Sometimes they come back – <Platypsyllus castoris> Ritsema, 1869 new genus and species for the fauna of the #Balkan Peninsula, open access paper, just published; doi.org/10.48027/hnb...
#Coleoptera #Leiodidae
Figure 2. Habitus and separate structures of Leptodirini: (A) habitus of Pholeuon (s. str.) knirschi intermittens; (B–K): (B) habitus of Protopholeuon (s. str.) hungaricum, (C) used measurements, (D) used terms for aedeagus (lateral view), (E) pronotum (dorsal view), (F) prothorax (ventral view), (G) mandible (dorsal view), (H) mandibular apex bearing ramified hairs along inner edge, (I) polydentate spurs on metatibiae, (J) female genitalia, (K) setae on gonostyli and coxites.
#LiteratureNotice Sitar et al. A New Hotspot of Cave Leptodirini ( #Coleoptera: #Leiodidae) from the Romanian Carpathians † doi.org/10.3390/inse... #Beetle #Beetles #RoundFungusBeetles #NewSpecies
Colenis immunda and Cryptolestes ferrugineus, couple cheeky small fry from a recent woodland survey. #Coleoptera #Leiodidae #Laemophloidae
Adult Leiodes cinnamomeus (Panzer) (Coleoptera: Leiodidae) and detail of their hind legs: (a) female, (b) male. Photos taken by Emily Silva Araujo.
#LiteratureNotice Araujo et al. Dynamics of Leiodes cinnamomeus ( #Coleoptera: #Leiodidae) Populations in a Black Truffle Orchard From Northeast Spain doi.org/10.1111/jen.... #Beetle #Beetles #RoundFungusBeetles #Biodiversity
Silphopsyllus desmanae, 3D reconstructions of the habitus. (a) dorsal view; (b) lateral view; (c) ventral view.
#LiteratureNotice Jałoszyński et al. The Morphology of the Rare Beetle Silphopsyllus desmanae ( #Leiodidae), a Commensal of the Semiaquatic Russian Desman doi.org/10.1002/jmor... #Beetle #Beetles #RoundFungusBeetles #Morphometrics #Phylogenetics
Figure 1. Habitus. (a) Prokletijella montana n. sp., dorsal view; (b) P. montana n. sp., ventral view; (c) Adelopsella bosnica, dorsal view.
#LiteratureNotice Perreau & Hlaváč. Prokletijella montana n. gen., n. sp., the first representative of Leptodirini with asymmetric genitalia ( #Coleoptera: #Leiodidae: Cholevinae) doi.org/10.1080/0037... #Beetle #Beetles #NewSpecies #NewGenus #RoundFungusBeetles
Leiodes litura, not what I was expecting this morning found sat on the car whilst the last of the snow was still on the ground. North-east Derbyshire garden. #Leiodidae #Coleoptera Safe to to say my first January Leiodes.
A few small bits picked out for reference from this mornings few hours at the microscope, Atheta and Leiodes. What’s not to like! #Coleoptera #Leiodidae #Staphylinidae
#LiteratureNotice Ćurčić et al. The surprising discovery of two new subterranean Leptodirini of the genus Spelaeobates (#Coleoptera, #Leiodidae, Cholevinae) from Croatia after more than a century. doi.org/10.3897/subt... #Beetle #Beetles #NewSpecies #RoundFungusBeetles
