A new #OpenAccess #Review in #RESEcolEnt discusses true #DungBeetles' evolutionary and ecological responses to temperature and impacts on #ecosystem functions
doi.org/10.1111/een.70088
#Scarabaeidae
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Not very often I card point a beetle, but had this rather rare dung beetle passed to me the other day, Labarus lividus, a nationally rare dung beetle and only the second record I have for Nottinghamshire. #Coleoptera #Scarabaeidae
Left latero-frontal view of a metallic yellowish-green scarab on a white background. This species, Phanaeus demon, has a large backward curving horn coming off the top of its head. It also has a pair of large, inwardly curving, apically truncate processes extending dorsally from the back of its pronotum. It's pretty badass.
I finished my mini curation project on the tribe Phanaeini in our collection. We have specimens representing five genera and ~40 species.
This is a male of Phanaeus demon, from Nicaragua.
#NaturalHistoryCollections
#CollectionCorner
#FocusStacking
#Scarabaeidae
#NotAWaspButStillCool
Frontal view of a dark scarab beetle against a dark grey background. The beetle's integument is shiny black, with deep metallic purple color on the sides of the pronotum. The pronotum is expanded at the back corners and there are four additional short, stout spine like protuberances. This male has a large, backwardly curving horn extending from the front of its face.
The last thing you see...if you are a pile of 💩💩.
[Probably, if you are on the ground in s. AZ or Mexico]
I've been curating our Phanaeus dung beetles the past couple of days. This is P. quadridens. Because of its four dens.
#NaturalHistoryCollections
#CuratorsCorner
#FocusStacking
#Scarabaeidae
Quarter-profile (-ish) view of a rainbow scarab (Phanaeus difformis) against a black background. The elytra are metallic purplish, the pronotum is metallic greeenish, and the head and horn are black with subtle purplish tints. The back corners of the pronotum are produced into small dorsals extensions, giving it a decidedly three horned appearance. The lamellate antennal clubs are orangish-brown. It is a lovely beetle (as far as beetles go).
Rainbow triceratops*
*scarab. Phanaeus difformis collected in Texas, in 2002.
#NaturalHistoryCollections
#CollectionCorner
#FocusStacking
#Scarabaeidae
#Coleoptera
#WIRC
A scarab beetle sits on a white background. It has a reddish-orange base color with black spots on the wing covers, and a mask-like black marking on the thorax.
A scarab beetle sits on a white background. It has a reddish-orange base color with black spots on the wing covers, and a mask-like black marking on the thorax.
A scarab beetle sits on a white background. It has a reddish-orange base color with black spots on the wing covers, and a mask-like black marking on the thorax.
A scarab beetle sits on a white background, facing away from the viewer. It has a reddish-orange base color with black spots on the wing covers, and a smile-like black marking on the plate covering the tip of the abdomen.
What a beautiful flower scarab...found right here in N. Carolina! Meet Gnorimella maculosa, the only species in the genus here in the US. [size: ~1/2"]
Thanks to Wilson Laney for collecting/bringing it to me! [Apparently it's not often seen; I had not heard of it]
#Scarabaeidae: #Cetoniinae
Want to read the article itself? It's #OpenAccess, so why not add it to your reading list! 📖
Towards red listing understudied tropical #insects: A case study of the #DungBeetles of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo
doi.org/10.1111/icad.70045
#IUCN #RedList #EndangeredSpecies #Conservation #Scarabaeidae
New #OpenAccess work in #RESSystematicEnt
Ultraconserved elements support a new tribal-level #classification for Australasian endemic #DungBeetles (#Coleoptera: #Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)
doi.org/10.1111/syen.70026
#UCEs #Phylogenomics #Taxonomy
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Type specimen and label data of Acrossus koreanensis. 1) Holotype male, dorsal habitus; 2) Holotype labels; 3) Paratype female, dissected specimen (without head); 4) Paratype labels. Scale bars = 1.0 mm.
#LiteratureNotice Shim & Song. Acrossus koreanensis (Kim, 1986), a New Synonym of Paulianellus asahinai (Nakane, 1951) (Coleoptera: #Scarabaeidae: #Aphodiinae) doi.org/10.1649/0010... #Beetle #Beetles
Oh, da hab ich gar nicht soviel auswahl....
Dann halt der Rosenkäfer:
1. Porträt
2. Flugbild
#HexapoDezember
#Scarabaeidae
haben eigentlich alle #Scarabaeidae so ein dekoratives scutellum, das sicher nicht nur unserer Freude dient🤔?
