Dmitry Telnov- PhD
- Curator at Natural History Museum, London
Dmitry Telnov
- PhD
- Curator at Natural History Museum, London
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Introduction
I am experienced taxonomist (entomologist), biogeographer, and conservationist, a member and vice president of the Entomological Society of Latvia, chief editor of the "Biodiversity, biogeography and nature conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea" book series. My primary interests are in taxonomy, evolution and conservation of Coleoptera (Tenebrionoidea) and biogeography of the Papuan region and Wallacea.
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitry_Telnov
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October 2018 - present
April 2016 - September 2018
The Entomological Society of Latvia
Position
- Project Manager
January 2015 - April 2016
The Entomological Society of Latvia
Position
- CEO
Education
January 2009 - January 2010
September 1996 - June 1998
September 1992 - June 1996
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Publications (293)
The genus Lemodes Boheman, 1858 is distributed in Australia, New Guinea and on the Solomon Islands. A
list of known species of the group, descriptions of five new species, namely Lemodes bicolora sp. nov., L. buratea sp. nov., L. iriana sp. nov., L. lauta sp. nov. (all from New Guinea), L. isatabua sp. nov. (from Solomon
Islands) and also an origin...
The genus Anthicomorphus Lewis, 1895 is widely distributed in Asia - from Japan in the North to the Solomon Islands and Micronesia in the South-East. There are no monographs or species keys dedicated to this genus. A list of known species of Anthicomorphus is given for the region of the Indo-Australian transition and adjacent areas (including Sulaw...
The genus Pseudoleptaleus PIC, 1900 (Anthicinae, Anthicini) is redescribed and redefined. Five new species, P. asmatus sp. nov., P. formicabilis sp. nov., P. formicomorphus sp. nov., P. kristinae sp. nov. and P. limbourgi sp. nov. are described. Nitorus gen. nov. is established for the Asian species of Pseudoleptaleus sensu pervious authors, which...
Species of Sapintus Casey, 1895 from Wallacea and the Papuan region were revised. Thirty one species
confirmed for the study area. Ten species new to science are described and illustrated, namely Sapintus (s. str.) airi sp. nov. (Solomon Islands), S. (s. str.) celeripes sp. nov. (W New Guinea), S. (s. str.) curvitibia sp. nov. (Solomon Islands), S....
Representatives of cosmopolitan genus Macratria Newman, 1838 (Coleoptera: Anthicidae: Macratriinae)
from the classic Wallacea (excluding the Philippines), New Guinea and the Solomon Islands were taxonomically revided. In total, 108 species and subspecies confirmed for the study region. Eight species-groups for Macratria were established, namely M....
We present a genome assembly from a female specimen of Ampedus sanguinolentus sanguinolentus (click beetle; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Elateridae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 1,574.76 megabases and 1,572.87 megabases. Most of haplotype 1 (97.13%) is scaffolded into 10 chromosomal pseudomolecules, while haplotyp...
We present a genome assembly from a specimen of Anaspis regimbarti (the false flower beetle; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Scraptiidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 457.61 megabases. Most of the assembly (99.89%) is scaffolded into 8 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the X sex chromosome. The mitochondrial genome has also been...
We present a genome assembly from a female specimen of Cartodere bifasciata (two-banded mould beetle; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Latridiidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 178.08 megabases. Most of the assembly (99.54%) is scaffolded into 10 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the X and Y sex chromosomes. The mitochondrial gen...
We present a genome assembly from a specimen of Anaspis frontalis (the false flower beetle; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Scraptiidae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 808.55 megabases and 802.05 megabases. Most of haplotype 1 (95.81%) is scaffolded into 8 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the X chromosome, while...
We present a genome assembly from an individual male specimen of Cryptophagus acutangulus (acute-angled fungus beetle; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Cryptophagidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 177.30 megabases. Most of the assembly (83.62%) is scaffolded into 18 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the X1, X2 and Y sex chromosom...
We present a genome assembly from an individual female specimen of Rhagium mordax (longhorn beetle; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Cerambycidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 775.60 megabases. Most of the assembly (99.53%) is scaffolded into 10 chromosomal pseudomolecules. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled and is 16.68...
