexes of a congener, Callosobruchus maculatus. To begin to unravel the mechanisms producing this striking dimorphism, we examined which morphological traits best explain body size variation in bruchid beetles and quantified sexual dimorphism of antenna size ...
DOI:
10.1111/j.1479-8298.2006.00164.x

12. Species of Bursaphelenchus Fuchs, 1937 (Nematoda: Parasitaphelenchidae) and other nematode genera associated with insects from Pinus pinaster in Portugal

Author:
Penas, A.C.; Bravo, M.A.; Naves, P.; Bonifácio, L.; Sousa, E.; Mota, M.
Source:
Annals of applied biology 2006 v.148 no.2 pp. 121-131
ISSN:
0003-4746
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Bursaphelenchus xylophilus; Contortylenchus; Ektaphelenchus; Hylobius; Hylurgus ligniperda; Ips sexdentatus; Monochamus; Orthotomicus erosus; Pinus pinaster; Pityogenes; Tomicus piniperda; adults; fungi; insects; nematode larvae; wood; Portugal;     Show all 18 Subjects
Abstract:
... Insects associated with maritime pine, Pinus pinaster, in Portugal were collected and screened for the presence of Bursaphelenchus species. Nematodes were identified using Internal Transcribed Spacers-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (ITS-RFLP) analysis of dauer juveniles and morphological identification of adults that developed from dauer juveniles on fungal cultures or on cultures in pin ...
DOI:
10.1111/j.1744-7348.2006.00042.x

13. A new species of the weevil genus Otiorhynchus Germar, 1822, subgenera Proremus Reitter, 1912 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) from NE Turkey

Author:
G.E. Davidian; L. Gültekin
Source:
Kavkazskij èntomologičeskij bûlletenʹ 2007 v.3 no.2 pp. 197-199
ISSN:
1814-3326
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Otiorhynchus; Turkey (country); new species;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... A new species Otiorhynchus (Proremus) horasanicus Davidian et Gültekin sp. n. is described from NE Turkey. It is closely related to O. lederi Stierlin, 1883 and O. temeli Davidian et Gültekin, 20076, from which in differs by thickened antennae, distinct smooth flattened middle carina on the disc of pronotum, more elongated elytra with broader elytral striae and hardly visible femoral denticle ...
DOI:
DOI:10.23885/1814-3326-2007-3-2-197-199

14. Elytra color as a signal of chemical defense in the Asian ladybird beetle Harmonia axyridis

Author:
Alexander L. Bezzerides; Kevin J. McGraw; Robert S. Parker; Jad Husseini
Source:
Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 2007 v.61 no.9 pp. 1401-1408
ISSN:
0340-5443
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Harmonia axyridis; absorbance; alkaloids; carotenoids; color; digital images; females; gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; invertebrates; males; pigments; predators; vertebrates;     Show all 14 Subjects
Abstract:
... Carotenoid- and melanin-based colors are valuable indicators of quality in many vertebrates, but their signaling role in invertebrates remains relatively unexplored. The Asian ladybird beetle Harmonia axyridis is an ideal organism for studies of this nature because males and females exhibit highly variable red and black colors on their elytra and are chemically defended with an alkaloid (harmonine ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00265-007-0371-9

15. Review of the longicorn beetles close to Cortodera villosa Heyden, 1876, with description of new taxa (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae)

Author:
A.I. Miroshnikov
Source:
Kavkazskij èntomologičeskij bûlletenʹ 2007 v.3 no.2 pp. 207-218
ISSN:
1814-3326
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Cerambycidae; Russia; body length; color; females; head; males; new species; new subspecies; Caucasus region; Kazakhstan;     Show all 12 Subjects
Abstract:
... Results of the examination of Cortodera villosa Heyden, 1876 and resembling forms are presented. Subspecific structure of C. villosa is offered, 2 new subspecies are described. Cortodera villosa major subsp. n. From the nominotypical and other subspecies differs in larger, on average, body size, particularly in females (body length of males being 11.5–12.8 mm, while of females – 12.3–13.6 mm), con ...
DOI:
DOI:10.23885/1814-3326-2007-3-2-207-218

16. A new species of Philorhizus Hope, 1838 from Greece (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiini)

Author:
David Wrase; Thorsten Assmann
Source:
ZooKeys 2008 v.3 no. pp. 1-10
ISSN:
1313-2970
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Carabidae; Palearctic region; color; geographical distribution; habitats; new species; France; Greece;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... Philorhizus marggii n. sp. is described from Greece (southern Peloponnese). Type locality: Taygetos Massif, Profitis Illias, N 36°58’/E 022°21’, 2000-2400 m asl. Members of this micropterous species are distinguished from the other Philorhizus species occurring on the Balkans by habitus, the special colouration pattern of the elytra and the special construction of the internal ...
DOI:
10.3897/zookeys.3.19

17. Differences in biological and behavioural characteristics of Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) according to colour patterns of elytra

Author:
Seo, M.J.; Kim, G.H.; Youn, Y.N.
Source:
Journal of applied entomology 2008 v.132 no.3 pp. 239-247
ISSN:
0931-2048
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Harmonia axyridis; body size; color; environmental factors; fecundity; females; males; overwintering; reproductive performance; Korean Peninsula;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... Samples of overwintering populations of Harmonia axyridis were classified into five colour patterns, succinea 1, succinea 2, conspicua, spectabilis and axyridis. Generally, the succinea 1 colour pattern was dominant at six collecting sites in Daejon and Chungnam provinces of Korea and their occurrence proportion was over 50%. Non-melanic forms such as succinea 1 and 2 were noted in about 90% of co ...
DOI:
10.1111/j.1439-0418.2007.01241.x

18. Dytiscid Beetle Remains Discovered in a Pellet from a Great Gray Owl, Strix nebulosa, Nest

Author:
Kevin C. R. Kerr
Source:
Canadian field-naturalist 2008 v.122 no.1 pp. 78-79
ISSN:
0008-3550
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Coleoptera; Strix nebulosa; nests; streams; Manitoba;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... On 18 July 2007, near Goose Creek, south of Churchill Manitoba, a Great Gray Owl, Strix nebulosa, pellet that contained the pronotum and elytra of a predacious diving beetle, Dytiscus alaskanus, was discovered at a nest. ...
DOI:
10.22621/cfn.v122i1.551

19. Geographic color variation of Phelotrupes auratus (Coleoptera, Geotrupidae) in the Kinki region, central Japan: A quantitative spectrophotometric analysis

Author:
AKAMINE, Mayumi; MAEKAWA, Kiyoto; KON, Masahiro
Source:
Entomological science 2008 v.11 no.4 pp. 401-407
ISSN:
1343-8786
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Geotrupidae; color; humans; lakes; reflectance; spectral analysis; wavelengths; Japan;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... We investigated geographic color variation of the beetle Phelotrupes auratus in the Kinki region of central Japan using a spectrophotometer. The reflectance spectrum of the dorsal surface of the elytron was measured for beetles collected from 23 sites. We focused on λmax(α), the wavelength at the peak (α peak) between 400 and 700 nm (human visual sensitivity range), for analyses of color variation ...
DOI:
10.1111/j.1479-8298.2008.00286.x

20. Olfactory Sex Attraction and Mating Behaviour in the Pine Sawyer Monochamus galloprovincialis (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

Author:
Ibeas, Fernando; Díez, Julio J.; Pajares, Juan A.
Source:
Journal of insect behavior 2008 v.21 no.3 pp. 101-110
ISSN:
0892-7553
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Bursaphelenchus xylophilus; Ips; Monochamus; antennae; attractants; bioassays; copulation; females; insect behavior; legs; males; mouth; olfactometry; oviposition; palps; semiochemicals; trees; volatile compounds; walking;     Show all 20 Subjects
Abstract:
... The pine sawyer Monochamus galloprovincialis Olivier (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) is a vector of the pine wood nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner and Buhrer) Nickle. Male and females of this species have a kairomonal attraction to host volatiles and Ips semiochemicals. Once on the host tree, males and females copulate and oviposition occurs. Bioassays using Y-tube olfactometry revealed tha ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10905-007-9104-1

21. On the head morphology of Tetraphalerus, the phylogeny of Archostemata and the basal branching events in Coleoptera

Author:
Beutel, Rolf G.; Ge, Si-qin; Hörnschemeyer, Thomas
Source:
Cladistics 2008 v.24 no.3 pp. 270-298
ISSN:
0748-3007
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Bayesian theory; Coleoptera; fossils; head; micro-computed tomography; monophyly; ribs;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... Internal and external features of Tetraphalerus bruchi were studied using X-ray microtomography (μ-CT) and other techniques, and head structures were described in detail. μ-Ct is highly efficient for the assessment of anatomical data. A data matrix with 90 morphological characters of recent and fossil beetles was analyzed with different approaches (parsimony, Bayesian analysis). The results of the ...
DOI:
10.1111/j.1096-0031.2007.00186.x

22. Pharaxonotha portophylla (Coleoptera: Erotylidae), new species and pollinator of Zamia (Zamiaceae) in Puerto Rico

Author:
Franz Nico M.; Skelley Paul E.
Source:
Caribbean journal of science 2008 v.44 no.3 pp. 321-333
ISSN:
0008-6452
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Erotylidae; Zamia; adults; flowering; forests; gender; head; insects; larval development; metabolites; new species; odors; pollination; pollinators; Caribbean; Puerto Rico;     Show all 17 Subjects
Abstract:
... Pharaxonotha portophylla, new species (Insecta: Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Pharaxonothinae), is described based on individuals collected on the cones of native populations of Zamia amblyphyllidia D. W. Stevenson and Z. portoricensis Urban (Cycadales: Zamiaceae) in the Puerto Rican Cambalache and Susúa Commonwealth Forests, respectively. The new species is a member of a complex centered around P. flor ...
DOI:
10.18475/cjos.v44i3.a7

