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Hoekman D, LeVan KE, Gibson C, Ball GE, Browne RA, Davidson RL, Erwin TL, Knisley CB, LaBonte JR, Lundgren J, Maddison DR, Moore W, Niemelä J, Ober KA, Pearson DL, Spence JR, Will K, Work T. Design for ground beetle abundance and diversity sampling within the National Ecological Observatory Network. Ecosphere 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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- David Hoekman
- The National Ecological Observatory Network 1685 38th Street Boulder Colorado 80301 USA
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- The National Ecological Observatory Network 1685 38th Street Boulder Colorado 80301 USA
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- Department of Entomology, University of Arizona Tucson Arizona 85721 USA
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- Department of Entomology, University of Arizona Tucson Arizona 85721 USA
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- Wake Forest University 243 Winston Hall, Box 7325 Reynolda Station Winston‐Salem North Carolina 27109 USA
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- Carnegie Museum of Natural History 4400 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 15213 USA
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- Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History 10th and Constitution NW Washington D.C. 20560 USA
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- Randolph‐Macon College 2500 Rivermont Avenue Lynchburg Virginia 24503 USA
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- Plant Division, Insect Pest Prevention & Management Program Oregon Department of Agriculture 635 Capitol Street, NE Salem Oregon 97301 USA
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- Ecdysis Foundation 46958 188th Street Estelline South Dakota 57234 USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology Oregon State University 3029 Cordley Hall Corvallis Oregon 97331 USA
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- Department of Entomology University of Arizona 1140 E. South Campus Drive Tucson Arizona 85721 USA
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- Department of Environmental Sciences University of Helsinki P.O. Box 65, Viikinkaari 1 Helsinki FI‐00014 Finland
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- College of the Holy Cross 1 College Street Worcester Massachusetts 01610 USA
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- School of Life Sciences Arizona State University 427 E. Tyler Mall Tempe Arizona 85287 USA
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- Department of Entomology, University of Arizona Tucson Arizona 85721 USA
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- Essig Museum of Entomology University of California–Berkeley Berkeley California 94720 USA
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- Université du Québec à Montréal C.P. 8888, Succursale Centreville Montreal Quebec H3P 3P8 Canada
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Schmidt J, Michalik P. The ground beetle genus Bembidion Latreille in Baltic amber: Review of preserved specimens and first 3D reconstruction of endophallic structures using X-ray microscopy (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Bembidiini). Zookeys 2017:101-126. [PMID: 28769612 PMCID: PMC5539362 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.662.12124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2017] [Accepted: 03/09/2017] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The ground beetle genus Bembidion is a highly diverse group of small predators with more than 1.200 described extant species. In contrast, only two representatives of Bembidion are known from the amber fossil record and their position within this mega-diverse genus is dubious. Here, we address the taxonomic position of these two extinct Bembidion species (B. succini Giebel, 1856 and B. christelae Ortuño & Arillo, 2010). Based on the insufficient description and the missing type specimen, B. succini, nomen dubium, cannot be assigned to the genus Bembidion and/or to the tribe Bembidiini with certainty. The subgenus Archaeophilochthus Ortuño & Arillo, 2010 was erected for the second extinct species, B. christelae, based on external characters. However, this species seems indistinguishable to members of the earlier described subgenus Philochthemphanes Netolitzky, 1943 which comprises about extant 10 species distributed in East and Southeast Asia. Furthermore, we describe two new species, B. bukejsisp. n. and B. alekseevisp. n., from the Eocene Baltic amber using X-ray microscopy. Based on external and genital morphology including endophallic structures, we erected the monotypic subgenus Eodontium subgen. n. for B. bukejsisp. n., which is probably related to the subgenera Andrewesa Netolitzky, 1931, the Hydrium complex, or the Odontium series sensu Maddison (2012). On the other hand, B. alekseevisp. n. can be assigned to the subgenus Eupetedromus Netolitzky, 1911. The occurrence of representatives of at least two species groups adapted to a temperate climate suggests the presence of at least locally temperate climates in Baltic amber forests.
