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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

#LiteratureNotice Duarte-de-Mélo & Churata. The first species of #Curticornis Gordon (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) described from Brazil doi.org/10.11606/180... #Beetle #Beetles #ladybeetle #neotropicalbeetles

Figure 1. Curticornis monnei Duarte-de-Mélo & Churata sp. nov., female holotype. (A) Habitus, dorsal view. (B) Habitus, ventral view. (C) Habitus, frontal view.
(D) Habitus, lateral view. (E) Abdomen. (F) Genitalia. Scale bars = 1.0 mm.

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

#LiteratureNotice Lawhorn et al. The effects of prescribed fire severity and time post-burn on beetle assemblages in a temperate deciduous forest doi.org/10.1093/ee/n... #Beetle #Beetles #forestmanagment #controlledburn

Fig. 1.

Maps of the study area (inset) in the state of Kentucky (A), the higher-severity burn that took place in 2021 (B), and lower-severity burn that took place in 2022 (C) within Berea College Forest. Sites are shaded by relative differences in pre- and post-burn Burn Area Index (dBAI) values. Vegetation damage due to fire is represented by a color gradient, with green indicating low damage and red indicating high damage. Yellow and red points in unburned portions of the forest shown panels B and C are due to detection error.

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#LiteratureNotice Chamorro-Fuertes et al. New Records of #Anaidinae and #Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Hybosoridae and Scarabaeidae) for Colombia and an Updated List of Endemic Species of These Two Subfamilies for Ecuador doi.org/10.1649/0010... #Beetle #Beetles

Anaidinae: A) Callosides genieri. Scarabaeinae: B) Anomiopus pictus, C) Canthon delicatulus, D) Deltochilum arturoi, E) Dichotomius femoratus, F) Onthophagus confusus, G) Scybalocanthon kaestneri, H) Sc. maculatus, I) Sc. pinopterus, J) Sylvicanthon genieri.

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#LiteratureNotice Nozaki & Maruyama. Taxonomy of #Homoeusa Kraatz, 1856 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from the East Palearctic: II. Revision of Japanese species doi.org/10.3897/dez.... #Beetle #Beetles #hostparasiteinteractions #myrmecophily

Type materials deposited in NHM. A–C. The habiti of the type specimens of three species; A. The holotype of Homoeusa laevigata Sharp, 1888, male; B. The lectotype of Homoeusa japonica Sharp, 1874, male; C. The holotype of Homoeusa longicornis Sharp, 1888, male; D, E. The labels pinned with each specimen (all photographed by Keita Matsumoto).

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#LiteratureNotice Ning et al. Phylogeography of Chinese White Pine Beetle #Dendroctonus armandi (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in China doi.org/10.3390/gene... #Beetle #Beetles #WhitePineBeetle

Figure 1. Sample distribution and haplotype frequency of the COI mtDNA of 38 D. armandi populations. Number of individuals for each geographical area is given by n. Pie graphs represent the frequency of COI haplotypes belonging to each haplogroup: (A) MSM = Minshan Mountains; (B) QLM = Qinling Mountains; (C) MCM = Micang Mountains; (D) TPM = Ta-pa Mountains. These haplogroups reflect phylogenetic results from Figure 2.

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#LiteratureNotice Lo Cascio & Santanello. First record of #Tropinota squallida ssp. pilosa from Italy (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae) doi.org/10.13133/228... #Beetle #Beetles

ig. 1 – A specimen of Tropinota squallida ssp. pilosa from Linosa Island,
dorsal view (length 11 mm).

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#LiteratureNotice Migliore. Two new striking species of #Brachys from Brazil (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae, Tracheini) doi.org/10.11606/180... #Beetle #Beetles #leafminingbeetle

Brachys corniger sp. nov. holotype ♀ (CEMT). (A) Dorsal. (B) Head (lateral). (C) 160 Head (ventral). Scale bar: = 2 m

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#LiteratureNotice Powell & Geisert. World catalog of Prostomidae Thomson, 1859 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) doi.org/10.3956/2026... #Beetle #Beetles #Dryocora #Prostomis

Prostomis elburica dorsum (a) and venter (c) and P. americanus (b) dorsum and venter (d).

