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Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names)
... Other references used for beetle identification include keys by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Lawrence et al. (2000), and Chung (2003). Specimen collections are stored at the Entomology lab, University Malaysia Sabah. ...
... Note: The classification of families is based on Lawrence and Newton (1995), Lawrence et al. (2000), and Chung (2003). ...
While reforestation is gaining momentum to moderate climate change via carbon sequestration, there is also an opportunity to use tree planting to confront declining global biodiversity. Where tree species vary in support of diversity, selecting appropriate species for planting could increase conservation effectiveness. We used a common garden experiment in Borneo using 24 native tree species to examine how variation among tree species in their support of beetle diversity is predicted by plant traits associated with “acquisitive” and “conservative” resource acquisition strategies. We evaluate three hypotheses: (1) beetle communities show fidelity to host identity as indicated by variation in abundance and diversity among tree species, (2) the leaf economic spectrum partially explains this variation as shown by beetle preferences for plant species that are predicted by plant traits, and (3) a small number of selected tree species can capture higher beetle species richness than a random tree species community. We found high variation among tree species in supporting three highly intercorrelated metrics of beetle communities: abundance, richness, and Shannon diversity. Variation in support of beetle communities was predicted by plant traits and varied by plant functional groups; within the dipterocarp family, high beetle diversity was predicted by conservative traits such as high wood density and slow growth, and in non‐dipterocarps by the acquisitive traits of high foliar K and rapid growth. Using species accumulation curves and extrapolation to twice the original sample size, we show that 48 tree species were not enough to reach asymptote levels of beetle richness. Nevertheless, species accumulation curves of the six tree species with the highest richness had steeper slopes and supported 33% higher richness than a random community of tree species. Reforestation projects concerned about conservation can benefit by identifying tree species with a disproportional capacity to support biodiversity based on plant traits. The functional relationship between plant diversity and diversity of organisms in higher trophic levels is a fundamental ecological question of what is important for understanding the contribution of restoration of plant communities for conservation. We show that tropical tree species vary in the level of diversity that they support and that this variation can be predicted by plant traits. We further illustrate how such variation can be utilized to increase the conservation value of plant diversity in restoration.
... Later, Morón and Valenzuela (1993) estimated that at least 35,000 beetle species are in Mexico. Navarrete-Heredia and Fierros-López (2001) listed and commented on families from Mexico; 114 families were recorded from Mexico, more than Brazil (104), Australia (113), or New Zealand (82) (following classification by Lawrence and Newton 1995). Comments on known or expected diversity were provided for a few families. ...
... b) Titles of papers sometimes appear in the database written completely in capital letters because some journals use the system in titles. (Lawrence andNewton 1995, Bouchard et al. 2017) and recognized by many authors. However, in other cases papers dealing with Scydmaeninae of Staphylinidae, as proposed several years ago (Grebennikov and Newton 2009), are included in Scydmaenidae by Zoological Record. ...
Patterns of description of new species of beetles from Mexico between 2000-2020 were analyzed. We based our study on the Zoological Record of Web of Science TM. We found 1,867 species in 61 families described in 759 papers published in scientific journals from all over the world. Scarabaeidae is the family with the most species described (352) in the last two decades, followed by Staphylinidae (198), Curculionidae (196), Cleridae (176), and Cerambycidae (175). Most species of Mexican beetle were described in Zootaxa, Coleopterists Bulletin, Insecta Mundi, Dugesiana, and Zookeys. We also provided comments on issues to consider when Zoological Record is used for analysis such as in this study.
... Лоренса, А. Ньютона, П. Бушара, Чжи-Цян Чжана и др. (Lawrence, Newton, 1995;Bouchard Герпетобионтные жесткокрылые (Coleoptera) национального природного парка «Припышминские боры» (приведены число экземпляров и ссылки на литературу) Beetles (Coleoptera) of the National Nature Park "Pripyshminskie Bory" (the number of specimens and references) Красуцкий, 1990, 1995, 1996 Scaphidium quadrimaculatum Olivier, 1790 Красуцкий, 1990, 2005 Scaphisoma agaricinum (L.) Красуцкий, 1990, 2013а S. assimile Erichson, 1845Красуцкий, 2005S. inopinatum Löbl, 1967Красуцкий, 2013а S. subalpinum Reitter, 1880Красуцкий, 2005 Oxyporus mannerheimii Gyllenhal, 1827 Красуцкий, 2005 O. rufus (L.) Красуцкий, 1996, 2005 Staphylinus erythropterus L. Красуцкий, 1990, 1996, 2005; Загайнова, Марков, 2012 Продолжение таблицы Красуцкий, 1996, 2005 Сем. ...