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- Joachim Schmidt
- University of Rostock, Institute of Biosciences, General and Systematic Zoology, Universitätsplatz 2, 18055 Rostock, Germany.,University of Marburg, Fb. 17 - Biologie, Karl-von-Frisch-Straße 8, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Zoological Museum, University of Greifswald, Loitzer Str. 26, 17489 Greifswald, Germany
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Pretorius RJ, Hein GL, Blankenship EE, Purrington FF, Bradshaw JD. Response of Pemphigus betae (Hemiptera: Aphididae) and Beneficial Epigeal Arthropod Communities to Sugarbeet Plant Density and Seed-Applied Insecticide in Western Nebraska. ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY 2017; 46:107-117. [PMID: 28025226 DOI: 10.1093/ee/nvw157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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This study investigated the impact of a neonicotinoid seed-applied insecticide (Poncho Beta) and two plant densities (86,487 and 61,776 plants per hectare) on the sugarbeet root aphid (Pemphigus betae Doane), beneficial epigeal arthropods, and selected crop yield parameters in sugarbeet (Beta vulgaris L. var. vulgaris). Ground beetles and centipedes were the most commonly collected taxa during 2012 and 2013, respectively. Centipede, spider, and rove beetle activity densities were not affected by the seed-applied insecticide, whereas plant density had a marginal effect on centipede activity density during 2012. Ground beetle species richness, diversity, and evenness were also not impacted by the seed treatments. However, during 2013, ground beetle activity density was significantly higher in plots planted with untreated sugarbeet seeds due to the abundance of Bembidion quadrimaculatum oppositum Say. Sugarbeet root aphid populations were significantly higher in the untreated plots during both years. In 2012, sugarbeet tonnage and sugar yield were higher under the low plant density treatment, while higher sugar content was recorded from the seed-applied insecticide plots (2013). Seed-applied neonicotinoids and plant density had little impact on beneficial epigeal arthropod activity density. Seed treatment did result in decreased root aphid populations; however, these reductions were not sufficient to be considered as an adequate control. This limited aphid control likely contributed to inconsistent effects on yield parameters.
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- R J Pretorius
- Department of Agriculture, Central University of Technology, Private Bag X20539, Bloemfontein, 9300, Free State Province, South Africa
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- Doctor of Plant Health Program, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 279E Plant Sciences Hall, P.O. Box 830933, Lincoln, NE 68583
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- Department of Statistics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 343B Hardin Hall North, Lincoln, NE 68583
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- Department of Evolution and Ecology, The Ohio State University, 300 Aronoff Laboratory, 318 W. 12th Ave., Columbus, OH 43210
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- Department of Entomology, Panhandle Research and Extension Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 405 Ave. I, Scottsbluff, NE 69361
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Boyd OF, Erwin TL. Taxonomic review of New World Tachyina (Coleoptera, Carabidae): descriptions of new genera, subgenera, and species, with an updated key to the subtribe in the Americas. Zookeys 2016:87-123. [PMID: 27833435 PMCID: PMC5096373 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.626.10033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2016] [Accepted: 10/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The classification of the carabid subtribe Tachyina (Trechitae: Bembidiini) is reviewed in light of newly discovered diversity from Central and South America. Described herein are three new genera (Tachyxystagen. n., Stigmatachysgen. n., Nothoderisgen. n.), two new subgenera of Meotachys (Scolistichussubgen. n., Hylotachyssubgen. n.), and two new subgenera of Elaphropus (Ammotachyssubgen. n., Idiotachyssubgen. n.). Two names previously synonymized under Polyderis (Polyderidius Jeannel, 1962) and Elaphropus (Nototachys Alluaud, 1930) are elevated to generic and subgeneric status, respectively. Eight new species are recognized: Tachyxysta howdenorum (type locality: México: Chiapas: El Aguacero, 680m); Elaphropus marchantarius (type locality: Brazil, Amazonas, Rio Solimões, Ilha de Marchantaria), Elaphropus acutifrons (type locality: Brazil: Pará, Santarém) and Elaphropus occidentalis (type locality: Perú: Loreto, Pithecia, 74°45'W 05°28'S); Stigmatachys uvea (type locality: Perú: Loreto: Campamento San Jacinto, 2°18.75'S, 75°51.77'W, 175-215m); and Meotachys riparius (type locality: Colombia: Amazonas: Leticia, 700 ft), Meotachys ballorum (type locality: Brazil: Amazonas, Rio Negro Cucui), and Meotachys rubrum (type locality: Perú: Madre de Dios: Rio Manu, Pakitza, 11°56°47'S 071°17°00'W, 356m). An updated key to the genera and subgenera of Tachyina occurring in the New World is provided, with accompanying illustrations.
