The Coleopterists Society

🪲 The Lacordaire Prize represents the attainment of the highest achievement for PhD dissertation research based on the biology and evolution of beetles. Cash prize of $1,000 and a plaque. www.coleopsoc.org/society-info...
#awards #grants #LacordairePrize #evolution #coleoptera

Adult OTB. Photo credit: Richard A. Arnold.

#LiteratureNotice Arnold et al. Biology and Conservation of Cicindela ohlone Freitag and Kavanaugh (Coleoptera: #Cicindelidae), the Endangered Ohlone Tiger Beetle. III. Breeding Habitat Analysis and Preliminary Management Recommendations doi.org/10.1649/0010... #Beetle #Beetles #OhloneTigerBeetle

Mating between Meloe proscarabaeus (female) and Timarcha goettingensis (male) photographed in lab.

#LiteratureNotice Riccieri et al. Strange Love 2: The Second Case of Interspecific Sexual Behavior Between Meloe Linnaeus and Timarcha Latreille (Coleoptera: Meloidae, #Chrysomelidae) doi.org/10.1649/0010... #Beetle #Beetles #oilbeetle

🐞 Undergraduate Travel Award❗For travel costs associated with attending the Coleopterists Soceity and Entomological Society of America annual meeting. Proposals due March 1. www.coleopsoc.org/society-info...

Synona melanaria, adult male. a) Dorsal view, b) Lateral view, c) Frontal view, d) Abdomen, e) Penis, f) Tegmen, dorsolateral view, g) Tegmen, lateral view.

#LiteratureNotice Majumder & Roy. Two Species of Ladybird Beetles (Coleoptera: #Coccinellidae) Newly Recorded from India doi.org/10.1649/0010... #Beetle #Beetles #newspecies #ladybug #ladybird

First-instar larva of Anoplophora glabripennis. A) Dorsal view, B) Lateral view, C) Detail of the spinules on the pronotal shield, D) Abdominal spines, E) Detail of a spiracle and an abdominal spine, F) Dorsal view of the head, G) Ventral view of the head.

#LiteratureNotice Mouttet & Taddei. Illustration of the First-Instar Larva of Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: #Lamiinae) doi.org/10.1649/0010... #Beetle #Beetles #Asianlonghornbeetle

🪲 Ross Taylor Bell and Joyce Rockenbach Bell Research Grant #researchgrant #entomology #grant

Aphanisticus cochinchinae seminulum. 1) Dorsal habitus; 2) Frontal view; 3) Known occurrences in Colombia.

#LiteratureNotice Espitia et al. First Record of Aphanisticus Cochinchinae Obenberger, 1924 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae: #Aphanisticini) in Colombia doi.org/10.1649/0010... #Beetle #Beetles

Syntypes and holotypes of Trachys. 1) T. reitteri, holotype, dorsal view, 2.9 mm; 2) T. tokyoensis, holotype, dorsal and ventral view, 3.1 mm; 3) T. klapaleki, holotype, dorsal and ventral view, 4.5 mm; 4) T. abeillei, syntype, dorsal and ventral view, 4.7 mm; 5) T. taiwanensis, syntype, dorsal and ventral view, 3.2 mm; 6) T. koshunensis, holotype, dorsal and ventral view, 3.1 mm.

#LiteratureNotice Peng. Studies on the Genus Trachys Fabricius (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae: Tracheini) From China (8)—Notes on Three New Synonyms doi.org/10.1649/0010... #Beetle #Beetles #leafminingjewel

🐞 Graduate Student Research Enhancement Award (GSREA)
www.coleopsoc.org/society-info... #graduateresearch #researchaward

Dorsal habitus of collected male (top) and female (bottom) Bolbocerosoma biplagiatum.

#LiteratureNotice Tribelhorn & Selking. New State Records for Two Geotrupidae (Coleoptera: #Scarabaeoidea) Species from Colorado, USA doi.org/10.1649/0010... #Beetle #Beetles

Eucalandra mexicana. 1) Dorsal habitus; 2) Lateral habitus.

#LiteratureNotice Anderson. #Eucalandra mexicana (Champion) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Dryophthorinae), a New Genus and Species Record for the USA doi.org/10.1649/0010... #Beetle #Beetles #weevils

Proposals due March 1 for awards and honors.