In the present paper two new species from the subfamily Lagriinae Latreille, 1825 are described and illustrated: Bothrionota anichtchenkoi sp. nov. (Mindanao) and B. visayas sp. nov. (Samar). First recent available material since 1931 is presented for B. ruzzieri Telnov, 2022. A brief discussion on the distribution and morphological features of Bot...
We present the first contemporary Latvian observation of Perilampus aeneus (Rossius, 1790), a hyperparasitoid chalcidoid wasp. The discussed observation is the first record of the species in the whole Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania since 1917. A short discussion on the habitats and occurrence of P. aeneus in northern Europe is prov...
In the second paper of the series devoted to the study of lagriine material deposited at the Naturkundemuseum Erfurt, the following three species from the subtribe Lagriina Latreille, 1825, are described and illustrated: Lagria (s. str.) arfaka sp. nov., L. (s. str.) hatam sp. nov., L. (s. str.) undulata sp. nov. (all from New Guinea).
Macratria carbo sp. nov., M. pulmonaria sp. nov. (both - eastern Andes, Ecuador) and M. tambopata sp. nov. (south Amazonian lowlands, Peru), are described and illustrated based on material from the Natural History Museum, London.
Ctenoplectron solomonis sp. nov. from Guadalcanal, the first representative of Melandryidae Leach, 1815 from the Solomon Archipelago, is described and illustrated. Callidircaea Champion, 1916 stat. restit. is removed from synonymy with Megapselaphus Gemminger in Gemminger & Harold, 1870. Two new combinations are proposed: Ctenoplectron venustus (Ch...
In the present paper, the following six new species of the genus Strongylium s. str. W. Kirby, 1819 from Wallacea are described and illustrated: S. bidens sp. nov., S. callainum sp. nov., S. gawu sp. nov., S. napolovi sp. nov., S. rufocaeruleum sp. nov., and S. suwawa sp. nov.
Anthicomorphus langbiang sp. nov. from S Vietnam is described and illustrated. The new species is peculiar among all congeners primarily due to the unusual elytral pattern.
Arthromacra annapurna sp. nov. from the Great Himalayas range in Nepal is described and illustrated. The new species is peculiar among the congeners in the non-metallic dorsum, the comparatively large body and the sparsely punctured elytra.
Gauromaia dives Pascoe, 1866, type species of the genus, is redescribed; Celebesa Pic, 1921, hitherto a genus in Cnodalonini oken, 1843, is downgraded in rank to a subgenus of Gauromaia Pascoe, 1866. The subgeneric rank is confirmed for Gauromaia (Falsogauromaia Pic, 1921). The following new combinations are proposed: G. (Celebesa) elongata (Pic, 1...
Descriptions of the following three new species of Macrotomoderus Pic, 1901 from continental China are provided: M. blinsteinisp. nov., M. hirsutussp. nov., and M. turpiculussp. nov. The available identification key to the Palaearctic Macrotomoderus species is supplemented and updated.
Descriptions of the following four new species of Anthicidae Latreille, 1819 from Taiwan are presented: Microhoria bunun, M. lingua, M. taguan, Nitorus mediator spp. nov. Nitorus mediomaculatus (Pic, 1913) stat. restit., comb. nov. is rescued from the synonymy with N. trigibber (Marseul, 1876), a new combination is proposed (from Anthicus Paykull,...
Anthicidae of the Solomon Archipelago, comprising the nation of the Solomon Islands and the Autonomous Region of Bougainville of Papua New Guinea, are assessed based on published records and new data. An annotated checklist and distribution maps of the Solomon Archipelago anthicids are presented. Sapintus francoisi (Pic, 1902) stat. restit., comb n...
Taxonomic changes, new records and descriptions of Microhoria Chevrolat, 1877 from Greece are presented. Microhoria emgei (Pic, 1897) statt. restit. is removed from synonymy with M. terminata (W.L.E. Schmidt, 1842) and considered valid species. The following five species new to science are described and illustrated: Microhoria berrai, M. mammuthus,...
We present a genome assembly from an individual female Schizotus pectinicornis (the Scarce Cardinal Beetle; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Pyrochroidae). The genome sequence spans 181.10 megabases. Most of the assembly is scaffolded into 9 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the X sex chromosome. The mitochondrial genome has also been assemble...