Козьминых В.О. Материалы к фауне герпетобионтных жуков природного парка «Припышминские боры» (Свердловская область) // Фауна Урала и Сибири. 2022. № 1. С. 5-23. - Список таксонов преимущественно напочвенных жесткокрылых насекомых (Coleoptera), найденных на территории национального природного парка «Припышминские боры» в Талицком р-не Свердловской обл., насчитывает 166 видов из 12 семейств. Впервые в Припышминском лесном массиве отмечены 6 видов жужелиц (сем. Carabidae): Carabus estreicheri Fischer von Waldheim, 1820, Trechus rubens (Fabricius, 1792), Harpalus xanthopus winkleri Schauberger, 1923, Panagaeus bipustulatus (Fabricius, 1775) — первая находка в Свердловской обл., Poecilus punctulatus (Schaller, 1783), Amara brunnea (Gyllenhal, 1810), а также 2 вида щелкунов (сем. Elateridae): Agrypnus murinus (L.), Agriotes obscurus (L.), кожеед Dermestes laniarius Illiger, 1802 (сем. Dermestidae), узконадкрылка Oedemera virescens (Linnaeus, 1767) (сем. Oedemeridae), мохнатка Lagria hirta (L.) (сем. Tenebrionidae), 2 вида листоедов (сем. Chrysomelidae): Cryptocephalus aureolus Suffrian, 1847, Galeruca tanaceti (L.) [New information is observed and data about the main groups of herpetobiont beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the «Pripyshminskie Bory» National Nature Reserve, located in the south-eastern part of the Sverdlovsk Province (Talitsky District) in the pre-forest-steppe subzone of the Trans-Urals Region of Western Siberia as a unique island array of flat pine forests, are summarized for the first time. According to literature data, 153 species from 9 families of Coleoptera are known for the «Pripyshminskie Bory» Park. In this work, 166 species from 12 Coleoptera families are listed for this territory, including 119 species of Carabidae, 6 species of Histeridae, 5 species of Silphidae, 19 species of Staphylinidae, 1 species of each Geotrupidae, Scarabaeidae and Oedemeridae, 4 species of Elateridae, 2 species of Dermestidae and Chrysomelidae, as well as 6 species of Tenebrionidae. The material on 55 species of ground beetles of 1962 individual numbers has been studied. For the first time, 13 species of beetles from 6 families are listed for the «Pripyshminskie Bory» Reserve. Among them there are ground beetles (family Carabidae), namely: Carabus estreicheri Fischer von Waldheim, 1820, Trechus rubens (Fabricius, 1792), Harpalus xanthopus winkleri Schauberger, 1923, Panagaeus bipustulatus (Fabricius, 1775), Poecilus punctulatus (Schaller, 1783), Amara brunnea (Gyllenhal, 1810). In the Sverdlovsk Province, P. bipustulatus is first recorded there, and it was known previously only from the Middle Urals (the Perm Area). The first discoveries are marked at the «Pripyshminskie Bory» Reserve, of, as follows, the two species of click beetles (family Elateridae): Agrypnus murinus (L.), Agriotes obscurus (L.), Dermestes laniarius Illiger, 1802 (family Dermestidae), Oedemera virescens (Linnaeus, 1767) (family Oedemeridae), Lagria hirta (L.) (family Tenebrionidae), as well as two species of leaf beetles Cryptocephalus aureolus Suffrian, 1847 and Galeruca tanaceti (L.) (family Chrysomelidae). Data on the distribution and biotopic occurrence of some rare species of Carabidae, which are found in the «Pripyshminskie Bory» Reserve, are presented herein, based on the available information from the Sverdlovsk Province, Perm Area and some neighboring territories. These are the following species: Calosoma investigator (Illiger, 1798), Carabus canaliculatus M. F. Adams, 1812, C. violaceus aurolimbatus Dejean, 1830, C. marginalis Fabricius, 1794, C. estreicheri Fischer von Waldheim, 1820, Cylindera gracilis (Pallas, 1773), Trechus rubens, Harpalus xanthopus winkleri Schauberger, 1923, Panagaeus bipustulatus (Fabricius, 1775), Poecilus punctulatus (Schaller, 1783), Dolichus halensis (Schaller, 1783). The card files are compiled and the database of beetles for the «Pripyshminskie Bory» Reserve is formed].