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- Olivia F Boyd
- Department of Integrative Biology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331 USA
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- Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 USA
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Up high and down low: Molecular systematics and insight into the diversification of the ground beetle genus Rhadine LeConte. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2016; 98:161-75. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.01.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2015] [Revised: 12/10/2015] [Accepted: 01/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Holliday AE, Mattingly TM, Toro AA, Donald LJ, Holliday NJ. Age- and sex-related variation in defensive secretions of adult Chlaenius cordicollis and evidence for their role in sexual communication. CHEMOECOLOGY 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s00049-016-0210-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Liebherr JK. The Mecyclothorax beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Moriomorphini) of Haleakala-, Maui: Keystone of a hyperdiverse Hawaiian radiation. Zookeys 2015:1-407. [PMID: 26798289 PMCID: PMC4714384 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.544.6074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2015] [Accepted: 10/28/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The Mecyclothorax carabid beetle fauna of Haleakalā volcano, Maui Island, Hawai‘i is taxonomically revised, with 116 species precinctive to Haleakalā recognized, 74 newly described. Species are classified into 14 species groups, with the newly described species arrayed as follows: 1, Mecyclothoraxconstrictus group with Mecyclothoraxperseveratussp. n.; 2, Mecyclothoraxobscuricornis group with Mecyclothoraxnotobscuricornissp. n., Mecyclothoraxmordaxsp. n., Mecyclothoraxmordicussp. n., Mecyclothoraxmanducussp. n., Mecyclothoraxambulatussp. n., Mecyclothoraxmontanussp. n., Mecyclothoraxwaikamoisp. n., Mecyclothoraxpooulisp. n., and Mecyclothoraxahulilisp. n.; 3, Mecyclothoraxrobustus group with Mecyclothoraxaffinissp. n., Mecyclothoraxanchisteussp. n., Mecyclothoraxconsanguineussp. n., Mecyclothoraxantaeussp. n., Mecyclothoraxcymindulussp. n., and Mecyclothoraxhaydenisp. n.; 4, Mecyclothoraxinterruptus group with Mecyclothoraxbradycelloidessp. n., Mecyclothoraxanthracinussp. n., Mecyclothoraxarthurisp. n., Mecyclothoraxmedeirosisp. n., Mecyclothoraxinconscriptussp. n., and Mecyclothoraxfoveolatussp. n.; 5, Mecyclothoraxsobrinus group with Mecyclothoraxfoveopunctatussp. n.; 6, Mecyclothoraxovipennis group with Mecyclothoraxsubtilis Britton & Liebherr, sp. n., Mecyclothoraxpatulussp. n., Mecyclothoraxpatagiatussp. n., Mecyclothoraxstrigosussp. n., Mecyclothoraxtakumiaesp. n., Mecyclothoraxparapicalissp. n., Mecyclothoraxmauiaesp. n., Mecyclothoraxsubternussp. n., Mecyclothoraxflaviventrissp. n., Mecyclothoraxcordaticollarissp. n., and Mecyclothoraxkrushelnyckyisp. n.; 7, Mecyclothoraxargutor group with Mecyclothoraxommatoplaxsp. n., Mecyclothoraxsemistriatussp. n., Mecyclothoraxrefulgenssp. n., Mecyclothoraxargutulussp. n., Mecyclothoraxplanipennissp. n., Mecyclothoraxplanatussp. n., and Mecyclothoraxargutuloidessp. n.; 8, Mecyclothoraxmicrops group with Mecyclothoraxmajorsp. n., Mecyclothoraxxestossp. n., Mecyclothoraxorbiculussp. n., and Mecyclothoraxcontractussp. n.; 9, Mecyclothoraxscaritoides group with Mecyclothoraxscaritessp. n., Mecyclothoraxtimberlakeisp. n., Mecyclothoraxcrassuloidessp. n., Mecyclothoraxcrassulussp. n., Mecyclothoraxgracilicollissp. n., and Mecyclothoraxdisparsp. n.; 10, Mecyclothoraxhaleakalae group with Mecyclothoraxreiteratussp. n., Mecyclothoraxsplendidussp. n., Mecyclothoraxbacrionissp. n., and Mecyclothoraxsimpulumsp. n.; 11, Mecyclothoraxvitreus group with Mecyclothoraxkipwillisp. n., Mecyclothoraxkipahulusp. n., Mecyclothoraxkaumakanisp. n., and Mecyclothoraxkuikisp. n.; 12, Mecyclothoraxmontivagus group with Mecyclothoraxrexsp. n.; 13, Mecyclothoraxducalis group with