scholarly journals The effect of plant identity and mixed feeding on the detection of seed DNA in regurgitates of carabid beetles

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (22) ◽  
pp. 10834-10846 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Sint ◽  
Yasemin Guenay ◽  
Rebecca Mayer ◽  
Michael Traugott ◽  
Corinna Wallinger
Keyword(s):  
Carabid Beetles ◽  
Mixed Feeding ◽  
Seed Dna

Molecular detection of seed DNA in regurgitates of granivorous carabid beetles

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Corinna Wallinger
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Detection ◽  
Carabid Beetles ◽  
Seed Dna

Detection of seed DNA in regurgitates of granivorous carabid beetles

2015 ◽  
Vol 105 (6) ◽  
pp. 728-735 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Wallinger ◽  
D. Sint ◽  
F. Baier ◽  
C. Schmid ◽  
R. Mayer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nutrient Content ◽  
Carabid Beetles ◽  
Diet Analysis ◽  
Detection Rates ◽  
Specific Level ◽  
Seed Loss ◽  
Important Food Source ◽  
Species Specific ◽  
Abundance And Distribution ◽  
Seed Dna

AbstractGranivory can play a pivotal role in influencing regeneration, colonization as well as abundance and distribution of plants. Due to their high abundance, nutrient content and longevity, seeds are an important food source for many animals. Among insects, carabid beetles consume substantial numbers of seeds and are thought to be responsible for a significant amount of seed loss. However, the processes that govern which seeds are eaten and are therefore prevented from entering the seedbank are poorly understood. Here, we assess if DNA-based diet analysis allows tracking the consumption of seeds by carabids. Adult individuals ofHarpalus rufipeswere fed with seeds ofTaraxacum officinaleandLolium perenneallowing them to digest for up to 3 days. Regurgitates were tested for the DNA of ingested seeds at eight different time points post-feeding using general and species-specific plant primers. The detection of seed DNA decreased with digestion time for both seed species, albeit in a species-specific manner. Significant differences in overall DNA detection rates were found with the general plant primers but not with the species-specific primers. This can have implications for the interpretation of trophic data derived from next-generation sequencing, which is based on the application of general primers. Our findings demonstrate that seed predation by carabids can be tracked, molecularly, on a species-specific level, providing a new way to unravel the mechanisms underlying in-field diet choice in granivores.

Some New Carabid Beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae) from Korea

2009 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 247-251
Author(s):  
Jung-Lark KIM
Keyword(s):  
Carabid Beetles

scholarly journals Do carabids (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and chironomids (Diptera: Chironomidae) exhibit similar diversity and distributional patterns along a spatio-temporal gradient on a glacier foreland?

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mauro Gobbi ◽  
Valeria Lencioni
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Species Turnover ◽  
Aquatic Insect ◽  
Taxonomic Diversity ◽  
Carabid Beetles ◽  
Species Assemblages ◽  
Glacier Foreland ◽  
Distributional Patterns ◽  
Glacier Front ◽  
Spatio Temporal

Carabid beetles and chironomid midges are two dominant cold-adapted taxa, respectively on glacier forefiel terrains and in glacial-stream rivers. Although their sensitivity to high altitude climate warming is well known, no studies compare the species assemblages exhibited in glacial systems. Our study compares diversity and distributional patterns of carabids and chironomids in the foreland of the receding Amola glacier in central-eastern Italian Alps. Carabids were sampled by pitfall traps; chironomids by kick sampling in sites located at the same distance from the glacier as the terrestrial ones. The distance from the glacier front was considered as a proxy for time since deglaciation since these variables are positively correlated. We tested if the distance from the glacier front affects: i) the species richness; ii) taxonomic diversity; and iii) species turnover. Carabid species richness and taxonomic diversity increased positively from recently deglaciated sites (those c. 160 m from the glacier front) to sites deglaciated more than 160yrs ago (those located >1300 m from glacier front). Species distributions along the glacier foreland were characterized by mutually exclusive species. Conversely, no pattern in chironomid species richness and turnover was observed. Interestingly, taxonomic diversity increased significantly: closely related species were found near the glacier front, while the most taxonomically diverse species assemblages were found distant from the glacier front. Increasing glacial retreat differently affect epigeic and aquatic insect taxa: carabids respond faster to glacier retreat than do chironomids, at least in species richness and species turnover patterns.

scholarly journals Carabid Beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Response to Soil Properties of Urban Wastelands in Warsaw, Poland

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (24) ◽  
pp. 10673
Author(s):  
Axel Schwerk ◽  
Marzena Wińska-Krysiak ◽  
Arkadiusz Przybysz ◽  
Ewa Zaraś-Januszkiewicz ◽  
Piotr Sikorski
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Carabid Beetle ◽  
Carabid Beetles ◽  
Soil Parameters ◽  
City Development ◽  
Space Management ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Beetle Assemblages ◽  
Trace Element Contamination ◽  
The One

