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2022/62/1

ISSN : 0374-1036 (print), 1804-6487 (online)
Vedoucí redaktor : Kment Petr
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Morphology of the larvae and biology of the adults of Psilorrhynchus bifasciatus do not confirm previous hypotheses about systematics and feeding habits (Coleoptera: Cantharidae)

Psilorrhynchus bifasciatus (Blanchard, 1844) is broadly distributed through South America, but its biology, behaviour and life cycle are unknown. The most characteristic feature of the adults is slender rostrum, presumably associated to a specialised feeding habit. However, new observations of P.…

The ̒first fossil tumbling flower beetle’ larva is a symphytan (Hymenoptera)

A correction is provided regarding the identity of a fossil larva recently reported to represent the first Cretaceous record of its kind for the tenebrionoid family Mordellidae (Coleoptera, tumbling flower beetles). A review of the description of the specimen, however, reveals it to be a…

Revision of the genera of Picrotini (Coleoptera: Cryptophagidae: Cryptophaginae)

The genera of the Gondwanan tribe Picrotini are redefined, resulting in the recognition of 22 genera. Thirteen new genera and 10 new species are described: Austroscelis gen. nov. (type species: Cryptophagus gibbipennis Blackburn, 1892), Bellascelis gen. nov. (type species: Bellascelis…

A review of the genus Psammocrуptus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Tentyriini)

A taxonomic review of the tenebrionid genus Psammocryptus Kraatz, 1865 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Pimeliinae: Tentyriini) is given. Species of this genus are distributed in the south of Russia (Caspian depression), Transcaucasia, Kazakhstan and Central Asia, Afghanistan and Pakistan, occurring…

Revision of Quedius sensu stricto (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)

We here present the first integrative revision of the subgenus Quedius Stephens, 1829 sensu stricto where taxonomic decisions are based on morphology, genomic phylogeny (published elsewhere) and single locus DNA evidence. The subgenus is restricted to the Holarctic region and includes some of…