🪲 Coleopterist enjoyers, awards & honors submissions are due on March 1, 2026❗
•Graduate Student Research Enhancement Award (GSREA)
•Jean Theodore Lacordaire Prize
•J.G. Edwards Prize, Undergraduate Travel Award
•Youth Incentive Award
•Outstanding Paper of the Year Award

One of eight most parsimonious trees inferred with COI data and a branch-and-bound search depicting the reciprocal monophyly of Xyleborus pubescens and X. intrusus. Most of the intraspecific relationships were unresolved in the strict consensus of these trees. Numbers at nodes = bootstrap values (500 pseudoreplicates). Numbers between arrows are COI nucleotide interspecific “p” distance and numbers near dashed lines are COI nucleotide intraspecific “p” distances. Outgroup is X. ferrugineus (Xylfer_352, Cognato et al. 2011).

#LiteratureNotice Cognato & Smith. Confirmation of the Validity of Xyleborus intrusus Blandford, 1898 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae: #Xyleborini) with DNA Data doi.org/10.1649/0010... #Beetle #Beetles

Pages 50 and 51 of the catalog of Brünnich (1764) containing the first mention of the Danish common name “rovbille” for Staphylinus (top); page 27 of the catalog of Forster (1771) containing the first mention of the English common name “rove beetle” for Staphylinus.

#LiteratureNotice Hansen. On the Etymological Origin of “Rove Beetles” (Coleoptera: #Staphylinidae) doi.org/10.1649/0010... #Beetle #Beetles #Etymological #rovebeetles

Type specimen and label data of Acrossus koreanensis. 1) Holotype male, dorsal habitus; 2) Holotype labels; 3) Paratype female, dissected specimen (without head); 4) Paratype labels. Scale bars = 1.0 mm.

#LiteratureNotice Shim & Song. Acrossus koreanensis (Kim, 1986), a New Synonym of Paulianellus asahinai (Nakane, 1951) (Coleoptera: #Scarabaeidae: #Aphodiinae) doi.org/10.1649/0010... #Beetle #Beetles

Habitat of Cylindera discreta elaphroides in Barangay Dalwangan, Bukidnon Province, Mindanao Island, Philippines. A) Banks of Dalwangan River, B) Sandy soil, C) Adult nested in leaf of Pennisetum sp. along riverbank (photo credits: N. J. Ebina).

#LiteratureNotice Ebina et al. Description of the Egg of a Philippine Endemic Tiger Beetle, #Cylindera discreta elaphroides (Doktouroff), with the First Insight into Egg Microstructure in Cicindelidae (Coleoptera) doi.org/10.1649/0010... #Beetle #Beetles #TigerBeetle

Charaphloeus aeneus (Grouvelle, 1876), comb. nov.: A. Dorsal view; B. Ventral view; C. Labels of the lectotype (here designated). Charaphloeus deletus (Grouvelle, 1896), comb. nov.: D. Dorsal view; E. Ventral view; F. Labels of the lectotype (here designated). Scale bars: 1 mm (A, B, D, E). Photographs by Christophe Rivier (MNHN).

#LiteratureNotice Bento et al. Reclassification of four South American species of Laemophloeus Dejean, 1835 into Charaphloeus Casey, 1916 (Coleoptera, #Laemophloeidae) doi.org/10.3897/cont... #Beetle #Beetles

Male type of Aextoxicola pilolcurensis Tello & Tello-Arriagada, gen. nov. sp. nov. A. Dorsal habitus; B. Ventral view; C. Lateral view.

#LiteratureNotice Tello & Tello-Arriagada. Aextoxicola pilolcurensis, a new genus and species of false skin beetles (Coleoptera, Biphyllidae) from the Chilean Valdivian rainforest doi.org/10.3897/zook... #Beetle #Beetles #falseskinbeetles

A. Calosoma inquisitor; B. Calosoma maderae; C. Carabus graecus trojanus; D. Brachinus plagiatus; E. Brachinus psophia; F. Clivia ypsilon; G. Sirdenus grayii; H. Scarites eurytus; I. Scarites buparius. Scale bars: 5.5 mm (A); 7.75 mm (B); 5 mm (C); 3 mm (D); 2.5 mm (E); 1.75 mm (F); 1.1 mm (G); 6.4 mm (H); 6.8 mm (I).

#LiteratureNotice Pavlou et al. Forty years of ground-beetle sampling in Crete. A major contribution to the Carabidae (Coleoptera, Adephaga) fauna of Crete (Greece) doi.org/10.3897/cont... #Beetle #Beetles #ecology

Fig. 1. Male of the L. mecespilus and its reproductive system. A, B) Dorsal and ventral views, the latter showing the stripes on the elytra that characterize the species. C, D) Male reproductive system and diagram, respectively. E) Detail of the accessory glands (ag) and the junction of their respective ducts with the vas deferens (vd). T, testes; vs, seminal vesicles; ej, ejaculatory duct. Scale bars: A-C= 0.5 mm; D-E = 250 µm.