Mecyclothoraxaquilussp. n., Mecyclothoraxinvisitatussp. n., Mecyclothoraxlongiduxsp. n., and Mecyclothoraxbreviduxsp. n.; and 14, Mecyclothoraxpalustris group with Mecyclothoraxhephaestoidessp. n., Mecyclothoraxoculellussp. n., Mecyclothoraxbicolorissp. n., Mecyclothoraxbicoloratussp. n., Mecyclothoraxbilobatussp. n., Mecyclothoraxpalustroidessp. n., Mecyclothoraxfilipoidessp. n., Mecyclothoraxnanunctussp. n., Mecyclothoraxtauberorumsp. n., and Mecyclothoraxpausp. n.Mecyclothoraxinteger Sharp, stat. n. is recognized as a species distinct from Mecyclothoraxinterruptus Sharp. Because type series for species described by Blackburn, Karsch, and Sharp are most often divided among geographically remote collections, lectotypes are designated to stabilize the nomenclature. The radiation includes numerous cryptic sibling species best diagnosed using male genitalia, and photographs are used to represent the male genitalic variability observed among numerous dissected individuals. The large number of new species is based on substantial new collections made from all quarters of the mountain. The dense geographic sampling allows fine-scale discrimination of species boundaries, elucidating the geographic disjunctions that are associated with speciation within this hyperdiverse radiation. Disjunctions between closely related species precinctive to various areas of the mountain are not congruent across the different lineages of the radiation, indicating differential responses by the various lineages to past geological and geographical events. Of the 62 1’ latitude × 1’ longitude grid cells on Haleakalā that are occupied by Mecyclothorax beetles, 22 house 10 or more species, and 9 house 20 or more species. This substantial level of sympatry, associated with occupation of diverse microhabitats by these beetles, provides ample information useful for monitoring biodiversity of the natural areas of Haleakalā.
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- James K Liebherr
- Cornell University Insect Collection, 2144 John H. and Anna B. Comstock Hall, 129 Garden Ave., Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-2601, USA
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Skvarla MJ, Fisher DM, Schnepp KE, Dowling AP. Terrestrial arthropods of Steel Creek, Buffalo National River, Arkansas. I. Select beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae, Carabidae, Cerambycidae, Curculionoidea excluding Scolytinae). Biodivers Data J 2015; 3:e6832. [PMID: 26752967 PMCID: PMC4698462 DOI: 10.3897/bdj.3.e6832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2015] [Accepted: 12/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The Ozark Mountains are a region with high endemism and biodiversity, yet few invertebrate inventories have been made and few sites extensively studied. We surveyed a site near Steel Creek Campground, along the Buffalo National River in Arkansas, using twelve trap types - Malaise traps, canopy traps (upper and lower collector), Lindgren multifunnel traps (black, green, and purple), pan traps (blue, purple, red, white, and yellow), and pitfall traps - and Berlese-Tullgren extraction for eight and half months. NEW INFORMATION We provide collection records of beetle species belonging to eight families collected at the site. Thirty one species represent new state records: (Buprestidae) Actenodes acornis, Agrilus cephalicus, Agrilus ohioensis, Agrilus paracelti, Taphrocerus nicolayi; (Carabidae) Agonum punctiforme, Synuchus impunctatus; (Curculionidae) Acalles clavatus, Acalles minutissimus, Acoptus suturalis, Anthonomus juniperinus, Anametis granulata, Idiostethus subcalvus, Eudociminus mannerheimii, Madarellus undulatus, Magdalis armicollis, Magdalis barbita, Mecinus pascuorum, Myrmex chevrolatii, Myrmex myrmex, Nicentrus lecontei, Otiorhynchus rugosostriatus, Piazorhinus pictus, Phyllotrox ferrugineus, Plocamus hispidulus, Pseudobaris nigrina, Pseudopentarthrum simplex, Rhinoncus pericarpius, Sitona lineatus, Stenoscelis brevis, Tomolips quericola. Additionally, three endemic carabids, two of which are known only from the type series, were collected.