A monotypic South American genus Micreurygenius Pic, 1942 (hitherto in Eurygeniinae LeConte, 1862) is synonymized with Ischyropalpus La Ferté-Sénectère, 1849 (Anthicini Latreille, 1819) and, accordingly, moved to Anthicinae Latreille, 1819. A new combination is proposed for its only known species, Ischyropalpus angustatus (Pic, 1942) comb. nov., th...
Trictenotomidae, one of the most charismatic and enigmatic groups of beetles, known for their large size and distinctive mandibles, is widely distributed throughout tropical and subtropical Asia. New species are continually being discovered, and the known range of the group has been expanded considerably by the discovery of Autocrates maqueti Drumo...
The fundamental value of universal nomenclatural systems in biology is that they enable unambiguous scientific communication. However, the stability of these systems is threatened by recent discussions asking for a fairer nomenclature, raising the possibility of bulk revision processes for "inappropriate" names. It is evident that such proposals co...
List of the 1543 additional coauthors. Co-authors who contributed revising translations are listed first. Then, the rest of the coauthors are listed according alphabetic order of countries/territories.
Cerophytidae, commonly known as rare click beetles, represent one of the more basal lineages of the beetle superfamily Elateroidea, with a rather diverse fossil record in the Mesozoic. Four fossil species of this group were previously described from the Cretaceous of Siberia. Here, we redescribe Aphytocerus communis Zherichin, 1977 based on newly f...
Detailed faunistic data on species composition of the supertribe Bariditae in Lithuania, Latvia, and the Kaliningrad Region (Russia) is presented. A critical review of the literature data on this taxonomic group in the study area is made. In total, the presence of six species comprising four genera, Limnobaris dolorosa, L. t-album, Aulacobaris lepi...
We report the publication of 953 DNA barcodes of forest leaf litter beetles from central Taiwan, in total representing 334 species of 36 beetle families. This is the first bulk of data from the Taiwanese Leaf Litter beetles project focused on uncovering the under-explored diversity of leaf litter beetles across Taiwan. Based on these data, we provi...
Stereopalpus tsou sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Anthicidae) is described from Taiwan. This is the first record of the subfamily Eurygeniinae LeConte, 1862 from the island. The new species, considered Taiwanese endemic, belongs to the minutus informal species-group.
A smart pheromone trap designed for the monitoring of Osmoderma barnabita / er-emita has been successfully developed and tested in situ. The trap's design and operational principles allow a photo-recording of the capture moment and logging parameters of air temperature and humidity at the moment of capture. These data are then seamlessly transmitte...
Boletoxenus mixtus dynastes ssp. nov., a new subspecies of mycetophagous Bolitoph-agini darkling beetles from mainland SE Asia, is described and illustrated.
In the present paper, the following nine new species from the subfamily Lagriinae are described and illustrated: Acutogria weigeli, Bothrichara dani, B. doberai, B. skalei, Oreogria astrapia, Xenocerogria koteka spp. nov. (all from New Guinea), Arthromacra anoulak sp. nov. (Laos), Bothynogria annamita sp. nov. (Vietnam) and Cerogria s. l. critica s...
Descriptions of the following five new species of Macratriinae LeConte, 1862 are presented based on the material mainly from the Natural History Museum London: Macratria bugle sp. nov. (Panama), M. conlei sp. nov. (Ecuador), M. florsavichi sp. nov. (Panama), M. guaymi sp. nov. (Panama) and M. tiriyo sp. nov. (Guyana / Suriname). New distribution re...
Biodiversity loss is a major global challenge and minimizing extinction rates is the goal of several multilateral environmental agreements. Policy decisions require comprehensive, spatially explicit information on species’ distributions and threats. We present an analysis of the conservation status of 14,669 European terrestrial, freshwater and mar...
Descriptions of the following 16 new species of Macratriinae LeConte, 1862 are presented based on the material from various scientific institutions: Macratria anus, M. bimaculosa, M. bonggo, M. koiari, M. korowai, M. kundratai, M. longitarsis, M. perkovskyi, M. ripicola, M. roosilehti, M. saccharum, M. sentani, M. spatulatocalcarata, M. susuami, M....
Diplommatinidae Gray, 1847, a family of minute cyclophoroid gastropods, is recorded from Ecuador for the first time. Adelopoma gracile Greķe, sp. nov. is described and illustrated from River Pastaza valley, central Ecuador. Differential diagnosis is provided for similar congeners. An annotated checklist of and a preliminary key to the Adelopoma Doe...
