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🚨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....
November 2, 2025 at 9:43 AM
coleopsoc.bsky.social
#LiteratureNotice Kumar et al. Desert #Carabidae (#Insecta: #Coleoptera) of India. doi.org/10.11609/jot... #Beetle #Beetles #GroundBeetles #CheckList
March 17, 2024 at 3:38 PM
epantha.bsky.social
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
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.
December 24, 2024 at 6:40 PM
coleopsoc.bsky.social
#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
May 8, 2025 at 4:12 AM
gremlinomenon.bsky.social
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
March 25, 2025 at 10:58 PM
coleopsoc.bsky.social
#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
Habitus of Megadrypta spp. A holotype of M. maozhoui sp. nov. B female of M. mirabilis from Hunan. Scale bar: 5.0 mm.
June 3, 2025 at 1:36 AM
respublications.bsky.social
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
March 30, 2026 at 8:11 AM
coleopsoc.bsky.social
#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
April 15, 2025 at 1:43 AM
coleopsoc.bsky.social
#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
February 21, 2025 at 4:00 AM
coleopsoc.bsky.social
#LiteratureNotice Harden et al. Phylogenetic systematics of the enigmatic genus Horologion Valentine, 1932 (#Coleoptera, #Carabidae, Trechinae, Horologionini), with description of a #NewSpecies from Bath County, Virginia. doi.org/10.3897/subt... #Beetle #Beetles #GroundBeetles
March 22, 2024 at 2:02 PM
coleopsoc.bsky.social
#LiteratureNotice Anichtchenko. A #NewSpecies of the subgenus Coptoderinella Hansen, 1968 ( #Coleoptera, #Carabidae, #Lebiinae, Coptodera) from Cameroon doi.org/10.12976/jib... #Beetle #Beetles #GroundBeetles
Figure 1. Habitus of male Coptodera (Coptoderinella) congoana Burgeon, 1937 (Gabon, Ivindo NP).
August 9, 2025 at 4:55 AM
coleopsoc.bsky.social
#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
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
April 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
timhopper.bsky.social
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
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.
September 23, 2025 at 6:01 AM
coleopsoc.bsky.social
#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
June 25, 2024 at 12:44 PM
gremlinomenon.bsky.social
pls look how pretty this pasimachus depressus is. i love her so much 🪲🐞

#bugs #beetles #ecology #groundbeetles
March 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
coleopsoc.bsky.social
#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
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.
September 4, 2025 at 4:16 AM
coleopsoc.bsky.social
#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
Habitus images of Discoderus (sensu stricto) species, males. D. pueblaensis, new species: 18) Dorsal aspect; 19) Ventral aspect. 20) D. amoenus, dorsal aspect.
September 25, 2025 at 4:28 AM
coleopsoc.bsky.social
#LiteratureNotice Muñoz-Santiago & Ortuño. Revision of the tribe Pogonini (#Coleoptera, #Carabidae, Trechinae) from the Ibero-Balearic region. doi.org/10.5852/ejt.... #Beetle #Beetles #GroundBeetles #Taxonomy #Faunistics
April 9, 2024 at 11:23 PM
coleopsoc.bsky.social
#LiteratureNotice Maghradze et al. Two new Trechini ( #Coleoptera: #Carabidae) from Georgian caves, Caucasus doi.org/10.11646/zoo... #Beetle #Beetles #GroundBeetles #NewSpecies
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.
August 9, 2025 at 4:53 AM
coleopsoc.bsky.social
#LiteratureNotice Kazulka et al. Discovery of Synuchus congruus (Morawitz, 1862) ( #Coleoptera, #Carabidae, Sphodrini) in Europe doi.org/10.3897/zook... #Beetle #Beetles #GroundBeetles #NewRecords
Habitus of Synuchus. 1. S. vivalis; 2. S. congruus. Scale bar: 5 mm.
September 4, 2025 at 4:14 AM
coleopsoc.bsky.social
#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
May 29, 2024 at 1:16 PM
coleopsoc.bsky.social
#LiteratureNotice Mainda et al. Exploring the Potential of #Sphagnum Paludiculture as a Substitute Habitat for Peatland-Associated Beetles: Insights from a Long-Term Study in Northwestern Germany doi.org/10.1007/s131... #Beetle #Beetles #rovebeetles #groundbeetles #Carabidae #Staphylinidae
Habitus of Agonum munsteri (left) and Acylophorus wagenschieberi (right), two of four tyrphobiontic species inhabiting the Sphagnum paludiculture site in Rastede. Scale: 1 mm
July 29, 2026 at 4:48 PM
coleopsoc.bsky.social
#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
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.
February 5, 2025 at 2:51 AM
coleopsoc.bsky.social
#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
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.
June 22, 2025 at 4:30 AM
coleopsoc.bsky.social
#LiteratureNotice Cerón-Gómez et al. The study of carabids (coleoptera: #carabidae) in Mexico: a systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis doi.org/10.1007/s108... #Beetle #Beetles #groundbeetles
Most frequently studied taxonomic groups of Carabidae in Mexico are at the subfamily and tribe levels. Only groups with more than one publication are labeled; bars without a number represent single-publication records
April 2, 2026 at 4:13 AM