A) One of 7,501 most parsimonious trees depicting the relationships of 92 specimens of Enoclerus nigripes and one E. nigrifrons (outgroup); black circles indicate nodes resolved in the strict consensus of the most parsimonious trees. Dorsal habitus: B) E. n. rufiventris (given as “black” in the tree), C) E. n. nigripes (given as “red” in the tree).

#LiteratureNotice Lebel & Cognato.Enoclerus nigripes (Say) ( #Coleoptera: #Cleridae) Mitochondrial COI DNA Analysis Reveals Non-Monophyly of Color Variants doi.org/10.1649/0010... #Beetle #Beetles #CheckeredBeetles #Phylogenetics

Fig. 1A–C. Callimerus prasinatus; D-F, Callimerus taiwanus. A, D, male habitus; B, E, male abdominal ventrites I to V; C, F, female habitus.

#LiteratureNotice Murakami.New Synonym and New Record of the Genus Callimerus ( #Coleoptera: #Cleridae: Clerinae) from Japan doi.org/10.69343/jjs... #Beetle #Beetles #NewRecords #CheckeredBeetles

Fig. 4. Recent representatives of Tillinae. A. Cladiscopallenis seyrigi Pic; Madagascar. B. Diplopherusa transversalis Corporaal, male; Philippines. C. Cylidrus basalis M'Leay; Australia, N.S.W. D. Diplocladus louveli Spinola; W Africa. E. Eucymatodera hottentota Kuwert; South Africa. F. Paradoxocerus fulvus Kraatz, male; Senegal. G. Pseudopallenis plicata Fairmaire; Madagascar. H. Strotocera nitida Schenkling; Cameroon. I. Tillus elongatus Linnaeus, female; Czechia. J. Denops albofasciatus Charpentier; Czechia. K. Tilloidea unifasciata Fabricius; Czechia. Scale bars = 1 mm.

#LiteratureNotice Kolibáč & Perkovsky. The first record of a predaceous clerid beetle ( #Coleoptera: #Cleridae) from the Cretaceous Taimyr amber doi.org/10.1016/j.cr... #Beetle #Beetles #NewRecords #CheckeredBeetles #Fossils #NewGenus #NewSpecies

#LiteratureNotice Edkins. Sepilokella, a new replacement name for the genus Colobotis Opitz, 2009 ( #Coleoptera: #Cleridae) non Brandt, 1844 doi.org/10.11646/zoo... #Beetle #Beetles #CheckeredBeetles #Taxonomy

Figures 1–16. Tarsal claws and elytra of Hydnocerina. 1–2)Phyllobaenusaeneicollis (JMLC). 3-4) Phyllobaenusalbocinc-tus (JMLC). 5–6)Phyllobaenusantillae (JMLC). 7–8)Phyllobaenusbituberculatus (JMLC). 9–10)Phyllobaenushumeralis(JMLC). 11–12)Neohydnocera longicollis (JMLC). 13–14)Phyllobaenusverticalis (JMLC). 15–16)Wolcottia pedalis (JMLC)

#LiteratureNotice Leavengood. Living a lie: The truth behind Isohydnocera curtipennis (Newman) and other historically confused species of Phyllobaenus Dejean, with the description of the #NewGenus Neohydnocera ( #Coleoptera: #Cleridae: Clerinae: Hydnocerini) #Beetle #Beetles #CheckeredBeetles

imageFigure 1 Stages of development of Necrobia rufipes: (A) eggs laying on pellet of meat-flavored food for dogs; (B) first larval instar; (C) second larval instar; (D) third larval instar; (E) fourth larval instar; (F) pupal stage; (G) adult in dorsal view; (H) adult in lateral view;(I) adult, frontal view. open_in_new

#LiteratureNotice Santos & Lima Bicho. Biological characterization and #LifeCycle of Necrobia rufipes ( #Coleoptera: #Cleridae) doi.org/10.1590/S198... #Beetle #Beetles #CheckeredBeetles

#LiteratureNotice Hernández-May et al. #NewRecords of Phyllobaenus Dejean (#Coleoptera: #Cleridae: Clerinae: Hydnocerini) from Mexico. doi.org/10.3958/059.... #Beetles #CheckeredBeetles

#LiteratureNotice Bartlett. Clarification of ambiguous genus records for Australian #Cleridae (#Coleoptera: Cleroidea). doi.org/10.11646/zoo... #Beetle #Beetles #CheckeredBeetles #Taxonomy

#LiteratureNotice Hernández-May et al. Diversity and Seasonality of #Cleridae (#Coleoptera) in the Tropical Rainforest of the Sierra El Madrigal in Tabasco, Mexico doi.org/10.1649/0010... #Beetle #Beetles #CheckeredBeetles #NewRecords

Figures 1–5. Colyphus spp. 1–3) Colyphus zacki, new species. 1) Habitus of holotype. 2) Living specimen, photographed in Guatemala, Alta Verapaz, Coban, July 2015, by J. Monzón. 3) Aedeagus of holotype. 4) Aedeagus of C. artus. 5) Habitus of holotype of Colyphus monzoni, new species.

#LiteratureNotice Rifkind. Two #NewSpecies of Guatemalan Colyphus Spinola (#Coleoptera: #Cleridae: Clerinae) centerforsystematicentomology.org/insectamundi...
#Beetle #Beetles #CheckeredBeetles