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Despite intensive research on the beetle fauna of the Nahe valley, very little is known about the fauna of the river and its banks. A total of 12,632 beetles in 364 species were recorded in eleven different bank flushing samples (two from 1991 and nine taken between 2017 and 2022) at the river Nahe. A number of remarkable records for the Rhineland,...

Waterlettuce, Pistiastratiotes L. (Araceae: Pistieae) is an invasive free-floating aquatic weed found throughout the world that has been targeted for control using various methods including classical and conservation biological control and herbicides. In Florida, herbicides are the primary strategy employed by land managers, often without regard to...

The second known locality from Iran for a very rare species Dermestes (Dermestinus) solskyi Dalla Torre, 1911 is recorded.

Taxonomy, new species, Coleoptera, Dermestidae, Attageninae, Aethriostoma, Indonesia, Kalimantan I. Abstract. The species Aethriostoma bawangiana sp. nov. from Indonesia: Kalimantan I. is described, illustrated and compared with similar species A. philippinensis Háva, 2016. New species differs by the colour setation, structure of antennae and male...

A new species Cavoptinus philippinensis sp. nov. belonging to the genus Cavoptinus Pic, 1931,stillincluding three species - Cavoptinus albonotatus Pic, 1931, Cavoptinus luzonicus Zahradník & Háva, 2017 and Cavoptinus palawanicus Háva & Zahradník, 2020, all from the Philippines, is described, illustrated and compared with other species of the genus.

The new species Dermestes (Dermestes) eraticus sp. nov. from Namibia and Republic of South Africa and Dermestes (Dermestes) brutus sp. nov. from Madagascar are described, illustrated and compared. The species Dermestes (Dermestes) wittei Kalík, 1955, Dermestes (Dermestes) voi Háva, 2000, Dermestes (Dermestes) semistriatus Boheman, 1851 and Dermeste...

The species Volvicornis rufescens (Pic, 1927) and Attagenus robustior (Pic, 1951) are firstly recorded from Benin.

The species Orphilus aegeanus Holloway & Herrmann, 2023 is newly recorded from Cyprus, Jordan and Lebanon, Orphilus beali Zhantiev, 2001 is newly recorded from Albania.

Sugar beet crop has recently become the first source of sugar production in Egypt, followed by sugar cane. The tortoise beetle, Cassida vittata Vill is an important insect pest infesting sugar beet plants, and causing considerable yield losses. The current study was carried out at , Kafr El-Sheikh region during 2020/ 2021 and 2021/ 2022 seasons to...

The following Chinese new Thaumaglossa species: T. hunanica sp. nov. (Hunan), T. gutianshanica sp. nov. (Zheijang), T. yunnanica sp. nov. (Yunnan), and T. zheijanganica sp. nov. (Zheijang) are described, illustrated and compared with related species. List of Thaumaglossa species recorded from mainland of China is added.

The common snowberry Symphoricarpos albus is alien and invasive species that comes from western part of North America. The aim of this study was aquiring knowledge on beetle species composition associated with common snowberry and determining character of these relations. In the period of 2019–2022 infestation of ligneous common snowberry stems wer...

: Population dynamics analyses of Moser, 1912 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) through the light trap, pheromone Holotrichia seticollis trap and in-situ sampling were conducted in Uttarakhand, Himalayas for three consecutive years (2019-2021). The three chemical synthetic attractants tested for their efficacy in attracting and trapping the adult males o...

ABSTRACT Article History: Received 11 December 2022 Revised 18 January 2023 Accepted 28 February 2023 Available Online 30 March 2023 Ten plant powders were tested at 2% on five legume seeds for their entomocidal effects against Callosobruchus maculatus. A completely randomized design (CRD) with five pairs of freshly emerged adult bruchids was used...

A fossil scarabaeoid (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) Mahengea mckayi new genus, new species – the only well-preserved insect fossil and one of only a few insects found at the site – is described from an otherwise rich Eocene (~ 45.6 mya) maar Lagerstätte at Mahenge in central northern Tanzania. Numerous fossil fishes and plants have been recovered from...

First finding in Italy of the genus Geomitopsis Scheerpeltz, 1931 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Osoriinae). Following the finding in Apulia of a male of Geomitopsis sp. (Staphylinidae, Osoriinae, Thoracophorini), the first one for the genus on the Italian territory, the morphological characters of Geomitopsis beieri Scheerpeltz, 1931 from Ionian Isla...

The aim of this study was to assess the occurrence of epigeic groups of animals in five types of soil management. Research areas were marked as V1-EKO, whereas on the V1 area, mulching technology was used, on the V2 area, conventional technology, on V3 area, minimization technology, on the V4 area, no-till technology and the EKO area was managed in...