23. Teratorhabditis synpapillata Sudhaus, 1985 (Rhabditida: Rhabditidae) is an associate of the red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Author:
Natsumi Kanzaki; Fukiko Abe; Robin M. Giblin-Davis; Karin Kiontke; David H.A. Fitch; Kunihiko Hata; Koichi Soné
Source:
Nematology v.10 no.2 pp. 207-218
ISSN:
1388-5545
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Japan; Phoenix canariensis; Rhabditidae; Rhynchophorus ferrugineus; adults; agar; conspecificity; cow manure; genes; hybridization; light microscopy; morphometry; nematology; phylogeny; Indonesia;     Show all 16 Subjects
Abstract:
... Teratorhabditis synpapillata, originally described from cow dung in Bali, was isolated from the red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus, in Japan. Dauer juveniles were isolated from beneath the elytra of five specimens of R. ferrugineus that had emerged from a dead Canary Island date palm, Phoenix canariensis, in Kagoshima, Japan. The dauer juveniles were cultured on a NGM agar plate and the ad ...
DOI:
10.1163/156854108783476386

24. A new genus of the weevil subfamily Lixinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from Arabian peninsula

Author:
Yu.G. Arzanov
Source:
Kavkazskij èntomologičeskij bûlletenʹ 2009 v.5 no.2 pp. 253-255
ISSN:
1814-3326
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Curculionidae; new genus; West Asia;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... On materials of collection ZIN RAS (Saint Petersburg) from Arabian peninsula new genus Arabocleonus gen. n. with typical species Arabocleonus medvedevi sp. n. is described. Position of a new genus is not absolutely clear yet in system trybus Cleonini. The new genus on appearance and colouring reminds some species from genera Pachycerus Schoenherr, 1823, Bothynoderes Schoenherr, 1823, Cosmogaster F ...
DOI:
DOI:10.23885/1814-3326-2009-5-2-253-255

25. Relationship between phenotypic traits and selected fitness components of Diabrotica virgifera virgifera

Author:
Li, Hongmei; Toepfer, Stefan; Kuhlmann, Ulrich
Source:
Entomologia experimentalis et applicata 2009 v.131 no.3 pp. 254-263
ISSN:
0013-8703
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Diabrotica virgifera virgifera; adults; bioassays; body weight; corn; equations; fecundity; genetic variation; head; invasive species; longevity; oviposition; phenotype; population growth; tibia; Europe; North America;     Show all 18 Subjects
Abstract:
... Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) is one of the most important and best-studied maize pests, yet little information is available regarding the basic relationships among its phenotypic traits, particularly those that reflect the overall fitness of this successful invader in Europe and North America. Such information is critical for studies on the invasiveness, behav ...
DOI:
10.1111/j.1570-7458.2009.00856.x

26. Sitona medvedevi sp. n., a new species of the weevil genus Sitona Germar, 1817 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae) from Kopet Dagh and Talysh

Author:
B.A. Korotyaev
Source:
Kavkazskij èntomologičeskij bûlletenʹ 2009 v.5 no.2 pp. 247-248
ISSN:
1814-3326
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; aedeagus; new species; Azerbaijan;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... A new species of the weevil genus Sitona Germar, 1817 is described from Kopet Dagh (Syunt Mountain) and Talysh (Lerik District in Azerbaijan, Transcaucasia). Sitona medvedevi sp. n. is similar to S. cylindricollis Fåhraeus, 1840, widely distributed and common in Transcaucaisa and Middle Asia, in the habitus and the aedeagus shape, but clearly differs in the shorter rostrum which is usually noticea ...
DOI:
DOI:10.23885/1814-3326-2009-5-2-247-248

27. A new species of the genus Phygasia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae) from Taiwan of China

Author:
Deyan Ge; Shuyong Wang; Xingke Yang
Source:
Biologia 2010 v.65 no.2 pp. 325-329
ISSN:
1336-9563
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Chrysomelidae; color; male genitalia; new species; Taiwan;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... Continuing study on the Chinese species of Phygasia Chevrolat, 1836 revealed 10 specimens collected from Taiwan that were distinctly different from other described species within this genus. The new species is similar to P. ornata Baly, 1876 and P. pseudornata Wang et Yang, 2008, but can be distinguished from them by the color and position of elytra markings as well as the shape of male genitalia: ...
DOI:
10.2478/s11756-010-0015-9

28. Flight and crawling activities of Diabrotica virgifera virgifera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in relation to morphometric traits

Author:
Li, H.; Toepfer, S.; Kuhlmann, U.
Source:
Journal of applied entomology 2010 v.134 no.5 pp. 449-461
ISSN:
0931-2048
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Diabrotica virgifera virgifera; bioassays; body weight; corn; females; flight; invasive species; males; morphometry; young adults;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... Morphometric traits and body weight are often used to study changes in fitness. For the invasive alien maize pest, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte, little information is available regarding the possible relationship between morphometric traits and adult activity, which reflects the ability to disperse and invade. Flight and crawling activities of D. v. virgifera adults were investigated in ...
DOI:
10.1111/j.1439-0418.2009.01489.x

29. New or little-known species of the genus Amphimenes Bates, 1873 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiinae) from Vietnam

Author:
Dmitry N. Fedorenko
Source:
ZooKeys 2010 v.65 pp. 17-50
ISSN:
1313-2970
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Carabidae; new species; Vietnam;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... Twelve new species of the genus Amphimenes Bates, 1873 are described from Vietnam: Amphimenes maculatus, sp. n., Amphimenes bidoupensis, sp. n., Amphimenes gracilis, sp. n., Amphimenes montanus, sp. n., Amphimenes giganteus, sp. n., Amphimenes medius, sp. n., Amphimenes minutus, sp. n., Amphimenes rufipes, sp. n., Amphimenes reflexicollis, sp. n., Amphimenes planicollis, sp. n., Amphimenes nitidus ...
DOI:
10.3897/zookeys.65.503
PubMed:
21594026
PubMed Central:
PMC3088413

30. On Bursaphelenchus yongensis Gu, Braasch, Burgermeister, Brandstetter & Zhang, 2006 in Japan

Author:
Natsumi Kanzaki; Eriko Kawaguchi; Takuya Aikawa; Noritoshi Maehara
Source:
Nematology v.12 no.5 pp. 803-806
ISSN:
1388-5545
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Botrytis cinerea; Bursaphelenchus; Japan; Pinus massoniana; Pinus thunbergii; cloaca; culture media; e-mail; entomopathogenic nematodes; female reproductive system; forestry; forests; genetic databases; internal transcribed spacers; lawns and turf; light microscopes; males; mycelium; nematology; research institutions; ribosomal DNA; species identification; surveys; tail; China;     Show all 26 Subjects
Abstract:
... Nematology , 2010, Vol. 12(5), 803-806 Short communication On Bursaphelenchus yongensis Gu, Braasch, Burgermeister, Brandstetter & Zhang, 2006 in Japan Natsumi K ANZAKI 1 , ∗ , Eriko K AWAGUCHI 2 , Takuya A I K AWA 3 and Noritoshi M AEHARA 3 Bursaphelenchus yongensis Gu, Braasch, Burgermeis- ter, Brandstetter & Zhang, 2006 was originally described in China from a dead Pinus massoniana Lambert as a ...
DOI:
10.1163/138855410X499067

31. Two new species of Aleocharinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) found in fungus gardens of Odontotermes termites (Isoptera, Termitidae, Macrotermitinae) in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand

Author:
Taisuke Kanao; Munetoshi Maruyama; Watana Sakchoowong
Source:
ZooKeys 2010 v.49 no. pp. 77-86
ISSN:
1313-2970
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Odontotermes; Staphylinidae; abdomen; body size; fungi; national parks; new species; Thailand;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... Discoxenus katayamai sp. n. and Odontoxenus thailandicus sp. n. are described from Khao Yai National Park, East Thailand. Both species were collected from nests of termite of the genus Odontotermes Holmgren, 1912. These are the first records of both genera from Thailand. Discoxenus katayamai is similar to D. indicus Wasmann, 1904, and O. thailandicus is similar to O. butteri (Wasmann, 1916). Each ...
DOI:
10.3897/zookeys.49.468

32. A New Species of Trechus from the Ethiopian Highlands (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae) and Key to the Trechus Species of Ethiopia

Author:
Ortuño, Vicente M.; Novoa, Francisco
Source:
Annals of the Entomological Society of America 2011 v.104 no.2 pp. 132-140
ISSN:
0013-8746
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Lobelia; Trechus; aedeagus; grasslands; highlands; mountains; new species; Ethiopia;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... The enormous genus Trechus Clairville is distributed mainly in the Holarctic regions, but 24 species from Ethiopia were described previously. A key to the species of Ethiopian Trechus is provided, including a new species, Trechus amharicus from the Choke Mountains (Ethiopian Highlands). The latter taxon is described. The species was found in the Afroalpine grassland, living under stones, sometimes ...
DOI:
10.1603/AN10122