We re-evaluate the taxonomic placement of the genus Hintonosia Báguena Corella, 1948, hitherto placed in Aderidae Csíki, 1909. The assessment of key morphological characters based on the type specimen of the type species of this genus, Hintonosia bismacrocephalus Báguena Corella, 1948 (= Hintonosia macrocephalus Pic, 1935, homonym), demonstrated th...
The first review of the Tomoderinae Bonadona, 1961 (Anthicidae Latreille, 1819) from the Philippine Islands is presented. Two genera, Macrotomoderus Pic, 1901 and Tomoderus LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849, are confirmed for the archipelago. Descriptions of the following 13 new species are provided: Macrotomoderus damaskai , M . davawenyo , M . hamiguitan ,...
The genus Prototrichalus Molino-Olmedo, Ferreira, Branham and Ivie, 2020 known from Burmese amber was initially attributed to the family of net-winged beetles (Coleoptera: Lycidae) in the superfamily Elateroidea, and soon after transferred to Tenebrionoidea incertae sedis and compared with Ischalia Pascoe, 1860. Here, we examined additional materia...
Tomosomus Motschulsky, 1855, an obscure incertae sedis genus of Anthicidae erroneously considered monotypic, was found to be congeneric with the tomoderine genus Holcopyge Champion, 1890. A new genus-rank synonym (Tomosomus Motschulsky = Holcopyge Champion syn. nov.) and two new combinations are proposed for the species hitherto attributed to Holco...
In the present paper, the following four new taxa from the subtribe Statirina are described and illustrated: Arthromacra olivacea sp. nov. (Vietnam), A. qiang sp. nov. (China: Sichuan), Chlorophila hirta sp. nov. (Laos, Peninsular Malaysia), and Donaciolagria rubida sp. nov. (China: Sichuan). A new genus-rank synonym is proposed: Chlorophila Semeno...
Description of 3 new species in collaboration with Telnov D., within the work: Telnov 2022. Revisional notes on the genus Microhoria Chevrolat, 1877 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Anthicidae) from the Eastern Mediterranean and Turkey, with new descriptions, an annotated catalogue, and a key. Baltic J. Coleopterol., 22(2): 195–312
The species of Microhoria Chevrolat, 1877 from the Eastern Mediterranean including Turkey and Sinai Peninsula, are reviewed, keyed, and catalogued for the first time. Status change is proposed for Microhoria rubronotata (Pic, 1896) stat. nov. New synonyms are proposed for Microhoria emaciata (Pic, 1896) (= Anthicus leuthneri var. creticus Pic, 1903...
Physciolagria Pic, 1930, a monotypic genus erroneously attributed to Tenebrionidae incertae sedis was found to be congeneric with the eurypine genus Lacconotopedilus Pic, 1935 (Mycteridae Blanchard, 1845). The taxonomic position and comparative morphology of Physciolagria are reassessed and discussed. A new genus-rank synonym (Physciolagria Pic, 19...
The beetle family Ptilodactylidae is recorded for the first time from Rovno amber, Ukraine. Ptilodactyla odnosum Telnov, Perkovsky, Kundrata and Bukejs sp. nov. and a male of P. eocenica Kundrata, Bukejs and Blank, 2021 are described and illustrated using X-ray micro-computed tomography. Our discoveries of two species in Rovno amber together with r...
This manual has been produced through the European Commission (EC) service contract ‘Identification, Assessment, Sharing and Dissemination of Best Practices for Humane Management of Invasive Alien Species’ (07.027746/2019/812504/SER/ENV.D.2.). The aim of this project was to provide support for the management of vertebrate invasive alien species (ve...
This manual has been produced through the European Commission (EC) service contract ‘Identification, Assessment, Sharing and Dissemination of Best Practices for Humane Management of Invasive Alien Species’ (07.027746/2019/812504/SER/ENV.D.2.). The aim of this project was to provide support for the management of vertebrate invasive alien species (ve...
A new species of Autocrates J. Thomson, 1860 is described and illustrated from the well-known biodiversity refugium of Dayaoshan Mountains in Guangxi Province, SE China. The new species, Autocrates lini sp. nov., appears closely related to A. vitalisi Vuillet, 1912. The type of A. vitalisi was studied, illustrated and is here re-described. An updat...