The cabbage seedpod weevil (CSW), Ceutorhynchus obstrictus, an exotic pest accidentally introduced in North America in 1931, spread all over this continent and is now a major pest of canola crops. One of its main natural enemies in Europe, Trichomalus perfectus, was observed in eastern Canada in 2009. This study aimed to evaluate the landscape infl...

In the W Italian Alps, an area characterized by considerable environmental complexity, the widespread Platynus were studied by focusing on their species composition. The ecological niche realized by the genus in this area encompasses a preference for humid and cold environments, sometimes associated with altitude. Several specimens from private and...

A new troglobitic species of the subfamily Pselaphinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), Tychobythinus antojandro sp. nov., is described from a cave in south Spain. The main diagnostic features based on male and female specimens are listed and illustrated. The new species shows evident adaptations to cave life, such as reduced eyes with only three ommat...

The Paiter Suruí people in the southwestern Brazilian Amazon have a complex food system that includes insects and crustaceans. We designed our study to systematize data about the invertebrates they incorporate into their traditional diet. After conducting a review of the literature, we verified and expanded the data through semi-structured intervie...

Two new species of Omaliini McLeay, 1825 from Indonesia are described and illustrated: Nipponophloeostiba explanata sp. n. from Bali and Phloeostiba mamasa sp. n. from Sulawesi. Nipponophloeostiba longilobata Shavrin, 2020 and the genus Phloeostiba Thomson, 1858 are recorded from Indonesia for the first time.

The rove beetles' fauna of the Kampinos National Park was investigated. New faunistic data together with literature confirm occurrence of 22 species from the subfamily Scydmaeninae, among them 13 species are new for the study area. During the study 7 species were recognized as new for the Mazovian Lowland, among them four a very rare: Euconnus makl...

A survey and characterization of entomogenous galls and their associated fauna were carried out in six remnants of Caatinga in the Northern Depressão Sertaneja, in the states of Paraíba, Rio Grande do Norte and Ceará. We identified 41 gall morphotypes in 24 plant species, belonging to 12 botanical families. Fabaceae had 29.2% (n = 12) of the total...

A new species of the carabid beetle genus Bembidion Latreille is described from the Central Valley, Los Angeles Basin, and surrounding areas of California. Bembidion brownorum sp. nov. is a distinctive species, a relatively large member of the subgenus Notaphus Dejean, and within Notaphus a member of the B. obtusangulum LeConte species group. It ha...

Deforestation in Amazon region generates important changes in the landscape; for this reason, agroforestry systems have been used to mitigate its impacts. Therefore, we evaluated changes in macrofauna populations and their relationship with different soil physical variables. For this purpose, three land uses were selected: secondary vegetation (SV)...

Abscondita cerata is the most abundant and widely distributed endemic firefly species in Taiwan and is considered a key environmental and ecological indicator organism. In this study, we report the first long-read genome sequencing of Abs. cerata sequenced by Nanopore technology. The draft genome size, 967Mb, was measured through a hybrid approach...

A ladybird beetle, collected from different localities of Kolhapur and Satara districts (Maharashtra) was identified as Henosepilachna nana (Kapur, 1950). The presence of this species in Maharashtra considerably extends its range to the north-west by about 700 km. Since this species is found on vegetables, Pumpkin (Cucurbita spp.), Cucumber (Cucumi...

Xyleborini is the largest tribe of Scolytinae accounting for about 1300 species worldwide; all species are primarily xylomycetophagous, developing on symbiotic fungi farmed in plant woody tissues. Xyleborini wood-boring action, associated with the inoculum of symbiotic fungi, can lead, sometimes, to the emergence of host plant dieback, wood damage...

The previous record of Anthracophora (Poecilophilides) rusticola Burmeister, 1842 from Taiwan was based on a doubt record. In this study, we confirm the species distributed in Taiwan based on specimen examination. Simultaneously, the biological information of A. (P.) rusticola also briefly discussed.

Checklist of the dung beetles of Oaxaca, Mexico

Wireworms (Coleoptera: Elateridae) are generalist insect pests that aggregate and feed on the roots of various crops, including maize. It remains unclear how they find and choose host plants. Several studies have focused on volatile organic compounds released by roots infested by wireworms, revealing the presence of 2-pentylfuran. We hypothesized t...

The paper is devoted to the distribution process of the emerald ash borer Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire, 1888 in the Rostov region. This invasive species was first recorded in this region in 2021. The article clarifies the scale of the pest distribution, provides a preliminary analysis of the association of the emerald ash borer with various types...