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- Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Gainesville, United States of America
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Goosey HB, McKenzie SC, Rolston MG, O'Neill KM, Menalled FD. Impacts of Contrasting Alfalfa Production Systems on the Drivers of Carabid Beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Community Dynamics. ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY 2015; 44:1052-1064. [PMID: 26314050 DOI: 10.1093/ee/nvv104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2014] [Accepted: 06/16/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Growing concerns about the environmental consequences of chemically based pest control strategies have precipitated a call for the development of integrated, ecologically based pest management programs. Carabid or ground beetles (Coleoptera:Carabidae) are an important group of natural enemies of common agricultural pests such as aphids, slugs, and other beetles. Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) is one of the most common forage crop species in the semi-arid western United States. In 2011, Montana alone produced 4.0 × 10(6 )Mg of alfalfa on 8.1 × 10(5 )ha for gross revenue in excess of US$4.3 × 10(8), making it the third largest crop by revenue. We conducted our study over the 2012 and 2013 growing seasons. Each year, our study consisted of three sites each with adjacent systems of monoculture alfalfa, alfalfa nurse cropped with hay barley, and an uncultivated refuge consisting of a variety of forbs and grasses. Carabid community structure differed and strong temporal shifts were detected during both 2012 and 2013. Multivariate fuzzy set ordination suggests that variation in canopy height among the three vegetation systems was primarily responsible for the differences observed in carabid community structure. Land managers may be able to enhance carabid species richness and total abundance by creating a heterogeneous vegetation structure, and nurse cropping in particular may be effective strategy to achieve this goal.
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- H B Goosey
- Department of Animal and Range Sciences, 103 Animal Bioscience Building, P.O. Box 172900, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717-3120.
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- Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, 334 Leon Johnson Hall, P.O. Box 3120, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717-3120
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- Department of Animal and Range Sciences, 103 Animal Bioscience Building, P.O. Box 172900, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717-3120
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- Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, 334 Leon Johnson Hall, P.O. Box 3120, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717-3120
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- Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, 334 Leon Johnson Hall, P.O. Box 3120, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717-3120
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Maddison DR, Cooper KW. Species delimitation in the ground beetle subgenusLiocosmius(Coleoptera: Carabidae:Bembidion), including standard and next-generation sequencing of museum specimens. Zool J Linn Soc 2014. [DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- David R. Maddison
- Department of Integrative Biology; Oregon State University; 3029 Cordley Hall Corvallis OR 97331 USA
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- Department of Biology; University of California; Riverside CA 92521 USA
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Erwin TL, Zamorano LS. A synopsis of the tribe Lachnophorini, with a new genus of Neotropical distribution and a revision of the Neotropical genus Asklepia Liebke, 1938 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae). Zookeys 2014; 430:1-108. [PMID: 25152663 PMCID: PMC4141162 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.430.8094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2014] [Accepted: 07/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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This synopsis provides an identification key to the genera of Tribe Lachnophorini of the Western and Eastern Hemispheres including five genera previously misplaced in carabid classifications. The genus Asklepia Liebke, 1938 is revised with 23 new species added and four species reassigned from Eucaerus LeConte, 1853 to Asklepia Liebke, 1938. In addition, a new genus is added herein to the Tribe: Peruphorticus gen. n. with its type species P. gulliveri sp. n. from Perú. Five taxa previously assigned to other tribes have adult attributes that make them candidates for classification in the Lachnophorini: Homethes Newman, Aeolodermus Andrewes, Stenocheila Laporte de Castelnau, Diplacanthogaster Liebke, and Selina Motschulsky are now considered to belong to the Lachnophorini as genera incertae sedis. Three higher level groups are