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#LiteratureNotice Sofaer et al. Host preferences of non-native #Acalolepta aesthetica (Coleoptera: #Cerambycidae) on the Island of Hawaiʻi doi.org/10.1111/afe.... #Beetle #Beetles

Locations on the Island of Hawaiʻi where plants were surveyed for Acalolepta aesthetica. Roads are shown in grey lines, such that grey blocks represent areas with a dense road network.

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#LiteratureNotice Duarte-De-Mélo et al. Checklist of Epilachnini and confirmation of #Henosepilachna signatipennis (Boisduval) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in the Solomon Islands doi.org/10.1080/0077... #Beetle #Beetles

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#LiteratureNotice Löbl. On the Scaphisomatini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: #Scaphidiinae) of West Malaysia doi.org/10.35929/RSZ... #Beetle #Beetles #taxonomy

igs 9–14. (9) Scaphoxium angustulum sp. nov., apical part of median lobe and parameres. (10) Scaphoxium calamei sp. nov., basal
bulb with internal sac. (11) Scaphoxium lamellatum sp. nov., basal bulb with internal sac. (12) Ditto, apical process of median
lobe and parameres. (13) Scaphoxium langkawiense sp. nov., apical process of median lobe with internal sac and parameres.
(14) Xotidium digitale sp. nov., apical part of parameres and internal sac

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#LiteratureNotice Poloni & Bologna. An updated checklist of Italian false blister beetles (Coleoptera, #Oedemeridae) with an open-source interactive website doi.org/10.21426/B6.... #Beetle #Beetles #Italianfalseblisterbeetles

Figure 3. Italian endemic Oedemeridae (habitus, dorsal view). Stenostoma cossyrense: Sicily (TP), Pantelleria, Specchio di
Venere; S. melitense: Malta, Golden Bay; Oedemera (O.) melanopyga: Calabria (RC), San Nicola; Sparedrus orsinii:
Emilia-Romagna (BO), Castel d’Aiano; Nacerdes (Xanthochroa) gracilis bellieri: Corsica, Ghisonaccia; Ischnomera sicula
(paratypus): Sicily (PA), Piano Battaglietta

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#LiteratureNotice Gomyde & Gnaspini. A new species of Adelopsis Portevin, 1907 from the Brazilian Amazon (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae: Ptomaphagini) doi.org/10.11606/180... #Beetle #Beetles #newbeetle

Figure 1. Adelopsis miguelmonnei Gomyde & Gnaspini, sp. nov. (A-B) holotype, male (MZSP 45137); (A) habitus; (B) ventrites; (C) paratype, female (MZSP 53191),
habitus. Scale = 1 mm for A and C, 300 μm for B.
Figure 2. Adelopsis miguelmonnei Gomyde & Gnaspini, sp. nov. (A-B) male paratype (MZSP 53354), (A) antenna, dorsal view; (B) genital segment, dorsal view;
(C) female paratype (MZSP 53191), spermatheca, lateral view. Scale = 100 μm.

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#LiteratureNotice Nakahama & Seguchi. The origin of artificially released individuals of #Dorcus hopei binodulosus (Coleoptera; Lucanidae) in Japan by phylogeographic approaches doi.org/10.1016/j.as... #Beetle #Beetles #JapanHopesStagBeetle #stagbeetle

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#LiteratureNotice Bi et al. Preventing exotic pet beetle invasion with an improved lightweight and efficient pest detection model deployed on mobile devices doi.org/10.1002/ps.7... #Beetle #Beetles #pestdetection