There is an urgent global need for the ecological intensification of agricultural systems to reduce negative impacts on the environment while meeting the rising demand for agricultural products. Enriching grasslands with floral species is a tool to promote diversity and the associated services at higher trophic levels, and ultimately, to enhance th...

RESUMEN Se estableció una comparación de las especies que integran las comunidades de insectos asociados a los helechos Pteridium cau-datum y P. arachnoideum en la localidad de Cerro La Bandera, de Los Andes de Venezuela. Se realizaron muestreos semanales, entre junio de 2012 y mayo de 2013, para la colecta manual de insectos, reportando para cada...

We review the genus Anacaena Thomson, 1859 from the Ryukyu Archipelago, southern Japan. Three aquatic species are recognised: A. torikaii sp. nov. from Amami-ôshima Island, A. okinawana sp. nov. from Okinawa-jima Island and Kerama Islands, and A. kumejimana sp. nov. from Kumejima Island. All three species are very similar, with the morphology of th...

The subfamily Luciolinae Lacordaire, 1857, a group of flashing fireflies, is composed of approximately 400 described species in the world. Though the taxonomy of this group has been fairly well established in Southeast (SE) Asia and the Australopacific Region, there is scope of gathering further information regarding taxonomic knowledge on this gro...

Background The lesser grain borer Rhyzopertha dominica (F.) (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) is a cosmopolitan insect pest of stored cereal grains. In this study, the fine morphology of antennae, maxillary and labial palpi as well as the typology, morphology and distribution of associated sensilla were comprehensively examined by scanning electron micros...

Buprestoidea, faunistic record, Świętokrzyski National Park.

We compiled a database of firefly species records from the Atlantic Forest hotspot in Brazil and made it available at GBIF. Data were gathered from literature and from several key entomological collections, including: Coleção entomológica Prof. José Alfredo Pinheiro Dutra (DZRJ/UFRJ) and Coleção do Laboratório de Ecologia de Insetos from Universida...

Symbiotic bacteria form a mutualistic relationship with nematodes and are pathogenic to many insect pests. They kill insects using various strategies to evade or suppress their humoral and cellular immunity. Here we evaluate the toxic effects of these bacteria and their secondary metabolites on the survival and phenoloxidase (PO) activation of Octo...

Insect rearing systems are widely used in biological control, experiments, and for food supply including single, multiple, and mass rearing from small to large scales. An example of a reared taxon is the dung beetles, a speciose cosmo- politan group that provides essential ecosystem services to the environment. Dung beetle species have been translo...

Three new species of the genus Brachyllus Brenske, 1896 are described from China including Brachyllus songhaitiani Zhao, Qi, Su & Liao, new species from Fujian and Jiangxi, B. dongzhiweii Zhao, new species from Xizang and B. tangzhaoyangi Zhao, new species from Guangxi. Brachyllus langeri Keith, 2008 is downgraded to a subspecies of B. rougeriei Ke...

In this study, 21 species of the leaf-beetle genus Aplosonyx in China are described, including three new species, Aplosonyx ancorella sp. nov. , Aplosonyx nigricornis sp. nov. and Aplosonyx wudangensis sp. nov. , and 1 new record, Aplosonyx duvivieri Jacoby, 1900. Additionally, Aplosonyx ancora fulvescens Chen, 1964 is elevated to species. A key to...

In this paper, the subgenus Thailandia Bílý, 1990 of the genus Anthaxia Eschscholtz, 1829 from China is reported, including two species: A. (T.) svatoplukbilyi Qi & Song, sp. nov. from Guangxi and A. (T.) rondoni Baudon, 1962 from Yunnan. The description and illustrations of the new species are provided, the illustrations and information of A. (T.)...

Coleoptera, including the family Nitidulidae, are valuable for estimating long-term postmortem intervals in the late stage of body decomposition. This study showed that, under seven constant temperatures of 16, 19, 22, 25, 28, 31, and 34 °C, the developmental durations of Nitidula rufipes (Linnaeus, 1767) from oviposition to eclosion were 71.0 ± 4....

Primates of the genus Sapajus inhabit all types of Neotropical forests and are known as generalists that forage opportunistically. During field studies in southeastern Brazil, predation on insect larvae, probably Coleoptera, lodged in the dried leaves of the exotic plant Yucca guatemalensis by Sapajus nigritus primates was recorded. This report add...

Genera and species of Elmidae (riffle beetles) are sensitive to water pollution; however, in tropical freshwater ecosystems, their requirements regarding environmental factors need to be investigated. Species distribution models (SDMs) were established for five elmid genera in the Paute river basin (southern Ecuador) using the Random Forest (RF) al...