proposed to contain the 18 recognized genera: the Lachnophorina, Eucaerina, and incertae sedis. Twenty-three new species of the genus Asklepia are described and four new combinations are presented. They are listed with their type localities as follows: ( geminata species group) Asklepia geminata (Bates, 1871), comb. n, Santarém, Rio Tapajós, Brazil; ( hilaris species group) Asklepia campbellorum Zamorano & Erwin, sp. n., 20 km SW Manaus, Brazil, Asklepia demiti Erwin & Zamorano, sp. n., circa Rio Demiti, Brazil, Asklepia duofos Zamorano & Erwin, sp. n., 20 km SW Manaus, Brazil, Asklepia hilaris (Bates, 1871), comb. n, São Paulo de Olivença, Brazil, Asklepia grammechrysea Zamorano & Erwin, sp. n., circa Pithecia, Cocha Shinguito, Perú, Asklepia lebioides (Bates, 1871), comb. n, Santarém, Rio Tapajós, Brazil, Asklepia laetitia Zamorano & Erwin, sp. n., Leticia, Colombia, Asklepia matomena Zamorano & Erwin, sp.n., 20 km SW Manaus, Brazil; ( pulchripennis species group) Asklepia adisi Erwin & Zamorano, sp. n., Ilha de Marchantaria, Lago Camaleão, Brazil, Asklepia asuncionensis Erwin & Zamorano, sp. n., Asunción, Río Paraguay, Paraguay, Asklepia biolat Erwin & Zamorano, sp. n., BIOLAT Biological Station, Pakitza, Perú, Asklepia bracheia Zamorano & Erwin, sp. n., circa Explornapo Camp, Río Napo, Cocha Shimagai, Perú, Asklepia cuiabaensis Erwin & Zamorano, sp. n., Cuiabá, Brazil, Asklepia ecuadoriana Erwin & Zamorano, sp. n., Limoncocha, Ecuador, Asklepia kathleenae Erwin & Zamorano, sp. n., Belém, Brazil, Asklepia macrops Erwin & Zamorano, sp. n., Concordia, Río Uruguay, Argentina, Asklepia marchantaria Erwin & Zamorano, sp. n., Ilha de Marchantaria, Lago Camaleão, Brazil, Asklepia marituba Zamorano & Erwin, sp. n., Marituba, Ananindeua, Brazil, Asklepia paraguayensis Zamorano & Erwin, sp. n., San Lorenzo, Rio Paraguay, Paraguay, Asklepia pakitza Erwin & Zamorano, sp. n., BIOLAT Biological Station, Pakitza, Perú, Asklepia pulchripennis (Bates, 1871), comb. n, Santarém, Rio Tapajós, Brazil, Asklepia samiriaensis Zamorano & Erwin, sp. n., Boca del Río Samiria, Perú, Asklepia stalametlitos Zamorano & Erwin, sp. n., Guayamer, Río Mamoré, Bolivia, Asklepia strandi Liebke, 1938, Guyana, Asklepia surinamensis Zamorano & Erwin, sp. n., l'Hermitage, Surinam River, Surinam, Asklepia vigilante Erwin & Zamorano, sp. n., Boca del Río Samiria, Perú. Images of adults of all 18 genera are provided.
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- Terry L. Erwin
- Hyper-diversity Group, Department of Entomology, MRC-187, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, P.O. Box 37012, DC 20013-7012, USA
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- Research Student, MRC-187, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, P.O. Box 37012, DC 20013-7012, USA
- Laboratorio de Zoología Acuática LAZOEA, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
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Sokolov IM, Reddell JR, Kavanaugh DH. Life beneath the surface of the central Texan Balcones Escarpment: genus Anillinus Casey, 1918 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Bembidiini): new species, a key to the Texas species, and notes about their way of life and evolution. Zookeys 2014:71-101. [PMID: 25061356 PMCID: PMC4109464 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.417.7733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2014] [Accepted: 06/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The Texas fauna of the genus Anillinus Casey, 1918 includes three previously described species (A. affabilis (Brues), 1902, A. depressus (Jeannel), 1963 and A. sinuatus (Jeannel), 1963) and four new species here described: A. acutipennis Sokolov & Reddell, sp. n. (type locality: Fort Hood area, Bell County, Texas); A. comalensis Sokolov & Kavanaugh, sp. n. (type locality: 7 miles W of New Braunfels, Comal County, Texas); A. forthoodensis Sokolov & Reddell, sp. n. (type locality: Fort Hood area, Bell County, Texas); A. wisemanensis Sokolov & Kavanaugh, sp. n. (type locality: Wiseman Sink, Hays County, Texas). A key for identification of adults of these species is provided. The fauna includes both soil- and cave-inhabiting species restricted to the Balcones Fault Zone and Lampasas Cut Plain and adjacent areas underlain by the Edwards-Trinity Aquifer. Based on morphological and distributional data, we hypothesize that four lineages of endogean Anillinus species extended their geographical ranges from a source area in the Ouachita-Ozark Mountains to the Balconian region in central Texas. There the cavernous Edwards-Trinity aquifer system provided an excellent refugium as the regional climate in the late Tertiary and early Quaternary became increasingly drier, rendering life at the surface nearly impossible for small, litter-inhabiting arthropods. Isolated within the Edwards-Trinity aquifer system, these anilline lineages subsequently differentiated, accounting for the currently known diversity. The paucity of specimens and difficulty in collecting them suggest that additional undiscovered species remain to be found in the region.