We present nine observations of abnormal amplexus in anurans, reported for the first time from Latvia. In total, nine types of abnormal amplexi are documented for four anuran species: Bombina bombina (Bombinatoridae), Bufo bufo (Bufonidae), Pelophylax lessonae and Rana temporaria (Ranidae). According to the one of our observations, abnormal amplexu...
In the present paper Bothrichara anggi sp. nov. (New Guinea), B. grisea sp. nov. (New Guinea), Bothrionota ruzzieri sp. nov. (Sulawesi), Exostira transmontana sp. nov. (China, India, Myanmar), Kaindilagria opposita sp. nov. (New Guinea), Macrocasnonidea bifurcata sp. nov. (Borneo), and Oreogria arfak sp. nov. (New Guinea) are described and illustra...
Cretaceous amber faunas of North Asia are well-known from Taymyr, but the Santonian floras of Taymyr are virtually unstudied. Conversely, the Cenomanian floras of Yakutia are well-studied, but the amber fauna of Yakutia remains unknown. Yakutia sukachevae gen. et sp. nov. is described from Cenomanian (∼95 Ma) retinite from Yakutia (Russia). The spe...
Arthromacra W. Kirby, 1837 is a rather small genus of colourful Lagriinae Latreille, 1825 (Tenebrionidae Latreille, 1802) distributed in the Holarctic and Oriental realms. In the present paper the following two new species from continental China are described and illustrated: Arthromacra distincta sp. nov. (Southwest China: Yunnan) and A. zhongtiao...
Descriptions of the following 23 species of Macrotomoderus Pic, 1901 new to science,
from continental China, are provided as an addition to the recently published review of the genus from China and Taiwan (Telnov 2018): M. angelinii, M. belousovi, M. bicrispus, M. boops, M. bordonii, M. dali, M. daxiangling, M. femoridens, M. hajeki, M. hartmanni,...
Data on the Passandridae collection of the Natural History Museum (London,
United Kingdom), including type specimens of 50 names, of them 29 valid and 21 invalid,
are presented. The type status of several specimens is clarified. Images of type and other
significicant specimens are provided for 55 taxa, mainly for the first time. The history of the...
Chlorophila Semenov, 1891 is a small genus of emerald-green Lagriinae Latreille, 1825: Tenebrionidae Latreille, 1802 restricted to the mountain systems of China, the Himalayas, and northern Indochina. In the present paper a remarkable new species, Chlorophila gemma sp. nov. from mainland China, is described and illustrated.
Glesoconomorphus ekaterinae sp. nov. (Coleoptera, Mycteridae), representing the first ever fossil species of Coleoptera from the Volyn Region of Ukraine and the first mycterid from late Eocene Rovno amber, is described and illustrated. A key to species of the fossil mycterid genus Glesoconomorphus Alekseev, Pollock & Bukejs, 2019 is presented. The...
New data on the Anthicidae (ant-like flower beetles) from Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region are presented. Three new species are described and illustrated, namely Anthicus (s. str.) lobanovi sp. n., Nitorus uyghur sp. n. and Stricticomus kucha sp. n. Anthicus laetus L.Medvedev, 1974 is redescribed. Four new regional records are presented.
Steriphodon Abeille de Perrin, 1895, a small genus of Eurygeniinae (Anthicidae) is reviewed. Critical morphology of the genus is reassessed and discussed. An annotated checklist, key to species and new records are provided. Steriphodon ottomerkli sp. nov. from the Balochistan Province, Pakistan is described and illustrated.
An account of the Anthicidae (ant-like flower beetles) from the Lesser Sunda
Archipelago (politically shared between Indonesia & Timor Leste) is presented for the first
time. Thirteen species new to science are described and illustrated: Anthicomorphus
badeng sp. nov. (Bali), Anthicus (s. str.) miroshnikovi sp. nov. (East Java, Lombok,
Timor Leste)...
The genus Acanthiulus, which has hitherto been known to comprise three accepted species or subspecies endemic to the Papuan region, is revised, rediagnosed and shown to include only a single, quite variable species, A. blainvillei (Leguillou, 1841), with A. blainvillei septemtrionalis Attems, 1914 and A. wollastoni Hirst, 1914 both considered as it...