... The family Endomychidae was traditionally classified in the superfamily Cucujoidea (e.g., Lawrence and Newton 1995, Tomaszewska 2000, Tomaszewska 2005, Shockley et al. 2009a, Tomaszewska 2010 and comprised about 1800 species classified in 135 genera of 12 subfamilies (Shockley et al. 2009a). The most recent molecular study on phylogeny and classification of Cucujoidea (Robertson et al. 2015), resulted in many changes within this superfamily and the family Endomychidae. ...
The mature larva of Trochoideus dalmani Westwood (Endomychidae:
Pleganophorinae) is described and illustrated for the first time. Based on its characters and those of T. desjardinsi Guérin-Méneville, a preliminary diagnosis for the genus is provided. Larval morphology and phylogenetic relationships of Pleganophorinae with other Endomychidae are compared and summarized.
... The Tenebrionoidea constitute one of the largest and most complex superfamilies of beetles [1,2]. A molecular study on the superfamily suggested that it is monophyletic and that four clades have been suggested within the group; among these clades, ripiphorid-mordellidmeloid were considered the most basal in the superfamily [3]. ...
The sperm ultrastructure of a few representative species of Tenebrionoidea was studied. Two species belong to the Mordellidae (Mordellistena brevicauda and Hoshihananomia sp.), one species to Oedemeridae (Oedemera nobilis), and one species to Tenebrionidae (Accanthopus velikensis). It is confirmed that Mordellidae are characterized by the lowest number of spermatozoa per cyst (up to 64), a number shared with Ripiphoridae. In contrast, in the two other families, up to 512 spermatozoa per cyst are observed, the same number present, for example, in Tenebrionidae. Also, as in the other more derived families of tenebrionoids studied so far, during spermatogenesis in O. nobilis and A. velikensis, sperm nuclei are regularly distributed in two sets at opposite poles of the cysts. On the contrary, the Mordellidae species do not exhibit this peculiar process. However, during spermiogenesis, the bundles of sperm bend to form a loop in their median region, quite evident in the Hoshihananomia sp., characterized by long sperm. This process, which also occurs in Ripiphoridae, probably enables individuals to produce long sperm without an increase in testicular volume. The sperm looping could be a consequence of the asynchronous growth between cyst size and sperm length. The sperm ultrastructure of the Mordellidae species reveals that they can be differentiated from other Tenebrionoidea based on the shape and size of some sperm components, such as the accessory bodies and the mitochondrial derivatives. They also show an uncommon stiff and immotile posterior flagellar region provided with only accessory tubules. These results contribute to a better knowledge of the phylogenetic relationship of the basal families of the large group of Tenebrionoidea.
... T. oxyurus is a recently discovered species in Croatia, so far relatively unexplored and with little data from the literature, mainly due to its rare occurrence. T. oxyurus is a beetle (Coleoptera) from the subfamily Platypodinae, found within the family Curculionidae [12][13][14]. Sometimes T. oxyurus is placed as an independent family Platypodidae [15][16][17]. T. oxyurus is 4.5-5 mm long, about 1 mm narrow, and cylindrical with an elongated body. ...
Bark beetle outbreak sites were analysed before sanitary logging in Gorski Kotar County during spring, summer and autumn 2021. Downed European silver fir trees were inspected for red-listed saproxylic entomofauna. Among other species, the fir pinhole borer (Treptoplatypus oxyurus, Dufour, 1843) (Coleoptera: Platypodidae) was observed and studied on-site and in the laboratory. Symptoms of T. oxyurus presence were recognised as white filamentous bites of sawdust on the bark of the fir trees and the surrounding soil. Every tree infested infested with T. oxyurus was measured (diameter at breast height, height/length), and its position was recorded. Segments were collected for laboratory analysis to evaluate the layout and position of T. oxyurus gallery system. The results showed that individual corridors of T. oxyurus, as a rule, never intersect, cross or connect. Each family of beetles (male, female and their offspring) lives separately in its corridor system. There were examples of corridors that were very close to each other but did not touch. T. oxyurus is still completely unknown to forest operatives in Croatia, who do not recognise symptoms of its occurrence.
... Tortoise beetles are members of the Cassidinae subfamily which is the second most numerous clade after Galerucinae, comprising approximately 6,000 species distributed into 43 tribes around the world (Chaboo, 2007;Borowiec & Swietojanska, 2019). as tribes, subfamilies, families, and even in a superfamily (Stephens, 1829;Westwood, 1920;Chen, 1964Chen, , 1973Seeno & Wilcox, 1982;Suzuki, 1988;Lawrence & Newton, 1995;Borowiec, 1999). Recently, Chaboo (2007) proposed that the subfamilies Cassidinae s. str. ...