33. A new remarkable subterranean beetle of the Rhodopes: Paralovricia gen. n. beroni sp. n. belonging to Lovriciina new subtribe (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechinae, Bembidiini)

Author:
Pier Mauro Giachino; Borislav Guéorguiev; Dante Vailati
Source:
ZooKeys 2011 v.117 pp. 59-72
ISSN:
1313-2970
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Carabidae; monophyly; synapomorphy; villages; zoogeography; Bulgaria;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... Paralovricia gen. n.beronisp. n., belonging to the new subtribe Lovriciina, is described from two caves in the Western Rhodopes (Bulgaria): Kraypatnata peshtera, near Smilyan Village (Smolyan Municipality) and Snezhanka, near Peshtera Town (Peshtera Municipality). Three currently known genera, Lovricia Pretner, 1979, Neolovricia Lakota, Jalžić & Moravec, 2009 and Paralovricia gen. n. represent a m ...
DOI:
10.3897/zookeys.117.1612
PubMed:
21998506
PubMed Central:
PMC3192417

34. A new species of the longicorn beetles genus Cortodera Mulsant, 1863 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from the Southern Transcaucasia

Author:
A.I. Miroshnikov
Source:
Kavkazskij èntomologičeskij bûlletenʹ 2011 v.7 no.1 pp. 53-54
ISSN:
1814-3326
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Cerambycidae; new species; palps;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... A new species Cortodera tatianae Miroshnikov, sp. n. from the Southern Transcaucasia is described. It resembles C. transcaspica Plavilstshikov, 1936, from which well differs by oblique temples with smoothed sculpture, shape (not pelecoid) of ultimate segment of labial palpi, shorter antennae, reaching middle of elytra only, less rough and less dense puncturation of elytra, and other characters ...
DOI:
DOI:10.23885/1814-3326-2011-7-1-53-54

35. A new species of the weevil genus Melanobaris Alonso-Zarazaga et Lyal, 1999 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Baridinae) from Inner Daghestan

Author:
B.A. Korotyaev; M.Sh. Ismailova
Source:
Kavkazskij èntomologičeskij bûlletenʹ 2011 v.7 no.2 pp. 173-175
ISSN:
1814-3326
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Curculionidae; aedeagus; new species; Israel;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... A new species Melanobaris gulnarae sp. n. is described from Inner Daghestan, closely related to M. margaritae Korotyaev et Friedman from Mt. Hermon in Israel described in this volume, but differing in the larger body, coarser sculpture of the pronotum and elytra but somewhat finer punctures on metasternum, matt dorsal surface, broader tarsi, and more tapering apically aedeagus ...
DOI:
DOI:10.23885/1814-3326-2011-7-2-169-172

36. A new unusually coloured form of Fallacia elegans (Faldermann, 1837) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from the North-West Caucasus

Author:
A.I. Miroshnikov
Source:
Kavkazskij èntomologičeskij bûlletenʹ 2011 v.7 no.1 pp. 55-56
ISSN:
1814-3326
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Cerambycidae; Caucasus region;     Show all 3 Subjects
Abstract:
... A new form of Fallacia elegans (Faldermann, 1837) with entirely dark metallic blue-greenish elytra from the North-West Caucasus is described ...
DOI:
DOI:10.23885/1814-3326-2011-7-1-55-56

37. Beetle adhesive hairs differ in stiffness and stickiness: in vivo adhesion measurements on individual setae

Author:
Bullock, James M. R.; Federle, Walter
Source:
Naturwissenschaften 2011 v.98 no.5 pp. 381-387
ISSN:
0028-1042
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Gastrophysa viridula; adhesion; copulation; females; glass; hairs; peeling; polystyrenes; stickiness;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... Leaf beetles are able to climb on smooth and rough surfaces using arrays of micron-sized adhesive hairs (setae) of varying morphology. We report the first in vivo adhesive force measurements of individual setae in the beetle Gastrophysa viridula, using a smooth polystyrene substrate attached to a glass capillary micro-cantilever. The beetles possess three distinct adhesive pads on each leg which d ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00114-011-0781-4

38. Body size of Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera, Insecta) in areas with different levels of conservation in South Brazil

Author:
Adelita M. Linzmeier; Cibele S. Ribeiro-Costa
Source:
ZooKeys 2011 v.157 pp. 1-14
ISSN:
1313-2970
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Araucaria; Chrysomelidae; abdomen; body size; environmental quality; forests; head; herbivores; life history; physiology; Brazil;     Show all 12 Subjects
Abstract:
... Body size is correlated with many species traits such as morphology, physiology, life history and abundance as well; it is one of the most discussed topics in macroecological studies. The aim of this paper was to analyze the body size distribution of Chrysomelidae, caught with Malaise traps during two years in four areas with different levels of conservation in the Araucaria Forest, Paraná, Brazil ...
DOI:
10.3897/zookeys.157.1083
PubMed:
22303100
PubMed Central:
PMC3253639

39. Calleida desenderi, new species from Ecuador (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiinae)

Author:
Achille Casale
Source:
ZooKeys 2011 v.100 pp. 47-54
ISSN:
1313-2970
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Carabidae; Neotropics; endophallus; flagellum; head; new species; Ecuador;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... Calleida desenderi Casale, sp. n., is described from Ecuador, Napo Province, surroundings of San Rafael. The new taxon is mostly characterized by the head and appendages rufous, the disc of elytra with marked metallic green reflection, the median lobe of aedeagus ring-like, and the endophallus with a long, twisted flagellum. A key for identification of the closer Neotropical species described so f ...
DOI:
10.3897/zookeys.100.1522
PubMed:
21738407
PubMed Central:
PMC3131011

40. Contact Sex Pheromones Identified for Two Species of Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Tetropium fuscum and T. cinnamopterum in the Subfamily Spondylidinae

Author:
Silk, Peter J.; Sweeney, Jon; Wu, Junping; Sopow, Stephanie; Mayo, Peter D.; Magee, David
Source:
Environmental entomology 2011 v.40 no.3 pp. 714-726
ISSN:
0046-225X
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Tetropium fuscum; copulation; females; hexane; males; mass spectrometry; sex pheromones; waxes;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... Male Tetropium fuscum (F.) and T. cinnamopterum Kirby mated with live and dead (freeze-killed) conspecific females upon antennal contact, but did not respond to dead females after cuticular waxes were removed by hexane rinsing. Significantly fewer males of each species attempted to copulate with live or dead heterospecific females than with conspecifics, indicating that mate recognition was mediat ...
DOI:
10.1603/EN10213
PubMed:
22251651

41. Functional morphology and biomechanics of cuticular fracture at the elytrophoral autotomy plane of the scaleworm Alentia gelatinosa (Annelida: Polynoidae)

Author:
Wilkie, Iain C.
Source:
Invertebrate biology 2011 v.130 no.2 pp. 129-147
ISSN:
1077-8306
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Annelida; biomechanics; electron microscopy; glycosaminoglycans; histochemistry; microstructure; sphincters;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... Autotomy of the elytra (scales) in the annelid Alentia gelatinosa occurs at a breakage plane near the junction between the elytron and its elytrophore (stalk), and requires fracture of the external epidermal cuticle. The mechanism of cuticular fracture was investigated by light and electron microscopy, glycoconjugate histochemistry, direct observation of autotomy in isolated preparations, and mech ...
DOI:
10.1111/j.1744-7410.2011.00224.x

42. Glenea coomani Pic, 1926 and its related species of South China with description of a new species

Author:
Meiying Lin; Xingke Yang
Source:
ZooKeys 2011 v.153 pp. 57-71
ISSN:
1313-2970
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; genitalia; lectotypes; new species; sibling species; China; Laos; Vietnam;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... Glenea coomani Pic, 1926 distributed in Vietnam, Laos and China is redescribed, and its sibling species, Glenea neohumerosa sp. n. is described from China (Guangxi, Hainan and Fujian) and North Vietnam. They are separated from each otherby differences in genitalia, and apical teeth and maculae of elytra. Another four related species and one subspecies are illustrated with short notes and new local ...
DOI:
10.3897/zookeys.153.2106
PubMed:
22287910
PubMed Central:
PMC3238044

43. Historical ecology meets conservation and evolutionary genetics: a secondary contact zone between Carabus violaceus (Coleoptera, Carabidae) populations inhabiting ancient and recent woodlands in north-western Germany

Author:
Andrea Matern; Claudia Drees; Werner Härdtle; Goddert von Oheimb; Thorsten Assmann
Source:
ZooKeys 2011 v.100 pp. 545-563
ISSN:
1313-2970
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Carabidae; aedeagus; allozymes; forests; gene flow; genetic structure; genetic variation; habitat connectivity; heterozygosity; hosts; hybrids; intraspecific variation; landscapes; loci; morphometry; secondary contact; stenotopic species; woodlands; Germany;     Show all 20 Subjects
Abstract:
... Only very few cases have documented that an increase in connectivity after a period of fragmentation in ecological time has had an effect on the distribution, genetic structure and morphology of stenotopic species. In this study we present an example of clinal variability in a woodland ground beetle as a result of changes in the connectivity of a landscape during the last two centuries. The study ...
DOI:
10.3897/zookeys.100.1546
PubMed:
21738433
PubMed Central:
PMC3131037

44. Is Elytral Color Polymorphism in Sweetpotato Weevil (Coleoptera: Brentidae) a Visible Marker for Sterile Insect Technique?: Comparison of Male Mating Behavior

