New #OpenAccess work in #RESAgForestEnt evaluated the efficacy of tagging adhesives for insect #tracking in #GroundBeetles
doi.org/10.1111/afe.70047

#Carabidae #EntoMethods #RFID #InsectMonitoring
@jordancuff.bsky.social @chrisranger.bsky.social @ukladybirds.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social

🚨New study led by @shawan-chowdhury.bsky.social calls for urgent systematic #insects monitoring.

🐞 Over 36 years of data reveal alarming declines in German #groundbeetles: 52% of species decreased in #occupancy, including many key #predators vital for #ecosystem balance.

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/ddi....

Habitus images of Discoderus (sensu stricto) species, males. D. pueblaensis, new species: 18) Dorsal aspect; 19) Ventral aspect. 20) D. amoenus, dorsal aspect.

#LiteratureNotice Messer & Raber. A Taxonomic Revision of the New World Genus Discoderus LeConte, 1853 ( #Coleoptera: #Carabidae: #Harpalini) doi.org/10.1649/0010... #Beetle #Beetles #GroundBeetles #NewSpecies #Taxonomy #TheColeopteristsBulletin

An above-view of a black and shiny beetle about a centimetre long crawling on a concrete seawall. There were dozens about, and many were on the wing.

The same beetle, but from a more side-on angle.

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get it better focused, but I'm thinking this might be Amara familiaris, as it was in profusion on my walk along the coast last Friday. A species of Amara, for sure, but I read that this one likes the seaside 🙂 #Insects #Beetles #GroundBeetles | #Kent #England

Figures 1-3. Omophron rhodesianum sp. nov.. 1, habitus in dorsal view, paratype; 2-3, left elytron (2, holotype; 3, paratype). The arrows show rudiment of eleventh stria. Scale bars 1 mm.

#LiteratureNotice Anichtchenko. A #NewSpecies of the genus Omophron (s.str.) Latreille, 1802 ( #Coleoptera: #Carabidae) from the Afrotropical region doi.org/10.12976/jib... #Beetle #Beetles #GroundBeetles

Habitus of Synuchus. 1. S. vivalis; 2. S. congruus. Scale bar: 5 mm.

#LiteratureNotice Kazulka et al. Discovery of Synuchus congruus (Morawitz, 1862) ( #Coleoptera, #Carabidae, Sphodrini) in Europe doi.org/10.3897/zook... #Beetle #Beetles #GroundBeetles #NewRecords

Figure 1. Habitus of male Coptodera (Coptoderinella) congoana Burgeon, 1937 (Gabon, Ivindo NP).

#LiteratureNotice Anichtchenko. A #NewSpecies of the subgenus Coptoderinella Hansen, 1968 ( #Coleoptera, #Carabidae, #Lebiinae, Coptodera) from Cameroon doi.org/10.12976/jib... #Beetle #Beetles #GroundBeetles

FIGURES 3–4. Inotrechus usholtaensis sp. nov. (3) Habitus of the holotype, dorsal view. (4) Habitus of a paratype, lateral view. Note: setae are marked with white dots.

#LiteratureNotice Maghradze et al. Two new Trechini ( #Coleoptera: #Carabidae) from Georgian caves, Caucasus doi.org/10.11646/zoo... #Beetle #Beetles #GroundBeetles #NewSpecies

Fig. 1.Abundance of individual carabid species, ordered from most to least abundant, and colored according to transect type: on Pad (blue, bottom bar), 50 m from Pad edge (purple, middle bar), 150 m from Pad edge (white, upper bar). The 3 most abundant species are pictured across the top, and the counts for the two most abundant species can be found in the figure inset. Functional groups are indicated by the color of species names across the x-axis: Predatory (black), Seed Predator (dark gray), or Mixed (light gray). (Photo credit: ES Waite)

#LiteratureNotice West et al. Reclaimed oil pads harbor higher #Carabidae ( #Coleoptera) abundances and species richness—but fall short of reestablishing the native prairie community doi.org/10.1093/ee/n... #Beetle #Beetles #GroundBeetles #CommunityEcology

Seasonal patterns of lakeside temperatures and numbers of Chlaenius cordicollis. A) Daily average temperatures, average daily minimum temperatures and extreme minimum temperatures at Gimli Harbour Climate Station, Manitoba, Canada, B) Mean (± SE) numbers of larval and adult C. cordicollis in transect samples on a beach on Hecla Island, Manitoba. The shaded area represents teneral adults. Both temperatures and beetle numbers were calculated over 15-day periods beginning on 1 May. Temperature data were derived from daily air temperature data for 2000–2023 (Environment Canada 2024b). Transect samples were from 1984–1999.