Aedeagus of the type species of seven subgenera in the genus Cassida Linnaeus, 1758 have been studied and figured. Twenty aedeagal structures of these species of were evaluated in detail under both stereo microscope and Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM).Contrary of popular acceptance, it is demonstrated that the characteristics of the aedeagal structure, which can be obtained with SEM studies especially, can be diagnostic at almost all taxonomic levels The characters; however, will have different values for different taxonomic categories. As a result of this study, seven diverse aedeagal characters are found generally constant within species, but distinct and useful in comparison with other species [as 1. characteristics of apex in dorsal view (D2), 2. general shape in lateral view (L7), 3. the ratio of the distance between posterior margin of the dorsal plate and the apex to the entire length of the median tube in dorsal view (D11), 4. the ratio of the width of apical part to the width of basal part of median lobe in lateral view (L4), 5. the ratio of the width of apex to the width of apical part in dorsal view (D3), 6. surface structure of the apical part in front of orifice including apex in dorsal view (D5), 7. surface structure behind orifice in dorsal view (D6)]. Also, as an important output of the study, it is observed that the type species and therefore the subgenera can be divided chiefly into 3 diverse group based on aedeagal structures: C. seraphina in C.(Alledoya), C. nebusa in C. (s. str.) and C. hemisphaerica in C.(Mionychella) as Group I; C. nobilis in C.(Cassidulella) as Group II; C. viridis in C .(Odontionycha), C. brevisin C.(Onychocassis)and C. murrea in C. (Pseudocassida) as Group III. The new grouping is discussed with the grouping according to host plants and with the grouping in previous stereo microscopic works due to there is no available SEM studies. These previous groupings do not seem to be compatible with the results obtained with this study. Based on the ultrastructure of aedeagus, the genus Cassida Linnaeus, 1758 is a polyphyletic group, not monophyletic.In addition, as a side outcome of the work, Cassida hemispherica Herbst, 1799 is reported for the first time with a verified locality record from Turkey. Moreover, the habitus of adults of the species examined and a diagnostic key to species examined based on the external and aedeagal morphological characters of adults is also provided.
A new genus and species of the family Endomychidae (Coleoptera: Coccinelloidea): Cretostenotarsus striatus Tomaszewska, Szawaryn and Arriaga-Varela gen. et sp. nov. are described, diagnosed and illustrated from the mid-Cretaceous amber from northern Myanmar. To test the systematic placement of the new extinct genus and species within the family, a phylogenetic analysis was conducted. A dataset of 38 morphological characters scored for 29 species (including the new fossil taxon), members of Endomychidae sensu stricto and representatives of Coccinelloidea as outgroups were analyzed using maximum parsimony. The results of the analysis indicate unequivocally that Cretostenotarsus striatus is a member of the Stenotarsus clade within a monophyletic ‘endomychine
complex’ sensu Robertson et al. (2015), which corresponds to ‘Higher Endomychidae’ sensu Tomaszewska (2005). The present discovery confirms at least the Jurassic origin of Coccinelloidea and indicates a much older origin of Endomychidae than previously hypothesized.
The distribution of Bolbelasmus unicornis (Schrank, 1789) is critically reviewed throughout its range with emphasis on the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The species has been reliably recorded from 377 localities in 19 countries. New records are given from 152 localities of Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Turkey, and Ukraine. For Germany, the species is recorded for the first time in 54 years. The occurrence of the species in Switzerland is confirmed by two historical specimens from Zürich. The only known historical specimen labelled “Kaukasus” is given, which could originate from Russia, where this species has not been recorded before (however, confusion of the locality label cannot be ruled out). All published faunistic data from across the range are presented here in full, in several cases supplemented by details subsequently obtained by the author. Distribution maps are compiled separately for the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and for the entire range. A separate map is also available for Hungary, where approximately one-third of the known localities are located. Statistical data concerning the flight activity of adults, seasonal dynamics for part of the distribution area, details of records and notes on the bionomy and ethology of the species are provided. Possible feeding strategies for adults and larvae of B. unicornis are discussed, as well as current knowledge of the natural history of various representatives of the subfamily Bolboceratinae. A monitoring method for the species is proposed.
Lista anotada de las especies y clave para géneros de Limnichidae (Coleoptera: Byrrhoidea) de México.
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