Tanycricos cyclops sp. nov. from Cyclops Mountains, northern New Guinea, is described and illustrated. An updated key and annotated checklist to the species of Tanycricos La Rivers, 1971 is also provided. The present range of Tanycricos is discontinuous, with seven of the nine known species inhabiting New Guinea’s 1300 km long and about 150 km wide...
With four chapters on molluscs, combined with the malacological contributions in the previous volumes, the series "Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature Conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea" already counts among the major contributions to the knowledge of the terrestrial snails of the Wallacean Region. Most chapters of the present new volume uns...
A possible explanation for the functional importance of shell appendages in Japonia saetigera (van Benthem Jutting, 1958), an endemic New Guinean terrestrial cyclophorid gastropod, is given based on a morphology and calculation-based model and scanning electron microscopy. Results demonstrate that the periostracal processes increase the perimeter l...
The easternmost record of Macratria Newman, 1838 from Fiji is presented, and M. fijiana sp. nov. is described and illustrated. Biogeographical patterns and diversity of Pacific Macratriinae are briefly discussed. Additionally, a new genus rank synonymy in Macratriinae is proposed: Thambospasta Werner, 1974 syn. nov. of Salimuzzamania Abdullah, 1968...
The Aderidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) of Cabo Verde (or Cape Verde in English transcription) Archipelago in the Central Atlantic Ocean is revised based on an examination of types and additional material. Four species are confirmed for the archipelago, three of the genus Cobososia Collado et Alonso-Zarazaga, 1996 and one of the genus Aderus Step...
The species of Trictenotoma Grey, 1832 from the Philippine Archipelago are critically assessed, description of T. boudanti Drumont et Telnov sp. nov. from Balabac and Palawan, and a redescription of T. cindarella Kriesche, 1921 from Mindanao are provided. A key to the Philippine Trictenotomidae Blanchard, 1845 is presented for the first time.
An account of the Anthicidae (ant-like flower beetles) and associated incertae sedis groups of Chile is presented. Forty seven species and subspecies are confirmed for the country (Anthicinae, Copobaeninae, Eurygeniinae, Lagrioidinae, Lemodinae, Tomoderinae), including 11 new to science: Ischyropalpus aberratus, I. quadrimaculatus, I. similis, Sapi...
Radulae of ten morpho specie s of the terrestrial gastropod genus Dominamaria were morphologically analysed using SEM in order to clarify its taxonomic placement
Trictenotoma davidi Deyrolle, 1875 and T. formosana Kriesche, 1919 are the only insular Palaearctic Trictenotomidae. Both species are related and T. formosana was originally defined on the basis of unstable morphological features and originally described as a subspecies of T. davidi. In this paper, a detailed redescription of T. formosana is provid...
In our recent publication (Telnov & Zorn 2019) we overlooked and did not include Popillia migliaccioi Sabatinelli, 1996, described from “Java”, in our checklist and key of Sundaland Popillia species. However, the examination of the holotype of this species deposited in the Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (Figs. 1–8) revealed that P...
Features of the Maechidiini (Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) genera Maechidius Macleay, 1819, Epholcis Waterhouse, 1875 and Paramaechidius Frey, 1969 are critically revised and a new synonymy is proposed: Maechidius = Epholcis syn. nov. = Paramaechidius syn. nov. A key to and an annotated checklist of Maechidiini from the Indo-Australian transition zo...
During the Last Glacial Maximum in the northern Hemisphere, expanding ice sheets forced a large number of plants, including trees, to retreat from their primary distribution areas. Many host-associated herbivores migrated along with their host plants. Long-lasting geographic isolation between glacial refugia could have been led to the allopatric sp...
During the last three centuries, people involved in natural history sciences have produced thousands of natural history collections worldwide. Specimens have been used for scientific proof of various discoveries and for gaining new knowledge in many disciplines of science not only in the area of biodiversity but also in taxonomy, species biology an...
Ischaliidae (Tenebrionoidea) is a small, relatively poorly known family of beetles, with fewer than 50 described species. The Coleoptera collections of the Natural History Museum, London are among the largest and most comprehensive in the world, but the Ischaliidae holding is relatively small (136 specimens, 18 species). However, this
collection is...