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#LiteratureNotice Alekseev & Bukejs. A new extinct species of Phloiotrya Stephens (Coleoptera: Melandryidae: Dircaeini) from late Eocene Rovno amber doi.org/10.11646/pal... #Beetle #Beetles #Phloiotrya #balticamber

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

#LiteratureNotice Duarte-De-Melo et al. The life cycle of a Brazilian Chlamisus leaf beetle on its Malvaceae host plants (Coleoptera: #Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae, Fulcidacini) doi.org/10.13133/228... #Beetle #Beetles #BrazilianChlamisusleafbeetle #leafbeetle

10, older larvae on W. indica; 11, larval case without apex,
after being cut by the larva (arrow). Scale bar: 1 mm.

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

#LiteratureNotice Legalov. Two new species of the genus Sphinxis Roelofs, 1875 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from the Oriental Region doi.org/10.37828/em.... #Beetle #Beetles #weevil #Sphinxis #newweevil

Figure 1. Sphinxis spp.: a – S. luzonensis sp. n. n., female, habitus, holotype, dorsal view; b – S.
maculatus sp. n., female, habitus, holotype, dorsal view; c – S. hiratatei, male, habitus, dorsal view; d –
S. luzonensis sp. n. n., female, habitus, holotype, lateral view; e – S. hiratatei, male, habitus, lateral view;
f – S. maculatus sp. n., female, habitus, holotype, lateral view; g – S. hiratatei, male, abdomen; h – S.
hiratatei, male, aedeagus, dorsal view. Scale bar = 1.0 mm for c, e; 0.5 mm for g, h

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

#LiteratureNotice Yoshitomi & Hajek. Three New Species of the Genus Caccothryptus (Coleoptera: Limnichidae) doi.org/10.69343/jjs... #Beetle #Beetles #Caccothryptus #newspecies

ig. 1. Dorsal habitus of Caccothryptus
s p p . A , C . w a k a h a r a i s p . n o v. ,
holotype, male; B, ditto, paratype,
female; C, C. wuyishanensis sp. nov.,
holotype; D, C. gowanensis sp. nov.,
holotype. Scales = 1.0 mm

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

#LiteratureNotice Cha et al. Habitat types, seasonal activity patterns, and preliminary extinction risk assessment of Korean tiger beetles based on open-source data doi.org/10.1007/s108... #Beetle #Beetles #Cicindela #tigerbeetle

Non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) ordination plot based on a dissimilarity matrix of Korean tiger beetle assemblages classified by habitat type. Points represent habitat-specific assemblages, and distances among points reflect differences in species composition. The two-dimensional stress value indicates the goodness of fit of the ordination

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

#LiteratureNotice Garner et al. Beetles, barcodes and big data: A deep dive into the phylogeny of Harpalinae (#Carabidae) doi.org/10.1111/syen... #Beetle #Beetles #groundbeetle

Analytical workflow for constructing a global Carabidae phylogeny. (1) A mitogenome-based phylogeny was inferred from newly generated and public data (mitogenomes and nuclear markers), incorporating a nuclear backbone constraint to produce a tribe-level tree of 451 tips. (2) Species delimitation was performed using 75,475 filtered COI barcodes (BOLD + GenBank) with mPTP and concatenated with genomic markers to build a supermatrix. (3) A species-level phylogeny was reconstructed under a mitogenome backbone constraint, yielding a final tree of 7196 tips.

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

#LiteratureNotice Wani & Gupta. New species and records of Alissonotum Arrow, 1908 from India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: #Pentodontini) doi.org/10.1016/j.ja... #Beetle #Beetles #Scarabaeidae

Figures 17–29. Parameres; 17–19. Alissonotum indicum sp. nov. (holotype, ♂); 20–24. Alissonotum binodulum (Fairmaire, 1891); 25–29. Alissonotum crassum Arrow, 1908. (17, 20, 21, 25, 26 in dorsal view; 19, 24, 29 in ventral view; 18, 22, 23, 27, 28 in lateral view). (21, 23 taken from https://science.mnhn.fr/taxon/species/alissonotum/binodulum; 26, 28 redrawn from Zhang, 1984).