Author:
Shiromoto, Keiko; Kumano, Norikuni; Kuriwada, Takashi; Haraguchi, Dai
Source:
Journal of economic entomology 2011 v.104 no.2 pp. 420-424
ISSN:
0022-0493
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Curculionidae; Cylas formicarius elegantulus; artificial selection; behavior change; color; dyes; inbreeding depression; insect pests; males; mating behavior; monitoring; sterile insect technique; survival rate; Japan;     Show all 15 Subjects
Abstract:
... The sterile insect technique (SIT) is widely used for suppressing or eradicating target pest insect populations. In the eradication programs using the SIT, a large number of sterile insects are marked and released in the field. In Japan, Cylas formicarius (F.) group (Coleoptera: Brentidae) weevils are marked with a fluorescent powder dye to monitor the progress of such programs. However, this moni ...
DOI:
10.1603/EC10341
PubMed:
21510188

45. Molecular identification of AFLP fragments associated with elytra color variation of the Asian ladybird beetle, Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

Author:
Dae Hong Lee; Mi Ja Seo; Eun Jin Kang; Cho Rong Park; Chang Wook Jo; In Cheon Hwang; Yong Man Yu; Young Nam Youn
Source:
Journal of Asia-Pacific entomology 2011 v.14 no.1 pp. 99-105
ISSN:
1226-8615
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; DNA; Harmonia axyridis; alleles; amplified fragment length polymorphism; color; genetic databases; insects; loci; nucleotide sequences;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... The Asian ladybird beetle, Harmonia axyridis shows polymorphism in elytra color patterns. However, it is uncertain whether these color patterns are regulated by genetic factors. This investigation used amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analysis to determine any genetic causes of the variability of color patterns. Using four individuals of each group, AFLP analysis produced 37 polymorph ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.aspen.2010.10.004

46. New Species of Stilbus (Coleoptera, Clavicornia, Phalacridae) from the Late Eocene Rovno Amber

Author:
G. Lyubarsky; E. Perkovsky
Source:
Vestnik zoologii 2011 v.45 no.2 pp. e-47
ISSN:
2073-2333
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Phalacridae; amber; body size; new species;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... The first Eocene species of Stilbus Seidlitz, 1872, S. bedovoyi Lyubarsky et Perkovsky, sp. n., is described from Late Eocene Rovno amber. S. bedovoyi is most similar to Stilbus atomarius (Linnaeus) and differs from it by smaller body size, strong and large punctation of elytra, and broadly oval apex of elytra. ...
DOI:
10.2478/v10058-011-0012-7

47. New genus and species of broad-nosed weevils from Baltic amber and notes on fossils of the subfamily Entiminae (Coleoptera, Curculionidae)

Author:
Nikolai N. Yunakov; Alexander G. Kirejtshuk
Source:
ZooKeys 2011 v.160 pp. 73-96
ISSN:
1313-2970
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Curculionidae; amber; fossils; head; new genus; taxonomic keys; Madagascar;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... Arostropsis groehni gen. et sp. n. is described from Baltic amber and temporarily placed in the tribe Naupactini. It differs from all recent Naupactini genera with open corbels by very short and flattened scape, distinct lateral carina of the pronotum and elytra, and the rostrum distinctly narrower than the head capsule. The shape of head in the extinct genus is somewhat similar to that of the ext ...
DOI:
10.3897/zookeys.160.2108
PubMed:
22303121
PubMed Central:
PMC3253632

48. New species of genus Brachycerus Billberg, 1820 (Coleoptera: Brachyceridae) from Syria

Author:
Ju.G. Arzanov
Source:
Kavkazskij èntomologičeskij bûlletenʹ 2011 v.7 no.1 pp. 57-59
ISSN:
1814-3326
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Coleoptera; new species; Syria;     Show all 4 Subjects
Abstract:
... A new species Brachycerus skoupyi sp. n. is described The new species has postocular lobes on lateral margin of pronotum, as well as B. foveicollis Gyllenhal, 1833, but differs from it by the form and sculpture of pronotum and dorsal part of elytra ...
DOI:
DOI:10.23885/1814-3326-2011-7-1-57-59

49. Obrieniolus, a new monotypic genus of Naupactini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae) from the Peruvian Andes and its phylogenetic placement

Author:
M. Guadalupe del Río; Analía A. Lanteri
Source:
ZooKeys 2011 v.102 pp. 51-63
ISSN:
1313-2970
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Curculionidae; genitalia; integument; new genus; new species; phylogeny; taxonomic keys; Andes region; Peru;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... A new monotypic genus of Naupactini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Obrieniolus del Río is described based on the new species Obrieniolus robustus del Río, endemic to Peru. This genus is easily recognized by the black, denuded and shiny integument, with imbricate microsculpture and the rounded body, with short, cordiform and moderately convex elytra. According to a cladistic analysis based on 69 cont ...
DOI:
10.3897/zookeys.102.1240
PubMed:
21747674
PubMed Central:
PMC3131080

50. Pachybrachis sassii, a new species from the Mediterranean Giglio Island (Italy) (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae)

Author:
Matteo Montagna
Source:
ZooKeys 2011 v.155 pp. 51-60
ISSN:
1313-2970
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Pachybrachis; aedeagus; neotypes; new species; Italy;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... Pachybrachis sassii, new species is described from Giglio Island, of the Tuscan Archipelago (Italy). The new species belongs to the nominotypical subgenus and is closely related to Pachybrachis salfii Burlini, 1957, from which it differs in the shape of the median lobe of the aedeagus and in the pattern of the yellow raised spots on the elytra and pronotum. Ecological observations are made. The ne ...
DOI:
10.3897/zookeys.155.1951
PubMed:
22291511
PubMed Central:
PMC3238048

51. Symbiotic association between Solanderia secunda (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Solanderiidae) and Medioantenna variopinta sp. nov. (Annelida, Polychaeta, Polynoidae) from North Sulawesi (Indonesia)

Author:
Cristina Gioia Di Camillo; Daniel Martin; Temir A. Britayev
Source:
Helgoland marine research 2011 v.65 no.4 pp. 495-511
ISSN:
1438-387X
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Hydrozoa; Polychaeta; geographical distribution; new species; reefs; Indonesia;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... A mimic scale-worm was found associated with the athecate hydroid Solanderia secunda, commonly found on reefs of the NW coast of North Sulawesi, Indonesia. The species resembled Medioantenna clavata Imajima 1997, which was originally described without any reference to a symbiotic mode of life and later reported to be living on a solanderiid hydroid both in Japanese waters. A detailed morphological ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10152-010-0239-7

52. The first Strigocis Dury (Coleoptera, Ciidae) from the southern Neotropical region and a provisional key to world species

Author:
Cristiano Lopes-Andrade
Source:
ZooKeys 2011 v.81 pp. 27-37
ISSN:
1313-2970
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Coleoptera; Neotropics; new species; Brazil;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... Strigocis vicosensis Lopes-Andrade, sp. n. is described based on specimens from a single locality (type locality: Viçosa, state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil), being the southernmost record of a Strigocis Dury species. Diagnostic to this new species are the dorsal vestiture consisting of stout yellowish bristles, pronotal punctures separated from each other by at least 0.75× puncture-width ...
DOI:
10.3897/zookeys.81.940
PubMed:
21594159
PubMed Central:
PMC3088062

53. The role of body size and shape in understanding competitive interactions within a community of Neotropical dung beetles

Author:
Hernández, Malva I.M.; Monteiro, Leandro R.; Favila, Mario E.
Source:
Journal of insect science 2011 v.11 pp. -
ISSN:
1536-2442
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; abdomen; body size; dung beetles; forests; models; morphometry; principal component analysis; tropics; Brazil;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... Geometric morphometrics is helpful for understanding how body size and body shape influence the strength of inter-specific competitive interactions in a community. Dung beetles, characterized by their use of decomposing organic material, provide a useful model for understanding the structuring of ecological communities and the role of competition based on their size and morphology. The relationshi ...

54. Two new subspecies of Cortodera villosa Heyden, 1876 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from South Russia

Author:
M.L. Danilevsky
Source:
Kavkazskij èntomologičeskij bûlletenʹ 2011 v.7 no.2 pp. 139-141
ISSN:
1814-3326
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Cerambycidae; Russia; new subspecies; villages; Kazakhstan;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... Cortodera villosa kuvandykensis ssp. n. is described from Kuvandyk district in the north of Orenburg region of Russsia. The new subspecies is close to C. v. magdeevi Danilevsky, 2011 from Zhiguli Mts., but differs by small number of light forms in the population and details of elytral pubescence. Cortodera villosa chuvilini ssp. n. is described from south-west part of Volgograd region (Golubinskoe ...
DOI:
DOI:10.23885/1814-3326-2011-7-2-139-141

55. Two remarkable new species of Prothemus Champion from China and Thailand, with comments on their systematic status (Coleoptera, Cantharidae)

Author:
Yuxia Yang; Sergey V. Kazantsev; Xingke Yang
Source:
ZooKeys 2011 v.119 pp. 53-61
ISSN:
1313-2970
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Cantharidae; aedeagus; new species; China; Thailand;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... Two remarkable new cantharid species were described, Prothemus laticornis sp. n. (CHINA: Yunnan) and Prothemus lycoceroides sp. n. (THAILAND: Chiang Dao), and provided with illustrations of aedeagi, ultimate abdominal sternites and antennae of both sexes. Their systematic status was discussed, because they differed from all other species of Prothemus in the dilated and/or serrate antennae and elyt ...
DOI:
10.3897/zookeys.119.1621
PubMed:
21998517
PubMed Central:
PMC3192429