Records and faunistic information are provided for 96 Palaearctic species of tenebrionoid beetles of the families Aderidae, Anthicidae, Melandryidae, Mordellidae, Mycetophagidae, Oedemeridae, Prostomidae, Pyrochroidae, Tenebrionidae and Tetratomidae. The first records of Agnathus decoratus Germar, 1818, Cynaeus angustus (Le Conte, 1851), Mordella h...
A review and species key to Trictenotoma Gray, 1832 (Trictenotomidae Blanchard, 1845) from the Indochina bioregion, mainland Southeast Asia, is presented for the first time. Adults of Trictenotoma childreni Gray, 1832, T. davidi Deyrolle, 1875 and T. mouhoti Deyrolle, 1875 are redescribed. Trictenotoma pollocki sp. nov. from southern Vietnam is des...
Detailed description and illustrations of immature Trictenotoma Gray, 1832 (Trictenotomidae Blanchard, 1845) are presented for the first time, based on larvae and pupae of T. formosana Kriesche, 1919. Characters exhibited by the mature larva are similar to those described by Gahan (1908) for T. childreni Gray, 1832, which was based on a single spec...
Hermit beetle is distributed in suitable habitats throughout the whole territory of Latvia. The population size of this elusive saproxylic species can be assessed as 203 1km x 1km quadrates according to the standard reporting format (2013-2019). The most important hermit beetle habitats in Latvia are wooded pastures and meadows, as well as parks an...
Lacconotopedilus pollocki sp. nov., the first representative of its genus from the Guineo-Congolian lowland rainforests, is described and illustrated. Species checklist is provided.
Ischaliidae (Tenebrionoidea) is a small, relatively poorly known family of beetles, with fewer than 50 described species. The Coleoptera collections of the Natural History Museum, London are among the largest and most comprehensive in the world, but
the Ischaliidae holding is relatively small (136 specimens, 18 species). However, this
collection is...
The phylogenetic position of Trictenotomidae Blanchard, 1845 was a puzzle for coleopterists for over a century. The only larval description for this peculiar family was published in the early 20th century (Gahan, 1908). However, Gahan’s described specimen was in poor condition and the description itself is incomplete. Recently, Lin & Hu (2018) and...
Neocrohoria gen. nov. (Anthicinae: Microhoriini) from Chile is described, diagnosed, and
illustrated. Some new critical morphological characters of Anthicinae and Microhoriini
(Anthicidae) are mentioned and briefly discussed for the first time. New combination is made
for Neocrohoria melanura (Fairmaire et Germain, 1863) comb. nov. (from Anthicus)...
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Recently the entomological societies of America and Canada both updated their guidelines for insect common names. As a result, and the first ‘victim’, the Asian murder hornet Vespa mandarinia got a new (local) common name, where it is now called Northern giant hornet. https://edition.cnn.com/2022/07/26/world/murder-hornet-new-name-scn/index.html
This has nothing in common with the availability and validity of the accepted Latin species epithet of Vespa mandarinia, but in the future could potentially lead to attempts by some particularly concerned individuals to appeal for changes in scientific names as well (we already have several examples in mind - those connected with attempts to rename hitleri taxa or synonymize all kurdistanica /-us taxa).
The most interesting, however, is not the fact that some of our colleagues apparently have enough time to deal with this problem (just the fact! I am abstaining from judging it), but that some powerful organisations like the aforementioned NGOs nowadays run large database engines available worldwide, interconnected / integrated with other databases and webpages. Therefore introducing (read – changing) common names could probably also cause some inconvenience for users of systems or webpages (for instance, citizen science portals) integrated with these authoritative databases.
It is understandable new common and scientific names to be established based on clear, approved and transparent criteria or recommendations (for scientific names like those accepted by the ICZN, https://www.iczn.org). But what about changing 'old' common names?
Please feel free to express your opinion both on the topic itself (changing ‘unethical’ common names in zoology) and its possible consequences (e.g., causing global changes in integrated systems just by decision of one or two NGOs). And should the popular and scientific papers, including books containing ‘inconvenient’ or ‘unethical’ names now be destroyed as nowadays are some of historical but ‘unethical’ monuments being demolished?
[please do not consider this topic racist, nationalistic or in any aspect oppressing anything or anyone; please be polite and calm when discussing here, thank you]
