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#LiteratureNotice Zhao et al. A Cretaceous sap beetle with specialized mandibles ( #Coleoptera : #Nitidulidae) doi.org/10.1098/rsos... #Beetle #Beetles #SapBeetles #SapBeetles #Fossils
Figure 1. Photomicrographs of Vetunitidula mandibulata gen. et sp. nov. (NIGP203942) and a stenurothripid thrips from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber; under normal reflected light. (a) Dorsal view. (b) Ventral view. (c) Dorsal view of thrips (cf. Didymothrips abdominalis Guo et al.). Scale bars: 1 mm in (a, b) and 0.2 mm in (c).
April 22, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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#LiteratureNotice Dasgupta et al. A #NewSpecies of Carpophilus Stephens ( #Coleoptera: #Nitidulidae: Carpophilinae) from Tirap District, Arunachal Pradesh, India doi.org/10.1649/0010... #Beetle #Beetles #SapBeetles #TheColeopteristsBulletin
Carpophilus (Ecnomorphus) krishnae, new species, male holotype. 1) Dorsal habitus; 2) Ventral habitus. Spiculum gastrale: 3) Photo; 4) Sketch. Anal sclerite: 5) Photo; 6) Sketch. Aedeagus ventrally: 7) Photo; 8) Sketch. Aedeagus laterally: 9) Photo; 10) Sketch.
March 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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#LiteratureNotice Lee et al. Revision of subfamily Calonecrinae ( #Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: #Nitidulidae) systematics and natural history of a mysterious group doi.org/10.1111/syen... #Beetle #Beetles #NewSpecies #SapBeetles #Taxonomy
Adult habitus of Calonecrus. (a) Calonecrus wallacei Thomson; (b) C. laticollis Murray; (c) C. rufipes Pascoe (lectotype); (d) C. mindanaoensis sp. nov. (holotype); (e) C. pubescens Kirejtshuk (holotype); (f) C. jendeki Jelínek (paratype of the dorsum and non-type specimen of the ventrum) (1: dorsum, 2: ventrum, 3: tegmen, 4: median lobe of aedeagus, 5: labels).
February 12, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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#LiteratureNotice Ito & Powell. A #NewSpecies of Urophorus (Anophorus) Kirejtshuk, 1990 (#Coleoptera: #Nitidulidae) from Ishigaki-Jima Island, Southern Ryukyu, Southwestern Japan
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Urophorus (Anophorus) cordiformis, new species. A–B) Male, dorsal and ventral view, respectively, C–D) Female, dorsal and ventral view, respectively.
October 20, 2023 at 2:09 AM
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#LiteratureNotice Hu et al. Differences in three instars of four carrion nitidulids (#Coleoptera, #Nitidulidae, Nitidula and Omosita) revealed using SEM. doi.org/10.1016/j.as.... #Beetle #Beetles #SapBeetles #DevelopmentalBiology
May 23, 2024 at 2:22 PM
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#LiteratureNotice Toledo-Hernández et al. Growing Threat to Apis Mellifera in North America; Arrival of Parasitic Small Hive Beetle, Aethina tumida, to the State of Morelos, Mexico. doi.org/10.3958/059.... #Beetle #Beetles #SapBeetles #InvasiveSpecies
April 13, 2024 at 12:50 PM