#LiteratureNotice Holliday. #NaturalHistory of Chlaenius cordicollis Kirby ( #Coleoptera: #Carabidae) on Beaches of Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. doi.org/10.1649/0010... #TheColeopteristsBulletin #Beetle #Beetles #GroundBeetles

Tachyura (s. str.) ferrugata (Reitter, 1895), type specimens and their labels. A Tachys ferrugatus Reitter, 1895, lectotype B T. ferrugatus Reitter, 1895, lectotype, labels C T. schuberti Jedlička, 1968, holotype, female D T. schuberti Jedlička, 1968, holotype, labels E T. (Tachyura) quadrisignatus var. caramanicus J.R. Sahlberg, 1913, original specimen F T. (Tachyura) quadrisignatus var. caramanicus J.R. Sahlberg, 1913, labels.

#LiteratureNotice Kopecký et al. Redescription of Tachyura (s. str.) ferrugata (Reitter, 1895) ( #Coleoptera, #Carabidae), with the comments on the availability of varieties described by Johan Reinhold Sahlberg in Tachyina doi.org/10.3897/zook... #Beetle #Beetles #GroundBeetles #Taxonomy

Habitus of Megadrypta spp. A holotype of M. maozhoui sp. nov. B female of M. mirabilis from Hunan. Scale bar: 5.0 mm.

#LiteratureNotice Chen et al. Revision of the Chinese endemic genus Megadrypta Sciaky & Anichtchenko, 2020 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Dryptini), with description of a #NewSpecies doi.org/10.3897/zook... #Beetle #Beetles #GroundBeetles

#LiteratureNotice Balkenohl. On Asian Clivinini. Revision of the westwoodi-species group of the genus Clivina Latreille, 1802 ( #Coleoptera, #Carabidae, Clivinini) doi.org/10.11646/zoo... #Beetle #Beetles #GroundBeetles #NewSpecies

#LiteratureNotice Faille et al. Sur Aphaenops (Pyreneotrechus), avec la description d’une nouvelle espèce du département de l'Aude (France) (Coleoptera : Carabidae : Trechinae) doi.org/10.1080/0037... #Beetle #Beetles #NewSpecies #GroundBeetles

Sokolov54 ·Zootaxa 5566 (1) © 2025 Magnolia PressFIGURE 1. Digital habitus images of blind Nesamblyops species, dorsal aspect. A—N. nunni (old Man range, Central otago, South Island), B—N. larochellei (lewis Pass, Buller, South Island), C—N. pygmaeus (waiotauru road, Tararua Forest Park, wellington, North Island). Scale bar 1.0 mm

#LiteratureNotice Sokolov. Three new blind species of the genus Nesamblyops Jeannel, 1937 (Anillini: #Carabidae: Coleoptera) from New Zealand doi.org/10.11646/zoo... #Beetle #Beetles #GroundBeetles #NewSpecies

this is a pasimachus californicus, and his lacinia (the dense brushes between the mandibles) are super thick. he is so cool i had to take a picture.

#beetlesky #bugsky #carabidae #groundbeetles

Winter and summer conditions affect the mountain population of Carabus variolosus, a ground beetle of European conservation concern The changing climate has a significant impact on insect populations. Numerous species are challenged by increasing temperatures, changes in precipitat…

Our new paper about the effect of changing winter and summer conditions on the activity of the #mountain population of the ground #beetle Carabus variolosus
doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.179149
#climate #Sudety #GroundBeetles

Graphical abstract of: The molecular mechanisms of defensive-grade organic acid biosynthesis in ground beetles

New research in #RESInsectMolecBio: The molecular mechanisms of defensive-grade organic acid #biosynthesis in #GroundBeetles

Read the #OpenAccess article now🔽
doi.org/10.1111/imb.12984

#FormicAcid
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pls look how pretty this pasimachus depressus is. i love her so much 🪲🐞

#bugs #beetles #ecology #groundbeetles

Figure 2. A: Installing a barrier pitfall trap in one of the prairie sites in May 1996. B: Installing a trap in a red pine site in May 1997. C: Example of a “leave slash” site in August 1997. D: View of one of the open prairie sites that was sampled in 1996. E: One of the “slash free” sites in May 1997. F: One of the slash free sites in October 1998.