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

#LiteratureNotice Shapovalov. New records and notes on distribution of Lamellicorn beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) in Kazakhstan and adjacent territories of Russia doi.org/10.37828/em.... #Beetle #Beetles #Hybosorus #Kazakhstanbeetle

Figures 2-10. Habitus (2, 7), aedeagus (3 ventral view, 4 lateral view), parameres (8 dorsal view, 9 lateral view,
10 oblique lateral view) and photos in nature (5-6) of Scarabaeidae. 2-4 – Turanella latevittis (Reitter, 1887), from
Russia, Orenburg Reg., Pervomaiskiy env. (photographs by M. Smirnov); 5 - Orubesa athleta (Semenov, 1896),
from Kazakhstan, Kyzylkum Desert, 63 km SW Koksaray; 6 - Melolontha afflicta afflicta (Ballion, 1871), from
Kazakhstan, Boralday Riv.; 7-10 – Pentodon quadridens quadridens (Gebler, 1844), from Russia, Akoba env.

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

#LiteratureNotice Koga et al. Evolution of Sitophilus zeamais (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in artificial rearing and field conditions doi.org/10.1186/s419... #Beetle #Beetles #Sitophilus #weevil

Analysis of in vivo proteins by SDS–PAGE. The letter L in parentheses next to the population name indicates a population of laboratory origin, the letter F indicates a population of field origin, and the letter M indicates the molecular weight marker. This photograph is representative of the results of five experiments

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

We are excited to announce that we have partnered with INCol (Instituto Nacional de Coleoptera - Brazil) to foster collaboration in coleopterological research, publications, education, and training. Learn more about INCol at incol.ufmt.br

Announcement - International partnership
The Coleopterists Society has established an international partnership with INCol (the Instituto Nacional de Coleoptera in Brazil) to foster collaboration in coleopterological research, publications, education, and training.
Learn more about INCol at https://incol.ufmt.br/

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Applications for the Kyle Whorrall Graduate Student Travel Award close on 1 September!!. Don't miss the chance to cover some of the expenses to present your work on #beetles at a conference: Info at: www.coleopsoc.org/society-info...

Advertisement - text on the left: We are pleased to announce our new Kyle Whorral Graduate Student Travel Award
In the fall of 2026 two awards of 500 USD each will be given to support graduate students to travel to an in-person conference to present their work.
Applications are due by 1 September.
Information: https://www.coleopsoc.org/society-
info/prizes-and-awards/kyle-whorrall-graduate-student-travel-award/
Image on the right, a bright red fuzzy beetle on a green background: Handsome fungus beetle, Stenotarsus sp., Endomychidae
Photo by Andreas Kay, Ecuador, 2018

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

#LiteratureNotice Wang et al. Morphological Anatomy, Developmental Characteristics of the Reproductive System in #Arhopalus rusticus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) and Their Impacts on the Transmission Potential of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus doi.org/10.3390/f161... #Beetle #Beetles #longhornbeetle

igure 1. Reproductive system of female adults of A. rusticus: (1) terminal thread; (2) egg; (3) ovariole; (4) copulatory pouch; (5) lateral oviduct; (6) spermathecal gland; (7) spermatheca; (8) spermathecal oviduct; (9) common oviduct; (10) gastric spiculum; (11) cloaca; (12) ovipositor; and (13) cloacal aperture.

