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Gaining the ability to fly actively was a ground-breaking moment in insect evolution, providing an unprecedented advantage over other arthropods. Nevertheless, active flight was a costly innovation, requiring the development of wings and flight muscles, the provision of sufficient energetic resources, and a complex flight control system. Although w...
Recent progress in beetle palaeontology has incited us to re-address the evolutionary history of the group. The Permian †Tshekardocoleidae had elytra that covered the posterior body in a loose tent-like manner. The formation of elytral epipleura and a tight fit of elytra and abdomen were important evolutionary transformations in the Middle Permian,...
Conversion of forewings into hardened covers, elytra, was a groundbreaking morphological adaptation that has contributed to the extraordinary evolutionary success of beetles. Nevertheless, the knowledge of the functional aspects of these structures is still fragmentary and scattered across a large number of studies. Here, we have synthesized the pr...
The formation of protective covers called elytra is considered to be a crucial morphological adaptation that has greatly supported the extraordinary radiation of beetles. However, in some beetle lineages, a reduction of elytra has occurred. Evolutionary consequences of this mysterious biological phenomenon have never been systematically discussed....
Longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) is one of the largest, most diverse, ecologically and economically important groups of beetles in the world. In the following paper, through a comprehensive synthesis and review of various sources of data, we have described the general patterns of the distribution of longhorn beetles on the global scale....
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...
Deforestation for agricultural purposes and logging over centuries has resulted in a significant loss of forest cover and the deep structural and functional simplification of persistent European woodlands, which has led to a large-scale decline in biodiversity. Despite recent reforestation efforts in many regions of Europe, populations of numerous...
We present here a revised version of Fig. 1 from our paper as it lacked some information used for the species distribution modeling as the original might be found misleading by some readers. This omission did not influence the results of our modeling process, for which the full set of observations was used. It does not therefore compromise our conc...
The weapons of beetles are well-known examples of sexually selected traits that have been studied intensively since
the time of Darwin. Although the patterns of variation in weapon size are well known in many species, weapon shape
remains very much understudied. This might be a result of technical problems related to quantification of the shape
of...
The weapons of beetles are well-known examples of sexually selected traits that have been studied intensively since the time of Darwin. Although the patterns of variation in weapon size are well known in many species, weapon shape remains very much understudied. This might be a result of technical problems related to quantification of the shape of...
Biological invasions provide a unique opportunity to gain insight into basic biological processes occurring under new circumstances. During the process of establishment, exotic species are exposed to various stressors which may affect their development. Presence of the stressors is often detected by measurements of left-right body asymmetry, which...
Beetles are one of the largest and most diverse groups of animals in the world. Conversion of forewings into hardened shields is perceived as a key adaptation that has greatly supported the evolutionary success of this taxa. Beetle elytra play an essential role: they minimize the influence of unfavorable external factors and protect insects against...
The ability to quantify morphological variation is essential for understanding the processes of species diversification. The geometric morphometrics approach allows reliable description of variation in animals, including insects. Here, this method was used to quantify the morphological variation among European and Asiatic populations of Leptura ann...
The conference “Science in the Service of Nature – focus on the conservation genetics and combating invasive alien species” is organized in the frames of the international projects – “Science in the service of nature – gene pools conservation of endangered and threatened mammalian species by knowledge transfer and experience sharing on the best pra...
Saproxylic beetles are essential for the proper functioning of forest ecosystems. However, intensive forest management has led to the disappearance of suitable microhabitats of many species associated with dead wood. Cucujus cinnaberinus is an endangered saproxylic beetle which develops under the bark of dead wood. The species usually occurs in pro...
The study focused on two sibling beetle species: Leiopus nebulosus (Linnaeus, 1758) and L. linnei Wallin, Nylander & Kvamme, 2009. These species are very similar morphologically and their identification is difficult and possible only by experienced taxonomists. A supporting method for identification of L. nebulosus and L. linnei based on hind wings...
The increasing threat of alien wood-boring insect has resulted in the initiation
of large-scale monitoring programmes. These programmes are most
often based on pheromone-bailed traps, which allow the early detection
and monitoring of invasive species. This approach is expensive because it
entails the processing and accurate identification of large...
We have described the morphological variation of five Western Palaearctic species of Monochamus Dejean, 1821. The variation was assessed using wing measurements. Special emphasis was placed on the differences between Monochamus sartor (F., 1787) and Monochamus urussovii (Fischer-Waldheim, 1805). There was an interesting pattern of variation between...
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Dear friends,
Together with colleagues, we are conducting research on the morphological consequences of elytra loss in beetles (see our recent study in Systematic Entomology: https://resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/syen.12617). We would be extremely grateful if you could share with us some specimens of key taxa with reduced elytra, especially:
Pachypus candidae (Scarabaeidae) – 2 pairs (dry or stored in alcohol)
Thylodrias contractus (Dermestidae) - 2 pairs (dry or stored in alcohol)
Micromalthus debilis (Micromalthidae) – 2 females (dry or stored in alcohol)
Hesperorhipis (Buprestidae) – 2 specimens (dry or stored in alcohol)
Carphurus (Melyridae) – 2 specimens (dry or stored in alcohol)
Diagrypnodes (Salpingidae) – 2 specimens (dry or stored in alcohol)
Conotelus (Nitidulidae) – 2 specimens (dry or stored in alcohol)
Vesperus (Vesperidae) – 2 paris (dry or stored in alcohol)
Best regards,
Jakub
Hi,
Could you please recommend me any online insect-selling company (other than Insect-trade.eu) offering scientific-quality specimens of beetles?
Cheers,
Jakub
Dear Colleagues,
Together with my research team, we are working on the evolution of hind wings in bark and ambrosia beetles. Therefore, we are looking for collaborators willing to share with us some bark beetle specimens. We need about 20–50 specimens per species (it would be ideal if they were already sexed!). Specimens might be either dry and pinned or stored in alcohol. For collaborators who will share with us a significant number of species, we offer cooperation in all scientific papers based on the shared material. We are interested in the members of the following taxa:
Species of Ips (except Ips acuminatus, Ips amitinus, Ips cembrae, Ips duplicatus, Ips sexdentatus, and Ips typographus),
Species of Denroctonus (except Dendroctonus micans)
Any species within: Bothrosternini, Cactopinini, Corthylini, Diamerini, Dryocoetini, Hexacolini, Hypoborini, Micracidini, Phloeosinini, Phrixosomatini, Scolytoplatypodini, Xyloctonini
If you are interested, please send me a message on ResearchGate.
Have a nice day,
Jakub
Hello,
I’m preparing the paper on bark beetles’ wings morphology, and I’m wondering if you know any studies exploring functions of elytral teeth/denticles in bark beetles?
Thanks,
Jakub
Dear Colleagues,
I am looking for information about predators of flower-visiting beetles (especially longhorn beetles).
Cheers,
Jakub
Dear colleagues,
I study shape variation of beetles’ horns and have a question about the function of horns in polyphenic species, especially in rhinoceros beetles. Do you know any data on use of exaggerated horns for other purposes than male-male combats?
Thank you very much for help.
Best regards,
Jakub
Dear Colleagues,
I need about 2-5 specimens of Rhipiphoridae species with markedly abbreviated elytra (e.g. Ripiphorus) and one other species with normal elytra (any species, 2-5 specimens). In return, I offer beetles from Poland.
Thanks a lot for help.
Best regards,
Jakub