Urban wasteland is of special interest to city planners. However, to integrate such areas into city space management with consideration of nature conservation aspects, a sound assessment of their ecological potential is necessary. The aim of this paper was to analyze whether carabid beetle assemblages of the wastelands are affected by soil parameters, particularly trace element contamination. Therefore, we studied the carabid fauna in relation to selected soil parameters on 56 sampling plots situated in 24 wastelands located in the city of Warsaw (Poland). The results have confirmed our assumptions that the number of species, as well as the number of individual carabid beetles, are negatively affected by an increasing amount of pollutants in the soil. Particularly, the trace elements Pb, Cu, and Cd showed a significantly negative impact. The results are of value when it comes to the use of urban wastelands in the context of sustainable city development. Future use of urban wastelands will be faced with trade-offs between the use for public interests (e.g., housing space) and ecological interests. Phytoremediation and entomoremediation may be included in decontamination measures. The results of studies, such as the one conducted by us, may help to select the respective wastelands for certain purposes.

scholarly journals Carabid beetles of tropical dry forests display traits that cope with a harsh environment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gloria Maria Ariza ◽  
Jorge Jácome ◽  
D. Johan Kotze
Keyword(s):  
Carabid Beetles ◽  
Tropical Dry Forests ◽  
Harsh Environment ◽  
Dry Forests

scholarly journals Pygidial Glands in Carabidae, an Overview of Morphology and Chemical Secretion

Life ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 562
Author(s):  
Anita Giglio ◽  
Maria Luigia Vommaro ◽  
Pietro Brandmayr ◽  
Federica Talarico
Keyword(s):  
Community Structure ◽  
Carboxylic Acids ◽  
Biological Function ◽  
Terrestrial Ecosystems ◽  
Carabid Beetles ◽  
Diverse Families ◽  
Pygidial Glands ◽  
Predator Community ◽  
Behavioural Adaptations ◽  
Chemical Secretion

Predator community structure is an important selective element shaping the evolution of prey defence traits and strategies. Carabid beetles are one of the most diverse families of Coleoptera, and their success in terrestrial ecosystems is related to considerable morphological, physiological, and behavioural adaptations that provide protection against predators. Their most common form of defence is the chemical secretion from paired abdominal pygidial glands that produce a heterogeneous set of carboxylic acids, quinones, hydrocarbons, phenols, aldehydes, and esters. This review attempts to update and summarise what is known about the pygidial glands, with particular reference to the morphology of the glands and the biological function of the secretions.

scholarly journals Indirect Effects of Increasing Sika Deer (Cervus nippon) on Carabid Beetles in the Tanzawa Mountains

2018 ◽  
Vol 100 (5) ◽  
pp. 141-148
Author(s):  
Shiro Sato ◽  
Maki Suzuki ◽  
Tooru Taniwaki ◽  
Atsushi Tamura
Keyword(s):  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Sika Deer ◽  
Cervus Nippon ◽  
Carabid Beetles ◽  
Tanzawa Mountains

Breastfeeding and Mixed Feeding Practices in Malawi: Timing, Reasons, Decision Makers, and Child Health Consequences

2007 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 90-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Bezner Kerr ◽  
Peter R. Berti ◽  
Marko Chirwa
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Feeding Practices ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Mixed Feeding ◽  
Health Consequences ◽  
And Child Health

Carabidae (Coleoptera) in Nova Scotia, Canada wild blueberry fields: prospects for biological control

2012 ◽  
Vol 144 (6) ◽  
pp. 779-791 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.C. Cutler ◽  
J.M. Renkema ◽  
C.G. Majka ◽  
J.M. Sproule
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
Nova Scotia ◽  
Species Diversity ◽  
Insect Pests ◽  
Abundant Species ◽  
Conservation Biological Control ◽  
Carabid Beetles ◽  
Eastern Canada ◽  
Wild Blueberries ◽  
Wild Blueberry

AbstractThe Carabidae (Coleoptera) are a diverse family of beetles with almost 300 species identified in Nova Scotia, Canada. Carabid beetle communities have been studied in several agricultural systems, but not wild blueberries, an important crop in eastern Canada. In the interest of potentially developing conservation biological control programs in wild blueberry, we collected Carabidae in crop (fruit-bearing) and sprout (vegetative) blueberry fields in Nova Scotia in order to assess species diversity and abundance over space and time. Over 3200 specimens were collected, representing 51 species. A large portion of collected specimens (39%) were nonnative, and the most abundant species were generally predacious and synanthropic. Species diversity tended to be higher near forest edges than further into fields, but not for all abundant species. Several of the most prominent predators showed significant differences in preference of crop versus sprout fields, distribution throughout fields, and seasonable abundance. These findings have implications for conservation biological control efforts with carabid beetles against several insect pests in wild blueberry.

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