Khapra beetle, Trogoderma granarium Everts, 1898 (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) is one of the most notorious pests of stored grains. This study was aimed to evaluate the efficacy of ozone against 2nd and 5th instars and adults of T. granarium in stored wheat kernels under laboratory conditions. Four ozone concentrations of 300, 600, 900, and 1200 parts...

Meligethes (Odonthogethes) chinensis is a highly specialized species of Nitidulidae in China that takes pollen as its main food source, and its main host plant is Rubus idaeus L. (Rosaceae). In this study, the structural morphology of the alimentary canal and Malpighian tubules of adult M. (O.) chinensis was observed under light, fluorescence, and...

Melon is among the most consumed fruits in the world, being a crop that depends almost entirely on insects for its reproduction, which is why it is especially sensitive to declining pollination services. Restoration and maintenance of hedgerows and agricultural borders around crops are generally carried out by sowing flowering herbaceous plants or...

The knowledge about the leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of mainland Portugal is improved with the first record of Lachnaia gallaeca Baselga & Ruiz-García, 2007 and the confirmation of the presence of Phratora (Chaetoceroides) vulgatissima (Linnaeus, 1758), a species that had only been recorded once from the country in the late 19th century...

Rostricephalus Fleutiaux, 1918 is an enigmatic and little-studied genus. A new species of this genus, Rostricephalus shii n. sp., is described from Sichuan Province, China. The female genitalia of the new species are illustrated and compared with those of the previous only known species, Rostricephalus vitalisi Fleutiaux, 1918. The sclerites of the...

We present a summary of inventory information on jewel beetles from northern Ontario and adjacent Akimiski Island in the territory of Nunavut collected as part of several broader biodiversity surveys. We provide updates for seven species: Agrilus cyanescens Ratzeberg, 1837, Anthaxia inornata (Randall, 1938), Buprestis maculativentris Say, 1824, Bup...

Citation: Yin Z-W (2023) A new species of Physomerinus Jeannel (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae) from Jiulong National Abstract Physomerinus jiulongensis sp. nov. is described from a series of overwintering individuals collected in decomposing wood at Jiulong National Wetland Park, East China. The new species is characterized and separated f...

Algunas especies de Pseudococcidae y Putoidae (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha), son plagas importantes de las raíces del café en varias partes del mundo, para su manejo el control biológico es una alternativa; por lo tanto, en ocho departamentos cafeteros de Colombia se realizó la búsqueda e identificación de enemigos naturales de cochinillas harinosas de...

Aleochara verecunda Sharp, 1876 was considered a species inquirenda in the latest revision of the Brazilian Aleochara (Aleochara) Gravenhorst, 1802 (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). However, recently collected specimens identified as A. verecunda are here reported from Acre and Pará, two states in the Brazilian Amazon region. The species is easily dis...

The resolution of phylogenetic relationship among animals is still one of the most challenging problems in systematic zoology. Insect wing is a highly valued morphological character in the systematics, but few studies have been conducted to quantify wing shape variations for phylogenetic reconstruction. In this study, with Cantharinae as the subjec...

Colorado potato beetle (CPB) is the most devastating insect-pest of potato in America, Asia and Europe. Injudicious use of insecticides for management of this pest has resulted in resistance to all major groups of insecticides. Keeping in view the importance of inducing susceptibility in CPB management, fitness parameters of susceptible CPB populat...

Epigeic generalist predators play a crucial role in terrestrial ecosystems, connecting above-ground and belowground food webs. Using stable isotope compositions (δ 13 C and δ 15 N values), we assessed the trophic niches of the two main groups of generalist predators (ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) and spiders (Arachnida: Aranei)), as well a...

Citation: Sittichaya W, Cognato AI (2023) Tricosa uniseriata, a new species of xyleborine ambrosia beetle from Thailand (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae, Xyleborini). Abstract A new species, Tricosa uniseriata sp. nov., is described here. A list of Tricosa species found in Thailand with distributions and an updated key to Tricosa are also pro...

The Amazon Forest is one of the world's most biodiverse ecosystems and yet its protected areas are understudied concerning insects and other invertebrates. These organisms are essential for tropical forests due to their ecological processes, with some species being very sensitive to habitat disturbances. Dung beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Scar...

Insect herbivores must contend with constitutive and induced plant defenses. The mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) has expanded its range east of the Rocky Mountains into the western boreal forest and is encountering evolutionarily naïve lodgepole pines (Pinus contorta) and jack pines (Pin...

Insectivorous bats exhibit food preferences for specific attributes in their prey. Hardness has been defined as an important prey attribute, and in some cases a limiting factor in foraging decisions for smaller compared to larger bat species. The goal of this study was to identify which factors influence the selection of prey hardness in a vesperti...