Melolontha hippocastani (Waldmaikäfer)Meine #Scarabaeidae zum #HexapoDezember
* Melolontha hippocastani (Waldmaikäfer)
* Mimela junii (Mediterraner Junikäfer)
* Oxythyrea funesta (Trauer-Rosenkäfer)
* Valgus hemipterus (Stolperkäfer)
Ein schwarzer Käfer mit kleinen weißen Punkten sitzt auf einer violetten Blume. Von seitlich vorn aufgenommen.
Von mir gibt es einen Trauer-Rosenkäfer. 🖤
Der ist zuerst um mein Handy rumgeschwirrt, bevor er sich auf der Malve, von der ich eigentlich ein Bild machen wollte, in Pose gesetzt hat. Ziemlich aufdringlich. 😅
#HexapoDezember
#Scarabaeidae
Happy 14. #HexapoDezember. Setzen wir heute mit den Blatthornkäfern noch einen drauf #Scarabaeidae 📸⬇️🧡
(a) Map of Brazil, representing the state of Mato Grosso and the municipality of Juína. (b) Representation of the study area located in the municipality of Juína-MT. (c) Representation of the study area with the respective collection points in the different habitats.
#LiteratureNotice Ferreira et al. Effect of land use change on Melolonthidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) beetle communities in the deforestation arc of the Brazilian Amazon doi.org/10.1111/icad... #Beetle #Beetles #Scarabaeidae #conservation
Exemplar photos of adult and larval beetle stages collected from Bahía de Banderas, México. (a) Male beetle showing distinguishing characteristics of Oryctes rhinoceros. (b) Third-instar larva collected from decaying palm trunk. (c) Larva showing ring (yellow arrow) on the penultimate abdominal segment typical of O. rhinoceros.
#LiteratureNotice Jackson et al. Coconut rhinoceros beetle Oryctes rhinoceros (Coleoptera: #Scarabaeidae) confirmed in the Americas doi.org/10.1111/epp.... #Beetle #Beetles #coconutrhinocerosbeetle
Black, rotund, armored beetle that has a rounded, spatula-like extension on its head. It's crawling on the rubberized grip on my gardening gloves.
Scooped scarab (Onthophagus hecate) that I found inside a rotting walnut fruit. They also like dung and carrion (don't judge). #beetles #coleoptera #insects #scarabaeidae
Junebug larvae use their back hair to move. #tmi #beetles #coleoptera #entomology #melolonthinae #scarabaeidae
Onthophagus moroni. A) Egg, B) Left lateral view of first-instar larva, C) Left lateral view of second-instar larva, D) Left lateral view of third-instar larva, E) Head capsule of third-instar larva, dorsal view, F) Antenna of third-instar larva, G) Raster of third-instar larva. Abbreviations: AA, anterior angle seta; ACLS, anterior central lobe setae; ACS, anterior clypeal seta; AFS, anterior frontal seta; ALLS, anterior lateral lobe seta; C, clypeus; DES1–4, dorso-epicranial setae; DH, dorsal hump; E, epicranium; ECS, exterior clypeal seta; EFS, external frontal seta; FS, frontal suture; ILbS, internal labral seta; L, labrum; LES1–2, lateral external setae; MS, medial septula; PFS, posterior frontal seta; PLLS1–2, posterior lateral lobe setae; R, raster; SE, sensory organ; TA, terminal ampulla.
#LiteratureNotice Rivera-Gasperín et al. Nesting and Preimaginal Stages in the Cave-Dwelling Beetle Onthophagus moroni Zunino and Halffter, 1988 ( #Coleoptera: #Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) doi.org/10.1649/0010... #Beetle #Beetles #ScarabBeetles #DevelopmentalBiology #TheColeopteristsBulletin
Habitus of Quititinus nevermanni (lectotype of Genuchinus nevermanni, male, Costa Rica, San José; MFNB). A) Dorsal view, B) Ventral view, C) Dorsolateral view, D) Lateral view. Scale bars = 1 mm.
#LiteratureNotice Rodrigues et al. A New Combination in Quititinus Rodrigues, Grossi, and Vaz-de-Mello ( #Coleoptera: #Scarabaeidae: #Cetoniinae: Cremastocheilini) from Central America doi.org/10.1649/0010... #Beetle #Beetles #ScarabBeetles #Taxonomy #FlowerChafers
Mean (± SE) survivorship of male and female Phanaeus vindex exposed to 20-°C and 28-°C water for 24 h in a no-choice swim test. Sample size for each treatment can be found inside each bar.
#LiteratureNotice Soares et al. Water Temperature, Not Horn Length or Body Size, Increases the Risk of Drowning in Male and Female Rainbow Scarabs, Phanaeus vindex MacLeay ( #Coleoptera: #Scarabaeidae) doi.org/10.1649/0010... #Beetle #Beetles #ScarabBeetles
Trichius fasciatus visiting flowers of Apiaceae at Lake Pecineagu, on the upper Dâmboviţa River, Romania (photo credit: Alexandru Iftime).
