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Euboeus mimonti Boieldieu, 1865, the oldest record of an extant species of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) and notes on other species identified as darkling beetles from the Late Pliocene of Willershausen (Germany)
Several fossil beetles from the Late Pliocene (Piacenzian) of Willershausen (Lower Saxony, Germany) previously identified as Tenebrionidae and...
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Elateriform beetle larvae preserved in about 100-million-year-old Kachin amber
Beetle larvae show high diversity in forms and ecological roles. Beetle larvae are often roughly categorised into certain larval types, for example:...
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First fossil tumbling flower beetle-type larva from 99 million-year-old amber
Beetle larvae often differ significantly in morphology from their adult counterparts. Therefore, it should be surprising that these immatures are...
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The oldest opatrine terrestrial darkling beetle (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Tenebrioninae) from the Paleocene of Menat (France)
The oldest terrestrial darkling beetle of the opatrine lineage, Palaeosclerum pohli gen. et. sp. nov. (subfamily Tenebrioninae) is described from the...
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Late Pleistocene Taphocoenosis of Insects and Small Mammals from the Upper Reaches of the Ob River
AbstractA taphocoenosis including remains of insects and small mammals from the Quaternary deposits in the vicinity of the village of Kalistratikha...
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Younger Dryas and early Holocene subsistence in the northern Great Basin: multiproxy analysis of coprolites from the Paisley Caves, Oregon, USA
Younger Dryas and early Holocene Western Stemmed Tradition occupants of the northern Great Basin appear to have practiced a broad-based subsistence...
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Fossil Coleoptera from the Pilauco Site: An Approach to Late Pleistocene Microenvironments
Quaternary fossil beetles have been widely used as environmental indicators and reconstructions of past climate. In Chile, records of fossil...
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A new species of the genus Nalassus Mulsant (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Helopini) from the Baltic amber
The first Eocene species of the tribe Helopini, Nalassus klebsi sp. nov., from the Baltic amber is described. The new species is included in the...
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Communities of Soil Invertebrates in Protected Areas of the Southern Coast of Crimea
Abstract —Soil and zoological studies of the arboretum of the Nikitsky Botanical Garden and Cape Martian Reserve (southern coast of Crimea) were...
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Influence of Soil Salinity on the Population of Oribatid Mites in the Forest-Steppe Zone of Western Siberia
AbstractThe research was performed in the center of the Baraba Plain. It was demonstrated that soil salinity exerts a considerable effect on oribatid...
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A new species of comb-clawed beetle (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Alleculinae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Yixian (China, Liaoning Province)
A new genus and species of comb-clawed beetles, Calcarocistela kirejtshuki gen. et sp. nov., from the Lower Cretaceous of Yixian (China) is...
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The Paleontological Context. Ichnology
Except for some previous records, the first attempts for the study of the lying tracks on sediments started at the beginning of the nineteenth...
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Deadly CO2 gases in the Plutonium of Hierapolis (Denizli, Turkey)
Using a portable gas analyzer system, the geogenic gas regime below and around an ancient gate to hell at Hierapolis/Phrygia was characterized. The...
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Animal Diversity, Distribution and Conservation
In this chapter, we summarize the ecological information available on the species of arthropods, reptiles, terrestrial birds and mammals known to...
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Molecular characterization and expression profiles of four transformer-2 isoforms in the Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis
The transformer-2 ( tra-2 ) gene plays a key role in the regulatory hierarchy of sexual differentiation in somatic tissues and in the germline of Drosoph...
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Mesozoic leaf beetles of the tribe Mesolpinini trib. nov. (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) from the Lower Cretaceous
This publication is based on recent studies of Lower Cretaceous leaf beetles from the Yixian Formation (Liaoning, China), which are represented by...
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Orientational behavior of animals with the geomagnetic field and mechanisms of magnetoreception
Contemporary data on the orientation and navigation of animals from different taxa with the geomagnetic field are considered in the review. The...
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Animal Biodiversity
Fauna are defined as the availability, diversity, and distribution of animals of a particular location during particular time period. The animals are...
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Quaternary insects and environment of northeastern Asia
Quaternary fossil insects from different sites of western Beringia (northeastern Asia) provide evidence of unique steppe–tundra environment. This was...