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

#LiteratureNotice González-Alvarado. Fourteen New Species of the genieri Species Group, Subgenus #Deltochilum (Deltohyboma) Lane, 1946 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) doi.org/10.3390/taxo... #Beetle #Beetles

Ventral view of species in the genieri species group, holotypes: (A) Deltochilum genieri González-Alvarado & Vaz-de-Mello 2021; (B) D. cryptoporum sp. nov.; (C) D. oxapampa sp. nov.; (D) D. acraspedum sp. nov.; (E) D. ai sp. nov.; (F) D. chamorroi sp. nov.; (G) D. aiense sp. nov.; (H) D. obliteratum sp. nov.; (I) D. francoisgenieri sp. nov.; (J) D. alejoloperai sp. nov.; (K) D. harakbuti sp. nov.; (L) D. lavator sp. nov.; (M) D. semperverde sp. nov.; (N) D. caecum sp. nov.; (O) D. figueroai sp. nov. Scale bar = 1 mm.

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

#LiteratureNotice Villani & Violi.A new species of Cephalotyphlus Coiffait, 1955 from Sardinia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Leptotyphlinae) doi.org/10.13133/228... #Beetle #Beetles #Rovebeetle

Figs 1-4 – Cephalotyphlus supramontanus sp. nov.. 1, Holotypus ♂ (abdominal segments VI-VII removed); 2, Paratypus ♀ (abdominal segment VII removed); 3, labrum (holotypus ♂); 4, genital segment (paratypus ♀). Scale bar: 0.5 mm (Figs 1, 2); 0.1 mm (Figs 3, 4).

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

#LiteratureNotice Setiawan et al. Checklist of the Bark and Ambrosia Beetle Species (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: #Platypodinae and #Scolytinae) Collected at the Universitas Brawijaya Forest Properties, East Java, Indonesia with Descriptions of New Species doi.org/10.1649/0010... #Beetle #Beetles

Crossotarsus gunungapi, new species. A–C) Male holotype, D–F) Female allotype. A, D) Habitus, dorsal view, B, E) Habitus, lateral view, C, F) Declivity, dorsoposterior view. A, B, D, and E at same scale, scale bar = 1 mm.

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

#LiteratureNotice Cardoso & Gómez-Zurita. The first complete mitochondrial genome sequences of an ancient orphan evolutionary lineage of Eumolpinae leaf beetles endemic to the South Pacific doi.org/10.1186/s128... #Beetle #Beetles #leafbeetles #mitochondrialgenomesequences

Codon usage in the mitogenome of Taophila. Stacked column chart representing relative synonymous codon usage of the mitogenome of Taophila subsericea Heller, and line graph showing the absolute frequency of each amino acid in the set of protein-coding genes in this mitogenome

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

#LiteratureNotice Temreshev. First record of the genus #Neomida Latreille, 1829 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) for Kazakhstan doi.org/10.37828/em.... #Beetle #Beetles

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

#LiteratureNotice Legalov et al. A new species of the genus #Globicornis Latreille, 1829 (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) from Eocene Danish amber doi.org/10.37828/em.... #Beetle #Beetles #amberinsect

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

#LiteratureNotice Wijesinghe & Hong. #Sitophilus linearis (Herbst, 1795), (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) newly reported on tamarind seeds in Sri Lanka doi.org/10.1016/j.ja... #Beetle #Beetles #weevil

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

#LiteratureNotice Laksanawimol et al. Life cycle and larval feeding strategies of the mangrove firefly #Pteroptyx tener (Coleoptera, Lampyridae, Luciolinae): implications for conservation of a vulnerable species doi.org/10.7717/peer... #Beetle #Beetles #firefly #mangrovefirefly

Figure 2: Characteristics and behavior of Pteroptyx tener: (A) eggs; (B) nearly hatched eggs; (C) first-instar larva (L1); (D) larva in C-shaped posture; (E) molting larva; (F) newly molted larva; (G) fourth-instar larva (L4); (H) abnormal larva; (I) pupa on day 4; (J) pupa on day 8; (K) aggregative feeding behavior; and (L) solitary feeding behavior.