#LiteratureNotice Teixeira et al. The first description of sperm conjugation in Noteridae (Adephaga: Coleoptera) with information on the male reproductive tract of #Liocanthydrus mecespilus Guimarães & Ferreira-Jr, 2015 doi.org/10.1016/j.ti... #Beetle #Beetles

Tasactes angustus sp. nov., holotype male. A. Dorsal habitus; B. Lateral habitus; C. Head, dorsal view; D. Head, lateral view; E. Eyes, ventral view; F. Pronotum, dorsal view; G. Ventrites, ventral view; H. Penis, lateral view; I. Penis, ventral view; J. Penis at apex, showing details of the pedon; K. Spiculum gastrale. Scale bars: 1 mm (A–D, F, G); 0.5 mm (H, I, K).

#LiteratureNotice Lü & Zhang. Four new species of the genus #Tasactes Faust, 1894 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Dryophthorinae) from China doi.org/10.3897/zook... #Beetle #Beetles #weevils #newspecies

Hamotus heidiae gen. et sp. nov. A Dorsal habitus of holotype male. B Lateral habitus of holotype male. C Schematic of meso-metaventrite with foveae indicated. LMSF: lateral mesoventral fovea; MMSF: median mesoventral fovea; LMCF: lateral mesocoxal fovea; MMTF: median metaventral fovea. The circular notch of the metaventral apex between metacoxae is indicated. D Aedeagus, lateral view. E Aedeagus, dorsal view

#LiteratureNotice Parker et al. Evolution of leafcutter ant myrmecophiles: #Hamotus heidiae, a new symbiont of Acromyrmex colonies with undetectable hydrocarbons (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) doi.org/10.1007/s000... #Beetle #Beetles #leafcutterants #rovebeetles #symbiosis

Image depicting black, red, white, and yellow traps.

#LiteratureNotice Besana et al. Multi-colored traps can enhance monitoring programs for native and non-native longhorn beetles in forest ecosystems doi.org/10.1016/j.fo... #Beetle #Beetles #longhornbeetles #Cerambycidae

Cybister (Melanectes) brevis Aubé, 1838. 1. Instar I; 2, 3. Instar II; 4, 5. Instar III.

#LiteratureNotice Watanabe & Hayashi. Description of the larva of #Cybister (Melanectes) brevis Aubé, 1838 (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Cybistrinae) doi.org/10.3897/zook... #Beetle #Beetles #waterbeetle

Discodon minutum reproductive system

#LiteratureNotice Nascimento et al. Morphology of the male reproductive system and sperm of #Discodon minutum Pic, 1928 (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) doi.org/10.1016/j.mi... #Beetle #Beetles #soldierbeetle

#LiteratureNotice Woodley. A New Species of #Metasambus Kerremans from the Philippines (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) doi.org/10.4289/0013... #Beetle #Beetles #newbeetle

igure 1. Type specimens and labels A. Batophila acutangula Heikertinger, 1921, lectotype, dorsal view; B. Ditto, lateral view; C. Labels pinned with lectotype; D. B. taiwanica Döberl, 2010, holotype, dorsal view; E. Ditto, lateral view; F. Labels pinned with holotype.

#LiteratureNotice Lee. The genus Batophila Foudras, 1860 (Coleoptera, #Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticitae) in Taiwan, with descriptions of 11 new species. doi.org/10.3897/zook... #Beetle #Beetles

Figures 1–2. General habitus of Serrathroscinus majaechi gen. et sp. nov., holotype, NIGP207074, under incident light: (1) dorsal view; (2) ventral view. Scale bars: 1 mm.

#LiteratureNotice Li et al. Serrathroscinus, a new genus of #Cephalobyrrhinae from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber (Coleoptera: Limnichidae) www.researchgate.net/publication/... #Beetle #Beetles #amber #cretaceous

The scheme of measurements in C. granulatus. EL—Elytra length: distance between the posterior end of scutellum and the terminus of right elytron (if the right elytron is not intact, the left one may be used). EW—Elytra width: distance between the anterior-distal corners of the elytra. PL—Pronotum length: measured along the central furrow of the pronotum. PW—Pronotum width: distance between the two posterior corners. HL—Head length: distance between the labrum and the juncture of the occiput and postgena. DE—Dorsally measured interocular distance between inner margins.

#LiteratureNotice Ferracini et al. Sexual Size Dimorphism Depends Drastically on Environment: The Case Study in Ground Beetles doi.org/10.3390/inse... #Beetle #Beetles #dimorphism #groundbeetle