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Carabidae, ie the ground beetles, is one of the most diverse insect groups and one of my favorites (I have too many favorites, I know)

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2023-02-22

This study aims to address the morphological challenges of the bombardier subgenus Neobrachinus by using molecular sequence data to infer the phylogeny of the species and to test proposed species groups.

👉Read more: https://t.co/NxS6xPJI8b

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2022-11-24

Chen et al. Morphological Adaptation of Cave-Dwelling in Revealed by Geometric (#Coleoptera, Trechini) https://t.co/3HKV5BFteH

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2022-05-27

Sokolov. Two new species of the genus Anillinus Casey (#Coleoptera, Anillini) from the southern United States https://t.co/alZIdsDUhu

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2021-03-07

Torrejos et al. Ground beetles collection (#Coleoptera: in the Coleoptera Research Center, Davao City, https://t.co/RvuYBf3XkW

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2020-11-14

Jiang et al. Two new species of the genus Broscosoma Rosenhauer, 1846 (#Coleoptera, Broscinae) from https://t.co/KfXKQSOCoj

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2020-08-18

Larvae of the ground beetle (Carabidae) genus Epomis feed exclusively on amphibians, reversing the general predator-prey roles. They lures, pretended to be easy preys, and counter-attacking with their hooked jaws when the supposed predators just try to feed on them.

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2020-06-14

Campaner & Will. and nomenclatural notes in Lobobrachus Sharp (#Coleoptera, Pterostichini) https://t.co/ZGRkEIOE92

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2020-03-20

Roig-Juñent et al. Cladistic analysis of Cnemalobus (#Coleoptera: fossorial adaptations and description of a new species https://t.co/VyQTC5gI9W

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2020-02-09

Larvae of tiger beetles are ambush predators and live in cylindrical burrows. Their eyes are highly efficient and cover a radius of almost 360°. When a prey is in range, they catapult themselves out of their burrow.

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2019-10-04

Characters shaped by niche utilisation - such as body size - key to differentiating closely related sympatric species, confirms a description of 2 of tiger from Taiwan.

See: https://t.co/GQnilFe1fZ.

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2019-09-13

4 of ground from Asia + phylogenetic analysis of the Oriental species in the genus Calleida, based on adult

Study: https://t.co/2UeobLCfjs

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2018-12-14