igure 3. Three-dimensional reconstructions of internal pterothoracic anatomy, including muscles involved in swimming movements of the legs.

#LiteratureNotice Hu et al. Ancient divergent evolution of specialized swimming modes in aquatic beetles doi.org/10.1098/rspb... #Beetle #Beetles #waterscavengerbeetles #waterbeetles #convergentevolution

#LiteratureNotice Bao et al. Redescription of the highly specialized aquatic †Tigrivia and the classification of the Mesozoic †Coptoclavidae ( #Coleoptera, Adephaga, #Dytiscoidea) doi.org/10.11646/zoo... #Beetle #Beetles #WaterBeetles #Taxonomy #Fossils

Prof. David Bilton at Mkambati Nature Reserve, newly designated as a Ramsar site, thanks in part to his discovery of a new species! Grassland with wetlands and forested river gorges and associated coastal habitats.

New Diving Beetle Species Discovered! Copelatus mkambati. Photo of the beetle has small eyes as it seems to live partly underground in subterranean waters.

Thrilled to share that Mkambati Nature Reserve has been designated a #RamsarSite, thanks in part to Prof David Bilton's #research on #WaterBeetles, including the discovery of a new species! A significant win for global conservation! 🌱🐞
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#Entomology #BugSky #Conservation #ConservationWin

Any water beetle peeps out there that can help with this Female Gyrinus species from Devon please? I can't get everything to match up to the key, missing something. #coleoptera #gyrinidae #waterbeetles Colour on first image increased to show pale bits.

#LiteratureNotice Inoda et al. Sequential rearing method from larva to adult #WaterBeetles (#Coleoptera) using devices created with a three-dimensional printer. doi.org/10.1080/0165... #Beetle #Beetles #Conservartion

Figure 1. Map of the 57 sampled ponds on the islands Streymoy and Eysturoy. The numbers refer to ponds, as listed in Table 1. The figure inset shows the location of the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic between Iceland, the British Isles, and Norway.

#LiteratureNotice Hansen & Kreiling. Small Islands, Small Ponds, Small Communities— #WaterBeetles and Water Boatmen in the Faroe Islands
doi.org/10.3390/inse...
#Beetle #Beetles #Biogeography