56. A Heretofore Unreported Instant Color Change in a Beetle, Nicrophorus tomentosus Weber (Coleoptera: Silphidae)

Author:
Heinrich Bernd
Source:
Northeastern naturalist 2012 v.19 no.2 pp. 345-352
ISSN:
1092-6194
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Bombus; Nicrophorus; animals; color; flight;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... The burying beetle Nicrophorus tomentosus (Silphidae) (Tomentose Burying Beetle) achieves an instant color change from a strikingly black and orange animal to a largely yellow one. This transformation achieves a mimicry of several species of bumble-bees when they are in flight, and it is accomplished by twisting the elytra to expose their yellow undersides while simultaneously hiding the bright or ...
DOI:
10.1656/045.019.0215

57. A new species of the subgenus Eurymeloe Reitter, 1911 (Coleoptera, Meloidae: Meloe) from the steppe zone of Russia and Kazakhstan

Author:
A.M. Shapovalov
Source:
Kavkazskij èntomologičeskij bûlletenʹ 2012 v.8 no.2 pp. 205-210
ISSN:
1814-3326
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Meloidae; Russia; furrows; head; new species; steppes; Kazakhstan;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... Meloe (Eurymeloe) sarmaticus sp. n. is described from Asian part of Orenburg Region (Russia) and Central Kazakhstan. The new species belongs to a group of species close to Meloe brevicollis Panzer, 1793. M. sarmaticus sp. n. is characterized by pubescent head and pronotum, short antennomeres, large and flat eyes, gently shagreened elytra with smooth wrinkles, head without frontal median furrow, pr ...
DOI:
DOI:10.23885/1814-3326-2012-8-2-205-210

58. A new, well-preserved genus and species of fossil Glaphyridae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea) from the Mesozoic Yixian Formation of Inner Mongolia, China

Author:
Zhuo Yan; Georgiy V. Nikolajev; Dong Ren
Source:
ZooKeys 2012 v.241 pp. 67-75
ISSN:
1313-2970
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Coleoptera; Mesozoic era; fossils; males; new genus; China;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... A new genus and species of fossil Glaphyridae, Cretohypna cristata gen. et sp. n., is described and illustrated from the Mesozoic Yixian Formation. This new genus is characterized by the large body; large and strong mandibles; short labrum; elytra without longitudinal carina; and male meso- and possible metatibia apically modified. A list of described fossil glaphyrids of the world is provided. Th ...
DOI:
10.3897/zookeys.241.3262

59. Allolarinus, a new genus and species of Lixini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Lixinae) from Congo

Author:
Levent Gültekin
Source:
Annales de la Société entomologique de France 2012 v.48 no.1-2 pp. 57-65
ISSN:
2168-6351
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Larinus; femur; new genus; new species; Republic of the Congo;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... A new weevil genus, Allolarinus n. gen ., with type species, Allolarinus demeyeri n. sp ., is described from Congo in the tribe Lixini. The illustrations and diagnostic characteristics of this genus have been presented in a table and figure plates. This new genus is related to Larinus Dejean in terms of the type of elytra and general shape of the prothorax but clearly differs from Larinus with res ...
DOI:
10.1080/00379271.2012.10697751

60. Beetle-Inspired Bidirectional, Asymmetric Interlocking Using Geometry-Tunable Nanohairs

Author:
Pang Changhyun; Kim Sang Moon; Rahmawan Yudi; Suh Kahp-Yang
Source:
ACS applied materials 2012 v.4 no.8 pp. 4225-4230
ISSN:
1944-8252
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Coleoptera; adhesion; hysteresis; insects; models;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... We present bidirectional, asymmetric interlocking behaviors between tilted micro- and nanohair arrays inspired from the actual wing locking device of beetles. The measured shear adhesion force between two identical tilted microhair arrays (1.5 μm radius, 30 μm height) turned out to be higher in the reverse direction than that in the angled direction, suggesting that the directionality of beetle’s ...
DOI:
10.1021/am3009289

61. Brilliant camouflage: photonic crystals in the diamond weevil, Entimus imperialis

Author:
Bodo D. Wilts; Kristel Michielsen; Jeroen Kuipers; Hans De Raedt; Doekele G. Stavenga
Source:
Proceedings 2012 v.279 no.1738 pp. 2524-2530
ISSN:
0962-8452
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Curculionidae; color; crystals; reflectance; tropics;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... The neotropical diamond weevil, Entimus imperialis, is marked by rows of brilliant spots on the overall black elytra. The spots are concave pits with intricate patterns of structural-coloured scales, consisting of large domains of three-dimensional photonic crystals that have a diamond-type structure. Reflectance spectra measured from individual scale domains perfectly match model spectra, calcula ...
DOI:
10.1098/rspb.2011.2651
PubMed:
22378806
PubMed Central:
PMC3350696

62. Contribution to the knowledge of the longicorn beetles of the Caucasus. 9. New data on some forms of the genus Cortodera Mulsant, 1839 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

Author:
A.I. Miroshnikov
Source:
Kavkazskij èntomologičeskij bûlletenʹ 2012 v.8 no.1 pp. 51-54
ISSN:
1814-3326
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Centaurea; Cerambycidae; Jurinea; Caucasus region;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... New data on the distribution, morphology, and biology of Cortodera villosa circassica Reitter, 1890 are given. Localities of this taxon on the Main Caucasian Ridge are presented. They noticeably expand its very narrow area. The form with yellow-brown elytra at the named subspecies for the first time is established. It occupies only extreme western territories of the Markotkh Ridge. It is revealed ...
DOI:
DOI:10.23885/1814-3326-2012-8-1-51-54

63. Defensive Abdominal Rotation Patterns of Tenebrionid Beetle, Zophobas atratus, Pupae

Author:
Ichikawa Toshio; Nakamura Tatsuya; Yamawaki Yoshifumi
Source:
Journal of insect science 2012 v.12 no.133 pp. 1-16
ISSN:
1536-2442
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Zophobas atratus; appendages; hairs; photography; pupae; sensilla;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... Exarate pupae of the beetle Zophobas atratus Fab. (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) have free appendages (antenna, palp, leg, and elytron) that are highly sensitive to mechanical stimulation. A weak tactile stimulus applied to any appendage initiated a rapid rotation of abdominal segments. High-speed photography revealed that one cycle of defensive abdominal rotation was induced in an all-or-none fashio ...
DOI:
10.1673/031.012.13301
PubMed:
23448289
PubMed Central:
PMC3637043

64. Description of a New Genus and Species of Stygobiontic Diving Beetle, Psychopomporus felipi Jean, Telles, and Miller (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae), from the Edwards-Trinity Aquifer System of Texas, USA

Author:
Jean April; Telles Nicole D.; Gibson J. Randy; Foley Dan; Miller Kelly B.
Source:
Coleopterists' bulletin 2012 v.66 no.2 pp. 105-110
ISSN:
0010-065X
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Dytiscidae; aquifers; compound eyes; flight; new genus; new species; Texas;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... Psychopomporus felipi Jean, Telles, and Miller, new genus and new species (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae), is described from San Felipe Springs, Val Verde County, Texas, USA, which emerges from the Edwards-Trinity aquifer system. Psychopomporus felipi shows several features typical of subterranean diving beetles, such as depigmentation, compound eyes reduced, elytra fused, and flight wings absent. Psycho ...
DOI:
10.1649/072.066.0202
PubMed:
25177045
PubMed Central:
PMC4148458

65. Description of a new species of Platynus Bonelli from the Appalachian Mountains of eastern North America (Coleoptera, Carabidae)

Author:
Yves Bousquet
Source:
ZooKeys 2012 v.163 pp. 69-81
ISSN:
1313-2970
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Carabidae; DNA barcoding; aedeagus; color; new species; Mississippi River; North America;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... A new species of the genus Platynus Bonelli, Platynus daviesi, is described from specimens collected in the Appalachian Mountains. The species is structurally most similar to Platynus parmarginatus Hamilton but differs in having the coloration of the body dorsally darker on average, the elytra proportionally longer and wider, the vertex and disc of pronotum with well impressed microsculpture, the ...
DOI:
10.3897/zookeys.163.2295
PubMed:
22303130
PubMed Central:
PMC3253667

66. Description of two new species of Clivina Latreille (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Clivinini) from southeastern United States

Author:
Yves Bousquet; Paul E. Skelley
Source:
ZooKeys 2012 v.178 pp. 43-50
ISSN:
1313-2970
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Clivina; holotypes; new species; Alabama; Florida; North Carolina; Oklahoma;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... Two new species of the genus Clivina Latreille are described. One, Clivina choatei Bousquet & Skelley, belongs to the nominotypical subgenus and is known from six specimens collected in northern Florida. The species is structurally similar to Clivina myops Bousquet, known only from the holotype found in North Carolina, but differs among others by its smaller size and wider elytral striae. The seco ...
DOI:
10.3897/zookeys.178.2817
PubMed:
22539878
PubMed Central:
PMC3317621