#LiteratureNotice Drăghici et al. A Reassessment of the Genus Trichius Fabricius, 1775 ( #Coleoptera: #Scarabaeidae: #Cetoniinae) in Romania doi.org/10.1649/0010... #Beetle #Beetles #ScarabBeetles #Taxonomy
FIGure 6. Lectotype of Rhytomus elongatus. A, dorsal habitus; B, dorsal head; C, label data.
#LiteratureNotice Génier et al. Rhytomus Génier & Saxton: A new dung beetle genus from New Guinea with five #NewSpecies and phylogenetic insights ( #Coleoptera: #Scarabaeidae: #Scarabaeinae) doi.org/10.11646/zoo... #Beetle #Beetles #NewGenus #ScarabBeetles
A beetle rests on a white background with its head and legs tucked in. The beetle is beige with scattered black mottling. It also has abundant tan fur.
A beetle rests on a white background. The beetle is beige with scattered black mottling. It also has abundant tan fur.
A beetle rests on a white background. The beetle is beige with scattered black mottling. It also has abundant tan fur.
A beetle rests upside down on a white background. The beetle's belly is shiny and much of it is covered by dense tan fur.
It seems we all need some pleasure lately, so I'm offering up this Euphoria. I know it brings me joy to see this fuzzy nugget ☺️
bumble flower beetle (~3/4")
#Scarabaeidae: #Euphoria inda
North Carolina, USA
FIGURE 1. Blepharotoma villosa (Blanchard, 1850), new combination (female lectotype). A, Dorsal habitus, B, ventral habitus; C, lateral habitus; D, dorsal head and pronotum; E, ventral head and pronotum; F. ventral metatibiae and abdomen; G. labels. Scale bars = 1 mm.
#LiteratureNotice Clavijo-Bustos et al. Chariodema villosa Blanchard, 1850 is also a Blepharotoma Blanchard, 1850 ( #Coleoptera: #Scarabaeidae: Sericoidinae) doi.org/10.11646/zoo... #Beetle #Beetles #ScarabBeetles #Taxonomy
Feeding mechanism of Adoretus sinicus (Burmeister 1855). (A) Labrum and divided mandibles, frontal view; (B) labrum and closed mandibles, frontal view; (C) labrum and divided mandibles, ventral view; (D) labrum and closed mandibles, ventral view; (E) A. sinicus feeding on leaves; (F) leaves after damaged by A. sinicus; Cl, clypeus; Ic, incisor; Lb, Labrum.hide
#LiteratureNotice Zhang et al. Decoding the Feeding Mystery of Adoretus sinicus: A Comparative Study of Mouthpart Morphology Among Four Species of Rutelinae ( #Coleoptera: #Scarabaeidae) doi.org/10.1002/jmor... #Beetle #Beetles #ScarabBeetles #FunctionalMorphology
Map of El-Beheira Governorate, (a) (control site) (30° 48′ 39.3″ N 30° 17′ 41.8″ E) and (b) (polluted site) (30° 40′ 01.3″ N 30° 03′ 48.9″ E). (c) P bispinosus larvae from control site, (d) larvae from polluted (treated) site, Source: ESRI, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, and the GIS user. The maps were extracted by using a version of Esri’s Geographic Information System (GIS) software (ArcGIS 10.5).
#LiteratureNotice Hussein et al. Physiological, molecular and histological response of Pentodon bispinosus larvae ( #Coleoptera: #Scarabaeidae) as a novel #Bioindicator for soil pollutants doi.org/10.1038/s415... #Beetle #Beetles #ScarabBeetles
#LiteratureNotice Moreno et al. Description of the larvae and pupa of Cotinis lebasi (Gory & Percheron, 1833) and Hoplopyga foeda (Schaum, 1848) ( #Coleoptera: #Scarabaeidae: #Cetoniinae) from Colombia doi.org/10.12976/jib... #Beetle #Beetles #FlowerChafers #ScarabBeetles #Taxonomy
#LiteratureNotice Davis et al. Replacement names for the #DungBeetles genus Byrrhidium Harold, 1869 and the tribe Byrrhidiini Davis, Deschodt & Scholtz, 2019 ( #Coleoptera: #Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) doi.org/10.11646/zoo... #Beetle #Beetles #ScarabBeetles #Taxonomy
New research in #RESInsectMolecBio
Gut-associated bacteria and their roles in wood digestion of #saproxylic insects: The case study of flower chafer larvae
doi.org/10.1111/imb.70010
#Protaetia #Scarabaeidae #Symbionts #GutBacteria
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