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

#LiteratureNotice Sampaio et al. A new species of Parahyliota Thomas, 2004 (Coleoptera: Silvanidae: Brontinae), from Borneo doi.org/10.1016/j.ja... #Beetle #Beetles #Parahyliota

Parahyliota mikethomasi Sampaio, Zeballos & Bento, new species

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

#LiteratureNotice Knisley & Govedich. Drought-Caused Decline and Evidence for Rainfall as the Primary Factor Determining Population Size of Cicindela albissima Rumpp (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) doi.org/10.1649/0010... #Beetle #Beetles #Cicindela #coralpinksanddunestigerbettle #tigerbeetle

Aerial photo of the Coral Pink Sand Dunes, Utah showing the swale area surveyed to determine adult and larval numbers for Cicindela albissima.

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

#LiteratureNotice Will et al. Phylogenetic analysis of Adephaga (Coleoptera) with extensive taxon sampling reveals unexpected relationships within the hyperdiverse beetle subfamily Harpalinae (Carabidae) doi.org/10.3897/dez.... #Beetle #Beetles #Harpalinae #Adephaga

Maximum likelihood tree for the five-gene concatenated matrix, showing relationships within Moriomorphinae (A) and Brachininae (B). Numbers associated with branches are the bootstrap support for that clade, expressed as a percentage. Scale as inferred by IQ-TREE.

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

#LiteratureNotice Wang et al. A new nanophyine genus, Zhangius gen. nov., with descriptions of two new species (Coleoptera, Brentidae, Nanophyinae) from China and Thailand doi.org/10.3897/zook... #Beetle #Beetles #nanophyine #weevil

Zhangius rhymbon Wang & Alonso-Zarazaga, sp. nov. 1. Male; 2. Female; 3. Mating; 4. Host plant, Lagerstroemia tomentosa C. Presl, 1844, leaves and capsule; 5. Crown collecting by long-handle tropical net.

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

#LiteratureNotice Graux et al. Using historical samples to re-construct the predatory diet of #carabid beetles through time doi.org/10.1016/j.ba... #Beetle #Beetles #groundbeetles #Carabidae #beetlediet

Fig. 5. Prey diversity in the diet of Nebria salina (a) and Poecilus cupreus (b) through time. Each dot represents the diet of one carabid specimens, dots are jittered horizontally and vertically for more clarity. The curve corresponds to a linear regression with the grey area displaying the 95 % confidence interval.

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

#LiteratureNotice Moura et al. Traditional and Novel characters in Taxonomy: Description of Dichotomius francoisfeeri sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: #Scarabaeinae) supported by external morphology, male genitalia, and stridulatory apparatus doi.org/10.1590/1806... #dungbeetle #beetle #beetles

Figure 1 External morphology in D. francoisfeerı sp. nov.: A, Dorsal habitus; B, Head (white, black, and red arrows indicate conical horns, clypeal edge, and genal edge, respectively); C, Head and pronotum in fronto-lateral view (white and yellow arrows indicate conical horn and apex of pronotal lobes, respectively); D, Pygidium (arrow indicates the apex); E, Metatibia (arrow indicates apex of metatibial spur)

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

#LiteratureNotice Yin. Nowhere to hide: Ensemble of Small Models exposes climate vulnerability and conservation gaps for an extremely rare #troglobitic beetle genus doi.org/10.3897/subt... #Beetle #Beetles #gapanalysis #rovebeetle

Study area and occurrence records of Zopherobatrus. A regional context showing the distribution of carbonate rock outcrops (brown shading) across Asia, sourced from the World Karst Aquifer Map (WHYMAP; https://www.whymap.org/). The rectangle delineates the study area used for species distribution modeling. The red dashed line indicates the Tropic of Cancer, highlighting the transitional biogeographic position of the genus B detailed view of the accessible area (M area; 93°–122°E, 10°–35°N), with background coloration representing elevation derived from WorldClim v2.1 30-arc-second digital elevation model. Yellow circles indicate the 11 spatially unique presence records of Zopherobatrus. Blue crosses represent target-group background points, used to characterize the available environment while controlling for spatial sampling bias inherent in cave surveys.