67. Distinct species or colour polymorphism? Life history, morphology and sequence data separate two Pyrrhalta elm beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Author:
Rui-E Nie; Huai-Jun Xue; Yi Hua; Xing-Ke Yang; Alfried P. Vogler
Source:
Systematics and biodiversity 2012 v.10 no.2 pp. 133-146
ISSN:
1478-0933
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Galerucella; Pyrrhalta; adults; aedeagus; body size; color; eggs; host plants; internal transcribed spacers; larvae; life history; phylogeny; pupae; sympatry;     Show all 15 Subjects
Abstract:
... The elm leaf beetles Pyrrhalta maculicollis (Motschulsky, 1853) and P. aenescens (Fairmaire, 1878) (Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) are considered to be two separate species that occur in sympatry and synchrony on the same plant host. Conventionally they are distinguished by differences in elytron and pronotum colour, but this variation could just represent intra-specific polymorphism. To test the sta ...
DOI:
10.1080/14772000.2012.687783

68. El Barrenador de la Semilla Caryedon serratus Oliver (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) en Tamarindo en el Trópico Seco de México — Una Revisión

Author:
Orozco-Santos Mario; García-Mariscal Karina; Robles-González Manuel; Velázquez-Monreal José Joaquín; Manzanilla-Ramírez Miguel Ángel; Fuentes Luis Martín Hernández; Manzo-Sánchez Gilberto; Nieto-Ángel Daniel
Source:
Southwestern entomologist 2012 v.37 no.3 pp. 403-410
ISSN:
0147-1724
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Caryedon serratus; Tamarindus indica; aluminum; antennae; chickpeas; color; deltamethrin; fumigation; hosts; insect control; insects; larvae; legs; oils; oviposition; peanuts; pods; seeds; tamarinds; tree fruits; tropics; Mexico;     Show all 23 Subjects
Abstract:
... Tamarind, Tamarindus indica L., is an economically important crop in the dry tropical region of Western Mexico. For more than a decade, damage caused by an insect borer in seeds has been observed. Since 2006, taxonomical identification, biology, hosts, and integrated management of the insect have been studied. In this review, current knowledge of the tamarind seed borer is presented. The beetle is ...
DOI:
10.3958/059.037.0316

69. Experimental evidence on actuation and performance of the elytron-to-body articulation in a diving beetle, Cybister laterimarginalis (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae)

Author:
Leonid Frantsevich
Source:
Journal of insect physiology 2012 v.58 no.12 pp. 1650-1662
ISSN:
0022-1910
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Dytiscidae; excision; flight; muscles;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... Movements of the elytra and axillary sclerites were video recorded in tethered flying beetles and in manipulated mounts. Mesothoracic axillary plates are homologues of those in the metathorax. Two anterior axillaries (Ax1, Ax2) fuse together; they are hinged to the third axillary plate (Ax3). In turn, Ax3 is hinged with the elytron. During takeoff, a beetle abducts and highly elevates its elytra ( ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jinsphys.2012.10.006
PubMed:
23085195

70. Gene Families of Cuticular Proteins Analogous to Peritrophins (CPAPs) in Tribolium castaneum Have Diverse Functions

Author:
Sinu Jasrapuria; Charles A. Specht; Karl J. Kramer; Richard W. Beeman; Subbaratnam Muthukrishnan; Subba Reddy Palli
Source:
PloS one v.7 no.11 pp. -
ISSN:
1932-6203
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; RNA interference; Tribolium castaneum; adults; cysteine; death; embryonic mortality; fecundity; gait; genes; insect anatomy; insect cuticle; insect development; insects; locomotion; molting; proteins;     Show all 17 Subjects
Abstract:
... The functional characterization of an entire class of 17 genes from the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum , which encode two families of C uticular P roteins A nalogous to P eritrophins (CPAPs) has been carried out. CPAP genes in T. castaneum are expressed exclusively in cuticle-forming tissues and have been classified into two families, CPAP1 and CPAP3 , based on whether the proteins contain ...
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0049844
PubMed:
23185457
PubMed Central:
PMC3504105

71. Glypholomatine Rove Beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae): a Southern Hemisphere Recent Group Recorded from the Middle Jurassic of China

Author:
Cai Chenyang; Huang Diying; Thayer Margaret K.; Newton Alfred F.
Source:
Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 2012 v.85 no.3 pp. 239-244
ISSN:
0022-8567
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Staphylinidae; antennae; fossils; new genus; new species; China;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... A new fossil rove beetle, Juroglypholoma antiquum n. gen. n. sp., is described and figured based on a well-preserved specimen from the Middle Jurassic Daohugou biota (ca. 165 Ma), Inner Mongolia, northeastern China. It represents the first fossil belonging to one of the smallest and latest recognized staphylinid subfamilies, Glypholomatinae, which is now endemic to the Southern Hemisphere. The new ...
DOI:
10.2317/JKES120531.1

72. Iridescent colour production in hairs of blind golden moles (Chrysochloridae)

Author:
Holly K. Snyder; Rafael Maia; Liliana D'Alba; Allison J. Shultz; Karen M. C. Rowe; Kevin C. Rowe; Matthew D. Shawkey
Source:
Biology letters 2012 v.8 no.3 pp. 393-396
ISSN:
1744-9561
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Coleoptera; Mammalia; arthropods; birds; blindness; color; hairs; models; moles;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... Relative to other metazoans, the mammalian integument is thought to be limited in colour. In particular, while iridescence is widespread among birds and arthropods, it has only rarely been reported in mammals. Here, we examine the colour, morphology and optical mechanisms in hairs from four species of golden mole (Mammalia: Chrysochloridae) that are characterized by sheens ranging from purple to g ...
DOI:
10.1098/rsbl.2011.1168
PubMed:
22279154
PubMed Central:
PMC3367760

73. Mesozoic Coleopteran Faunas from Argentina: Geological Context, Diversity, Taphonomic Observations, and Comparison with Other Fossil Insect Records

Author:
Lara María Belén; Gallego Oscar Florencio; Vaz Tassi Lara
Source:
Psyche 2012 v.2012 pp. -
ISSN:
0033-2615
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Coleoptera; basins; animals; evolution; fossils; insects; Argentina;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... The order Coleoptera is the most diversified group of the Class Insecta and is the largest group of the Animal Kingdom. This contribution reviews the Mesozoic insects and especially the coleopteran records from Argentina, based on bibliographical and unpublished materials (86 described species, 526 collected specimens). The material came from different geological units from the late Middle Triassi ...
DOI:
10.1155/2012/242563

74. New or little-known species of the genus Paraclytus Bates, 1884 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from China

Author:
A.I. Miroshnikov; M.-Y. Lin
Source:
Kavkazskij èntomologičeskij bûlletenʹ 2012 v.8 no.2 pp. 246-251
ISSN:
1814-3326
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Cerambycidae; color; holotypes; China;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... The first exact locality is given for Paraclytus thibetanus (Pic, 1914), a species hitherto known only from the holotype from “Thibet”. Because both specimens this new record is based on are somewhat different from the holotype, they may actually belong to a separate form of an unknown status. Paraclytus excellens Miroshnikov et Lin, sp. n., which resembles Paraclytus thibetanus by the color patte ...
DOI:
DOI:10.23885/1814-3326-2012-8-2-246-251

75. On the evolution of shape and size divergence in Nebria (Nebriola) ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae)

Author:
Claudia Palestrini; Angela Roggero; Lindsay Karen Hernández Nova; Pier Mauro Giachino; Antonio Rolando
Source:
Systematics and biodiversity 2012 v.10 no.2 pp. 147-157
ISSN:
1478-0933
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Nebria; aedeagus; body size; evolution; interspecific variation; morphometry;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... Ground beetles include many species of rather recent evolutionary origin that are extremely similar in their external morphology. We used geometric morphometrics to quantify the relative degree of morphological divergence in three closely related polytypic alpine species of the genus Nebria, subgenus Nebriola (Nebria cordicollis, N. laticollis and N. fontinalis). To examine evolutionary patterns, ...
DOI:
10.1080/14772000.2012.685775

76. Phylogeny of Bembidion and related ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae: Bembidiini: Bembidiina)

Author:
David R. Maddison
Source:
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 2012 v.63 no.3 pp. 533-576
ISSN:
1055-7903
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Bembidion; DNA topoisomerase; arginine kinase; cytochrome-c oxidase; genes; head; models; monophyly; new subgenus; niches; paraphyly; ribosomal DNA; sisters; Australia; Madagascar; New Zealand; South America;     Show all 18 Subjects
Abstract:
... The phylogeny of the large genus Bembidion and related genera is inferred from four nuclear protein-coding genes (CAD, wingless, arginine kinase, and topoisomerase I), ribosomal DNA (28S and 18S), and the mitochondrial gene cytochrome oxidase I (COI). 230 of the more than 1200 species of Bembidion are sampled, as well as 26 species of five related genera, and 14 outgroups. Nuclear copies (numts) o ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ympev.2012.01.015
PubMed:
22421212

77. Phylogeny of scale-worms (Aphroditiformia, Annelida), assessed from 18SrRNA, 28SrRNA, 16SrRNA, mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI), and morphology

Author:
Erika Norlinder; Arne Nygren; Helena Wiklund; Fredrik Pleijel
Source:
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 2012 v.65 no.2 pp. 490-500
ISSN:
1055-7903
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Polychaeta; cytochrome-c oxidase; data collection; phylogeny;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... The phylogeny of scale-worms, benthic polychaetes carrying dorsal scales (elytra), including taxa from Acoetidae, Aphroditidae, Eulepethidae, Pholoidae, Pholoididae, Polynoidae and Sigalionidae (Aphroditiformia), is assessed from the nuclear markers 18SrRNA and 28SrRNA, and mitochondrial 16SrRNA and cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI), and 24 morphological characters. The data sets are analyzed b ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.ympev.2012.07.002
PubMed:
22789762