#LiteratureNotice Haack et al. Changes in #GroundBeetles ( #Coleoptera: #Carabidae) Species Assemblages after Removal of Red Pine (Pinus resinosa) Overstory on Dry Sand Prairie Sites in Michigan doi.org/10.22543/009... #Beetle #Beetles #NewRecords #Biodiversity

#LiteratureNotice Griotti et al. The South American genus Cnemalobus ( #Coleoptera: #Carabidae: #Cnemalobini): phylogeny and biogeographic analysis with the description of four #NewSpecies from extra-Andean Patagonian mountains doi.org/10.1071/IS23... #Beetle #Beetles #GroundBeetles

Figure 1.Map of sampling sites in the Japanese archipelago. Dots indicate the occurrence points, and colours correspond to the collected species. The numbers correspond to the site numbers in Supporting Information, Table S1. This map was created by QGIS.

#LiteratureNotice Shimizu et al. Relationships among flight traits, genetic differentiation and habitats in two closely related species of the genus Synuchus (#Coleoptera: #Carabidae) doi.org/10.1093/biol... #Beetle #Beetles #GroundBeetles

Study area and design—illustration of the geographical setting of the research, highlighting the Czech Republic (A) and pinpointing the study sites within the Pyramida area (C). The boundaries of each treatment (B) are marked by dark line, indicating the periphery of the stands and forestry intervention. The treatments are as follows: clearing—two sparsely populated old-growth oak clearings; control—younger mixed stands dominated by oak and pine; and ecotone—the transitional zone between the clearing and control treatments.

Stočes & Šipoš. Multilevel Analysis of #GroundBeetles Responses to Forest Management: Integrating Species Composition, Morphological Traits and Developmental Instability doi.org/10.1002/ece3... #Beetle #Beetles #FunctionalEcology

A beautiful red beetle has black antennae and legs with black and white longitudinal stripes painted on its wing covers. It collects pollen from the yellow flowers of goldenrod.

A beautiful ground beetle (Lebia vittata) on Solidago, photographed Oct. 5, 2024. It's a new species for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park!
www.inaturalist.org/observations...

#beetles #coleoptera #groundbeetles #macro #macrophotography #macrophotos #insects #bugs #iNaturalist #carabidae

I found a little badister along the lane. I was a out of breath from a brisk walk, so dubbed the clip with samsung's "iconic". :) #coleoptera #groundbeetles #WhitcliffeFormation #FossilHunting #TeamTeme

HE WAS EATING THE FUCKING CORN I'M SOBBING

#bugs #beetle #groundbeetles #strawberryseedbeetle #corn #beetlemukbang #redbeetle #orangebeetle

Strawberry seed beetle <3 found him inside, very speedy, very friend shaped. They're European but I'm pretty sure harmless and actually really useful, eating crop pests like slugs and aphids!

#beetle #groundbeetles #strawberryseedbeetle #bugs #redbeetle #orangebeetle

#LiteratureNotice Anichtchenko. Two #NewSpecies of the genus Metabacetus from the Philippines, and taxonomic notes on the genus Aristopus (#Coleoptera, #Carabidae, Pterostichinae, Abacetini) bjc.sggw.edu.pl/article/view... #Beetle #Beetles #GroundBeetles

Another day, another several bugs !! Managed to find 2 live big headed ground beetles, and also some pretty big pillbug isos

Fun fact about the beetles, this variety may be one of the spookiest, but they do play dead when scared

#bugs #isopods #beetles #groundbeetles #bigheadedgroundbeetles

#LiteratureNotice Li et al. Revision of the macropterous subgenus Curtonotus from east China, with the description of a #NewSpecies (#Carabidae, Zabrini, Amara). doi.org/10.3897/zook... #Beetle #Beetles #GroundBeetles