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

#LiteratureNotice Riccieri & Bologna. Cantharidin? Who cares! First record of Trichodes feeding on toxic blister beetle (Coleoptera: Cleridae and #Meloidae) doi.org/10.13133/228... #Beetle #Beetles #blisterbeetle #Trichodes #defensivetoxin

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

#LiteratureNotice Navarrete-Heredia et al. Coleoptera of Mexico: a summary of families and account of the number of recorded species doi.org/10.11646/zoo... #Beetle #Beetles

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Aug 5, 2026 #LiteratureNotice Lang & Stevens. Temognatha sundholmi Lang sp. nov.(Coleoptera: Buprestidae), a New Species From the Great Victoria Desert and New Host Plants: An Investigation Using DNA Barcoding With Implications for Taxonomy of Temognatha & Melobasis doi.org/10.1111/aen.... #Beetles

Melobasis semisuturalis: (a–f) dorsal habitus for a selection of sequenced specimens, showing the range in colour forms: (a) resembling the holotype in being mainly green with a narrow sutural strip of purple-red on the posterior half of the elytra; (b–d) successively with an increasing extent of purple-red; (e, f) both with a golden pronotum, and (f) also with extensive gold-pink on the elytra; (g) a non-sequenced specimen with elytra purple-red on the posterior and golden-pink on the anterior, and a pronotum blue-green. Specimens: (a, c, e) PL1170, PL1167, PL1164 (respectively), 2.5 km NW Newland Head, Southern Lofty Region; (b) PL0581, 1.9 km SE Burnside Post Office, Southern Lofty Region; (d) PL0346, 7.1 km NW Kapunda, Northern Lofty Region; (f) PL0526F, 4.1 km NNW Rockleigh, Murray Region; (g) PL5746, 3.1 km E of Kaiserstuhl summit, Murray Region; (e, f) are male, the remainder are female. Scale bars: 2 mm.

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

#LiteratureNotice Merwin et al.Population dynamics of the endangered salt creek tiger beetle #Ellipsoptera nevadica lincolniana (Casey, 1916) (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) are sensitive to temperature and precipitation during the egg stage doi.org/10.1007/s108... #Beetle #Beetles #saltcreektigerbeetle

Top: United States with individual states outlined. The state of Nebraska is filled with the dotted pattern; the white star denotes the location of the city of Lincoln. Map is modified from GISGeography (accessed 2025). Bottom: City limits of Lincoln (checkered pattern) in the northern portion of Lancaster County, Nebraska. Triangle denotes northern population of Salt Creek tiger beetles described in study; diamond denotes southern population. Thick black line running east-to-west is Interstate 80 which divides the two populations. Map based on highway and stream data from Nebraska Map (2025a, 2025b) and Lincoln city limits from City of Lincoln, Open Data and Performance Management (2025)

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

geFigure 1 External morphology in D. francoisfeerı sp. nov.: A, Dorsal habitus; B, Head (white, black, and red arrows indicate conical horns, clypeal edge, and genal edge, respectively); C, Head and pronotum in fronto-lateral view (white and yellow arrows indicate conical horn and apex of pronotal lobes, respectively); D, Pygidium (arrow indicates the apex); E, Metatibia (arrow indicates apex of metatibial spur)

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

#LiteratureNotice Figueroa et al. First record of #Rhysodinae (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Carabidae) from Peru, with description of a new species of Clinidium Kirby, 1835 doi.org/10.11646/zoo... #Beetle #Beetles #wrinkledbarkbeetles

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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

#LiteratureNotice Mutlu et al. Histomorphology of the Hindgut of Adult #Julodis ehrenbergii Laporte, 1835 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) Open Access doi.org/10.1093/mam/... #Beetle #Beetles #jewelbeetle #metallicwoodboringbeetle

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