78. Scanning electron micrographs of Oryzophagus oryzae (Coleoptera, Curculionidae), plastron structure and swimming behavior

Author:
Camila B.C. Martins; Lúcia M. de Almeida; Paulo H.G. Zarbin
Source:
Micron 2012 v.43 no.2-3 pp. 321-325
ISSN:
0968-4328
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus; adults; air; control methods; gas exchange; scanning electron microscopy; sensilla; swimming;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... The morphological structures that permit Oryzophagus oryzae aquatic activities and swimming behavior were studied and compared with various weevils and other relevant species. The use of scanning electron microscopy facilitated the recognition of three different hydrofuge scales and sensilla. Based on the microscopic observations of behavior, morphological evidence, and comparisons with other curc ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.micron.2011.09.008

79. Sexual Dimorphism in Pseudonemorphus versteegi (Ritsema) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), Citrus Trunk Borerω

Author:
Saikia Kanchan; Thakur N. S. Azad; Ao Alemla; Gautam Sudhida
Source:
Florida entomologist 2012 v.95 no.3 pp. 625-629
ISSN:
0015-4040
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Cerambycidae; Citrus; adults; antennae; females; males; pests; sexual dimorphism; Himalayan region; India;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... The citrus trunk borer, Pseudonemorphus versteegi (Ritsema) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), is the most destructive pest of citrus in the entire northeastern Himalayan region of India. Adult beetles are stout, large in size, measuring 18.0 to 33.3 mm in length with bluish white elytra and 11-segmented filiform antennae. The antennae are 2.71 and 1.61 times longer than the lengths of the bodies of male ...
DOI:
10.1653/024.095.0313

80. Structure and mechanical properties of beetle wings: a review

Author:
Jiyu Sun; Bharat Bhushan
Source:
RSC advances 2012 v.2 no.33 pp. 12606-12623
ISSN:
2046-2069
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Coleoptera; air; color; flight; hydrophobicity; industrial applications; insects; mechanical properties;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... Insects of extremely small size have evolved to solve many problems. Their structure and mechanical properties information can be utilized to mimic them for industrial applications. Since beetle (Coleoptera, an order of insects) wings exhibit special functionalities, they have sparked worldwide research attention. Beetle wings are composed of a forewing (also known as elytron) and a hind wing. The ...
DOI:
10.1039/c2ra21276e

81. Studies on growth and development of Scutellera nobilis F. on jatropha under laboratory conditions

Author:
R.P. Sharma; C.P. Srivastava
Source:
Indian journal of entomology 2012 v.74 no.1 pp. 74-77
ISSN:
0974-8172
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Jatropha; Scutellera perplexa; abdomen; adults; color; entomology; females; instars; neonates;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... A study on growth and development of scutellerid bugs, Scutellera nobilis Fabricius on Jatropha revealed that a single female of buglaid 70 to 89 eggs during the life-span. Usually eggs were barrel in shape with slight yellow in colour and one or two days later the colour was changed to pinkish red. Eggs were hatched into nymphs within 5 to 7 days. There were five nymphal instars and the total nym ...

82. Termitotrox cupido sp. n. (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae), a new termitophilous scarab species from the Indo-Chinese subregion, associated with Hypotermes termites

Author:
Munetoshi Maruyama
Source:
ZooKeys 2012 v.254 pp. 89-97
ISSN:
1313-2970
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Scarabaeidae; Termitidae; fungus gardens; new species; trichomes; Cambodia;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... Termitotrox cupido sp. n. is described from Cambodia and represents the first discovery of Termitotrox Reichensperger, 1915 from the Indo-Chinese subregion of the Oriental region. The type series was collected from fungus garden cells of Hypotermes makhamensis Ahmad, 1965 (Isoptera, Termitidae, Macrotermitinae). Hypotermes Holmgren, 1917 was previously an unknown host of Termitotrox species. The n ...
DOI:
10.3897/zookeys.254.4285

83. To the knowledge of Palaearctic Cryptocephalinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) with description of two new species and with some taxonomical remarks

Author:
P.V. Romantsov
Source:
Kavkazskij èntomologičeskij bûlletenʹ 2012 v.8 no.1 pp. 63-69
ISSN:
1814-3326
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Pachybrachis; Palearctic region; aedeagus; color; eyes; females; holotypes; lakes; males; new species; taxonomic keys; Iran; Morocco;     Show all 14 Subjects
Abstract:
... Smaragdina limbifera was described by Escalera [1928] as a variety of S. gratiosa (Lucas, 1845) and in accordance with the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature [2000] was considered for a long time a subspecies of S. gratiosa. Later S. limbifera was promoted to a distinct species by Warchałowski [2000], who reported the following differences between S. limbifera from Middle Atlas (Morocco ...
DOI:
DOI:10.23885/1814-3326-2012-8-1-63-69

84. A New Genus of Mesomphaliine Tortoise Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), with Description of a New Flightless Species from Haiti

Author:
Shin Chulwoo
Source:
Coleopterists' bulletin 2013 v.67 no.4 pp. 521-531
ISSN:
0010-065X
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Chrysomelidae; claws; mountains; new genus; new species; phylogeny; Haiti;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... Convexocoleus Shin, new genus, in the New World tortoise beetle tribe Mesomphaliini (Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) is described to accommodate a distinctive new species, Convexocoleus rileyi Shin, from the high mountains of Haiti. The new species exhibits characters typically associated with flightlessness, such as extreme convexity of the body and fused elytral medial margins, traits also characteri ...
DOI:
10.1649/0010-065X-67.4.521

85. A new species of the weevil genus Trachelanthus Korotyaev, 1980 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Ceutorhynchinae) from Tajikistan

Author:
B.A. Korotyaev; Kh.A. Nasreddinov
Source:
Kavkazskij èntomologičeskij bûlletenʹ 2013 v.9 no.1 pp. 141-143
ISSN:
1814-3326
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Curculionidae; body size; new species; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... A new species of the weevil genus Trachelanthus Korotyaev, 1980 is described from Hissar Mt. Range in Tajikistan. Trachelanthus lopatini sp. n. is similar to T. margaritae (Korotyaev, 1980), known only from Western Kopet Dagh Mts., Turkmenistan, but differs in the much larger body size, more transverse pronotum, larger denticles on the lateral intervals of the elytra, and well-developed white tran ...
DOI:
DOI:10.23885/1814-3326-2013-9-1-141-143

86. Beetles that live with ants (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Pseudomorphini): A remarkable new genus and species from Guyane (French Guiana), Guyanemorpha spectabilis gen. n., sp. n.

Author:
Terry L. Erwin
Source:
ZooKeys 2013 v.358 pp. 11-23
ISSN:
1313-2970
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Carabidae; Formicidae; altitude; color; imagos; insect morphology; insect taxonomy; new genus; new geographic records; new species; taxon descriptions; taxonomic keys; zoological illustration; Australia; French Guiana;     Show all 16 Subjects
Abstract:
... Among the extensive collections currently being made in Guyane (French Guiana), adults of a large and colorful species of pseudomorphine were encountered. The adults present, for the first time in the Western Hemisphere, elytra with a marked color pattern, and in addition a size considerably beyond that of the rest of the members of all other known genera in the Western Hemisphere. Both of these a ...
DOI:
10.3897/zookeys.358.6298

87. Biometry of adult rosalia longicorn Rosalia alpina (L.) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from the Polish Carpathians: a preliminary study

Author:
Jakub Michalcewicz; Michał Ciach
Source:
Polskie pismo entomologiczne 2013 v.81 no.4 pp. 311-320
ISSN:
0032-3780
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Fagus sylvatica subsp. sylvatica; Rosalia alpina; Ulmus glabra; adults; biometry; body size; breeding; females; forest management; forests; habitats; host plants; males; national parks; Poland;     Show all 16 Subjects
Abstract:
... .The body size of xylophagous beetles is determined by the host plant species, as well as by the amount and quality of breeding material. Consequently, the biometric traits of adults can be used as an indicator of the attractiveness of the breeding material and the quality of a habitat. The paper presents selected biometric traits of rosalia longicorn Rosalia alpina (L.) imagines in three populati ...
DOI:
10.2478/v10200-012-0011-1

88. Carinomezium (Coleoptera: Ptinidae): A new genus from the Namaqualand region of South Africa

Author:
Matthew V. Wood; T. Keith Philips
Source:
Tijdschrift voor entomologie v.156 no.1 pp. 11-19
ISSN:
0040-7496
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Ptinidae; biodiversity; body size; new genus; phylogeny; South Africa;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... A unique new genus and species of spider beetle from Namaqualand from the Succulent Karoo Biodiversity Hotspot in South Africa is described. The genus Carinomezium gen. n. is characterized by pronounced longitudinal carinae on the elytra, four large rounded setal tufts that cover the pronotum, and the very small body size. The single representative species, Carinomezium namaquaensis sp. n. is diag ...
DOI:
10.1163/22119434-00002019

89. Definition and review of the lancangjiang species group of the termitophilous genus Orthogonius Macleay, 1825 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Orthogoniini)

Author:
Mingyi Tian; Thierry Deuve
Source:
ZooKeys 2013 v.349 pp. 81-100
ISSN:
1313-2970
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Carabidae; head; new species; new subspecies; taxonomic keys; Laos; Vietnam;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... The lancanjiang species group of the termitophilous ground beetle genus Orthogonius Macleay, 1825, is defined and reviewed. This group is characterized by the black and rather elongate body, dense punctation on head and elytra, long and slender appendages, thin fore tibiae, and elytral interval 3 without a subapical setiferous pore. To date, the lancanjiang species group is composed of four specie ...
DOI:
10.3897/zookeys.349.6164