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- Igor M Sokolov
- Department of Entomology, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Drive, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA 94118, U.S.A
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- Texas Memorial Museum, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78705-5730, U.S.A
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- Department of Entomology, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Drive, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA 94118, U.S.A
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Grzymala T, Will K. Taxonomic review of Cratocerus Dejean, 1829 (Coleoptera, Carabidae) with description of six new species. Zookeys 2014:77-112. [PMID: 25061348 PMCID: PMC4109511 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.416.6455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2013] [Accepted: 05/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A diagnosis of the South and Central American genus Cratocerus Dejean (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and a key to all species is provided. Eight species are recognized including six species that are newly described: Cratocerus sinesetosussp. n. from French Guiana and Peru; Cratocerus multisetosussp. n. from Costa Rica and Panama; Cratocerus tanyaesp. n. from Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Mexico; Cratocerus indupalmensissp. n. a species widely distributed throughout Central and South America; Cratocerus kavanaughisp. n. from French Guiana and Peru; and Cratocerus culpepperisp. n. from Peru. A lectotype for Cratocerus sulcatus Chaudoir is designated. Habitus images are provided along with illustrations and images of male genitalia, female genitalia, and diagnostic morphological characters.
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Looney C, Zack RS, Labonte JR. Ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) of the Hanford Nuclear Site in south-central Washington State. Zookeys 2014:13-42. [PMID: 24715791 PMCID: PMC3978263 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.396.6936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2014] [Accepted: 03/07/2014] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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In this paper we report on ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) collected from the Hanford Nuclear Reservation and Hanford National Monument (together the Hanford Site), which is located in south-central Washington State. The Site is a relatively undisturbed relict of the shrub-steppe habitat present throughout much of the western Columbia Basin before the westward expansion of the United States. Species, localities, months of capture, and capture method are reported for field work conducted between 1994 and 2002. Most species were collected using pitfall traps, although other capture methods were employed. Trapping results indicate the Hanford Site supports a diverse ground beetle community, with over 90% of the 92 species captured native to North America. Four species collected during the study period are newly recorded for Washington State: Bembidion diligens Casey, Calosoma obsoletum Say, Pseudaptinus rufulus (LeConte), and Stenolophus lineola (Fabricius). Based on these data, the Site maintains a diverse ground beetle fauna and, due to its size and diversity of habitats, is an important repository of shrub-steppe biodiversity.
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- Chris Looney
- Washington State Department of Agriculture, 1111 Washington St. SE, Olympia WA, 98502
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- Department of Entomology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6382
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- Oregon Department of Agriculture, Plant Division, 635 Capitol Street NE, Salem, OR, 97301-2532
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Ball GE, Shpeley D. Western Hemisphere Zuphiini: descriptions of Coarazuphium whiteheadi, new species, and Zuphioides, new genus, and classification of the genera (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Zookeys 2013:17-54. [PMID: 23878508 PMCID: PMC3713351 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.315.5293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2013] [Accepted: 06/14/2013] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Based on small samples (exemplars) analyzed with morphological methods, including detailed descriptions and illustrations, this study treats primarily the Zuphium genus-group in the Western Hemisphere, which comprises two precinctive genera: Coarazuphium Gnaspini, Vanin & Godoy, 1998 (type species Parazuphium tessai Godoy & Vanin, 1990) and Zuphioidesgen. n. (type species Zuphium mexicanum Chaudoir, 1863). The genus Coarazuphium includes six troglobitic species from Brazilian caves, and one probably hypogaeic (troglophilic) species from the mountains of Oaxaca, in Mexico (Coarazuphium whiteheadi, sp. n., type locality, ridge top, in western Oaxaca, Mexico, at 2164 m, 35 km north of San Pedro Juchatengo, 16.462N, 97.010W). The epigaeic genus Zuphioides includes 23 species, with its geographical range extended from Neotropical temperate Argentina in southern South America, northward through the tropics to north temperate southeastern Canada, in the Nearctic Region. Keys are provided to the species of Coarazuphium and to thegenera of Western Hemisphere Zuphiini.
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- George E Ball
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T5G 2E9, Canada
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