90. Description of a new species of Distenia (Coleoptera, Disteniidae, Disteniini) from Southeastern China, with records and diagnoses of similar species

Author:
Wen-Xuan Bi; Mei-Ying Lin
Source:
ZooKeys 2013 v.275 pp. 77-89
ISSN:
1313-2970
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Coleoptera; color; new species; China;     Show all 5 Subjects
Abstract:
... A new species, Distenia orientalis sp. n. is described from Southeastern China. It was misidentified as Distenia gracilis (Blessig, 1872) but can be separated from the latter by the color of antennae and legs, structure differences on scape, maxillary palp, pronotum, tibiae, punctures on elytra, etc. Three related species are carefully diagnosed and treated. ...
DOI:
10.3897/zookeys.275.4700

91. Etruscodytes nethuns n. gen., n. sp.: the first phreatic water beetle from Italy (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae)

Author:
G. Mazza; F. Cianferoni; S. Rocchi
Source:
Italian journal of zoology 2013 v.80 no.2 pp. 233-241
ISSN:
1748-5851
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Dytiscidae; head; new genus; zoology; France; Italy;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... Etruscodytes nethuns, new genus and species of subterranean water beetle, is described from Italy. This phreatic beetle was collected pumping water from a well in Tuscany (Central Italy). It is the third genus of stygobiontic dytiscid beetle from Europe and the first record of a stygobiontic water beetle in Italy. Etruscodytes belongs to the subfamily Hydroporinae as well as the related genus Siet ...
DOI:
10.1080/11250003.2013.783633

92. Exocelina baliem sp. n., the only known pond species of New Guinea Exocelina Broun, 1886 (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Copelatinae)

Author:
Helena V. Shaverdo; Lars Hendrich; Michael Balke
Source:
ZooKeys 2013 v.304 pp. 83-99
ISSN:
1313-2970
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Dytiscidae; female genitalia; geographical distribution; males; monophyly; mountains; new species; streams; Indonesia; New Guinea;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... Exocelina baliemsp. n. is described from the Baliem Valley in the Central Mountain Range of New Guinea (Papua Province, Indonesia). Having striolate elytra, different structure and setation of the male and female genitalia and tarsomeres, and inhabiting swampy ponds, the new species differs from all known New Guinea species, which have smooth elytra and are stream associated. It forms a monophylet ...
DOI:
10.3897/zookeys.304.4852

93. Jewel Scarabs (Chrysina sp.) in Honduras: Key Species for Cloud Forest Conservation Monitoring?

Author:
Jocque M.; Vanhove M.P.M.; Creedy T.J.; Burdekin O.; Nuñez-Miño J.M.; Casteels J.
Source:
Journal of insect science 2013 v.13 no.21 pp. 1-18
ISSN:
1536-2442
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Scarabaeidae; biogeography; climate; color; data collection; forest habitats; gold; invertebrates; light traps; models; monitoring; national parks; species diversity; surveys; tropical montane cloud forests; Honduras;     Show all 17 Subjects
Abstract:
... Jewel scarabs, beetles in the genus Chrysina Kirby (Coleoptera: Rutelinae: Scarabaeidae), receive their name from the bright, often gold, green elytra that reflect light like a precious stone. Jewel scarabs are commonly observed at light traps in Mesoamerican cloud forests, and their association with mountain forests makes them potentially interesting candidates for cloud forest conservation monit ...
DOI:
10.1673/031.013.2101
PubMed:
23901802
PubMed Central:
PMC3738100

94. Measurement of Body Condition in a Common Carabid Beetle, Poecilus cupreus: A comparison of Fresh Weight, Dry Weight, and Fat Content

Author:
Knapp Michal; Knappová Jana
Source:
Journal of insect science 2013 v.13 no.6 pp. 1-10
ISSN:
1536-2442
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Pterostichus cupreus; body condition; body measurements; femur; insects; lipid content; terminology;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... Because of its direct consequences on reproductive success, body condition is an often-studied individual trait in insects. Various studies on insects use disparate methods to assess “body condition.” However, it is doubtful that the results obtained by disparate methods are comparable. In this study, the body conditions of Poecilus cupreus (Linnaeus) (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from eight sites were ...
DOI:
10.1673/031.013.0601
PubMed:
23879296
PubMed Central:
PMC3735054

95. New records, new combination and two new species in the genus Achaenops Suffrian, 1857 (Coleoptera: Cryptocephalinae)

Author:
M. Schöller
Source:
Kavkazskij èntomologičeskij bûlletenʹ 2013 v.9 no.1 pp. 118-124
ISSN:
1814-3326
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Coleoptera; males; new combination; new species; South Africa;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... Two new species in the genus Achaenops Suffrian, 1857 are described and illustrated, A. lopatini sp. n. and A. nanus sp. n. from South Africa. A. lopatini sp. n. differs from all other species with impunctate pronotum and dark brown to black pronotum and elytra, by the confused puncturation of the elytra and the expanded pronotal side margins. A. nanus sp. n. is the smallest species in the genus, ...
DOI:
DOI:10.23885/1814-3326-2013-9-1-118-124

96. Notes on black elytron species of Pyrrhalta Joannis and the description of a new species from China (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae)

Author:
Rui-E Nie; Da-Kang Zhou; Huai-Jun Xue; Xing-Ke Yang
Source:
ZooKeys 2013 v.289 pp. 41-56
ISSN:
1313-2970
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Pyrrhalta; aedeagus; new species; photographs; taxonomic keys; China;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... Thirteen species of Pyrrhalta Joannis, 1865 with black elytron are reviewed. A key to species, photographs of aedeagus and habitus are provided. Pyrrhalta qianana sp. n. is described from Guizhou, China. Pyrrhalta martensi Medvedev & Sprecher-Uebersax, 1999 is newly recorded from China (Tibet). ...
DOI:
10.3897/zookeys.289.4266

97. Photuris Mysticalampas (Coleoptera: Lampyridae): A New Firefly from Peatland Floodplain Forests of the Delmarva Peninsula

Author:
Heckscher Christopher M.
Source:
Entomological news 2013 v.123 no.2 pp. 93-100
ISSN:
0013-872X
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Photuris; Sphagnum; adults; floodplains; forests; height; peatlands; understory; watersheds; Delaware;     Show all 11 Subjects
Abstract:
... Photuris mysticalampas sp. nov., is described herein. This species can be distinguished from other Photurids by the combination of its small size, oval body shape, the dense pubescent appearance of the elytra, and flash pattern. Adults emerge at night from Sphagnum spp. hummocks in acidic peatland floodplain forests and fly slowly among dense understory vegetation at <2m height. Typical flash patt ...
DOI:
10.3157/021.123.0202

98. Revision of the genus Adorodocia Brenske 1893 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Rutelinae: Adoretini) endemic to Madagascar

Author:
Olivier Montreuil; Andrey Frolov
Source:
Annales de la Société entomologique de France 2013 v.49 no.4 pp. 460-475
ISSN:
2168-6351
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Adoretus; color; female genitalia; females; legs; new species; new subspecies; taxonomic keys; Madagascar;     Show all 10 Subjects
Abstract:
... The Adoretini of the Malagasy endemic genus Adorodocia Brenske 1893 is revised. Fourteen new species and one new subspecies are described and compared with their most closely related species: A. constricta n. sp. , A. cuccodoroi n. sp. , A. flava n. sp. , A. liliae n. sp. , A. marginata n. sp. , A. peyrierasi n. sp. , A. pseudoconstricta n. sp. , A. pseudoflava n. sp. , A. pseudostrigata n. sp. , ...
DOI:
10.1080/00379271.2014.895124

99. Robert Hooke’s Micrographia: an entomologist’s perspective

Author:
Mark A. Jervis
Source:
Journal of natural history 2013 v.47 no.39-40 pp. 2531-2573
ISSN:
1464-5262
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Coleoptera; Diptera; compound eyes; entomology; insects; metamorphosis; palps; population growth;     Show all 9 Subjects
Abstract:
... The illustrations in Robert Hooke’s epoch-making publication Micrographia became the standard reference work for depicting microscopic phenomena. Of the book’s 38 engravings (the “Schemata”), 14 illustrate insects or their body parts, and of its 60 “Observations” (descriptions and speculative discussions) nearly a third concern insects. Here, I provide taxonomically accurate identifications of Mic ...
DOI:
10.1080/00222933.2013.780270

100. Spotting the right spot: computer-aided individual identification of the threatened cerambycid beetle Rosalia alpina

Author:
Giovanni Caci; Alessandro Bruno Biscaccianti; Luca Cistrone; Luciano Bosso; Antonio Pietro Garonna; Danilo Russo
Source:
Journal of insect conservation 2013 v.17 no.4 pp. 787-795
ISSN:
1366-638X
Subject:
elytra,   etc   ; Rosalia alpina; arthropods; computer software; habitats; insects; population size;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... Individual identification of animals is of paramount importance to analyze population size, dispersal, habitat preferences or behaviour. Especially for sensitive, threatened species, it is advisable to develop non-invasive recognition methods avoiding direct handling and tagging of the study subjects to be applied to procedures such as marking-recapture. Here we present an application of the I³S s ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10841-013-9561-0