The larval stages of Agabus elongatus (Gyll.) and A. wasastjernae (Sahib.) (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)

AbstractThe larval stages of Agabus elongatus (Gyllenhal, 1826) and A. wasastjernae (Sahlberg, 1824) are described from material from northern Sweden. Descriptions are given of all three larval instars based on reared specimens. Information is given on the natural history of the two species and characters are presented for the separation of these larvae from other described larvae of European Agabus.

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The larval stages of Ilybius angustior Gyllenhal (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)

Insect Systematics & Evolution ◽

10.1163/187631281794709953 ◽

1981 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 194-198 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Anders Nilsson

Keyword(s):

Natural History ◽

Northern Sweden ◽

Larval Stages ◽

History Of

AbstractThe larval stages of Ilybius angustior Gyll. are described from material from northern Sweden. Information is given on the natural history of the species and characters are provided to separate these larvae from other described larvae of European Ilybius.

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The second- and third-instar larvae of Hygrotus decoratus (Gyllenhal) (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)

Insect Systematics & Evolution ◽

10.1163/187631284x00055 ◽

1984 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

pp. 65-69 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jan G.M. Cuppen ◽

Anders N. Nilsson

Keyword(s):

Natural History ◽

The Netherlands ◽

Larval Instars ◽

History Of ◽

Third Instar Larvae

AbstractThe morphotogy of the second and third larval instars of Hygrotus decoratus (Gyllenhal, 1810) is described from specimens from the Netherlands. The descriptions are based on specimens taken together with adults. Some information is given on the natural history of the species, and characters for separation of the Dutch Hygrotus larvae are presented.

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LQTS founder population in Northern Sweden – the natural history of a potentially fatal inherited cardiac disorder

Biodemography and Social Biology ◽

10.1080/19485565.2021.1999788 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-17

Author(s):

Diamant Ulla-Britt ◽

Winbo Annika ◽

Karlsson Marcus ◽

Edvinsson Sören ◽

Rydberg Annika

Keyword(s):

Natural History ◽

Founder Population ◽

Northern Sweden ◽

Cardiac Disorder ◽

History Of

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The larva of the predaceous water beetle Agabus striolatus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)

Insect Systematics & Evolution ◽

10.1163/187631283x00326 ◽

1983 ◽

Vol 14 (3) ◽

pp. 316-320 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Anders N. Nilsson ◽

Jan G.M. Cuppen

Keyword(s):

Natural History ◽

The Netherlands ◽

Larval Morphology ◽

Larval Instars ◽

Water Beetle ◽

History Of

AbstractThe larval morphology of Agabus striolatus (Gyllenhal, 1808) is described from specimens from the Netherlands and Sweden. Descriptions are given of all three larval instars based on specimens taken together with adults. Information is given on the natural history of the species and characters are presented for the separation of this larva from other described larvae of European Agabus.

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Natural history of Platypria (Platypria) hystrix (Fabricius, 1798) on Fabaceae host plants, with notes on other Platypria species in India (Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae, Hispini)

ZooKeys ◽

10.3897/zookeys.1031.60129 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1031 ◽

pp. 59-84

Author(s):

Sachin Ranade ◽

Kaniyarikkal Divakaran Prathapan ◽

Hemant V. Ghate ◽

Caroline S. Chaboo

Keyword(s):

Natural History ◽

Host Plants ◽

Head Capsule ◽

Leaf Beetle ◽

Northeast India ◽

Mucuna Pruriens ◽

New Host ◽

Evolutionary Patterns ◽

Larval Stages ◽

History Of

The leaf-beetle genus Platypria Guérin-Méneville, 1840 comprises two subgenera and 34 species (Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Hispini). Host plants are documented for eight species and indicate mostly perennial species of Fabaceae and Rhamnaceae. Larvae and pupae have been documented for two Platypria species. This paper presents novel natural history data, based on a field study of populations of Platypria (Platypria) hystrix (Fabricius, 1798) on Erythrina stricta Roxb. and Pueraria phaseoloides (Roxb.) Benth. in Kerala, south India and on Erythrina variegata L., Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willd.) Maes. & S. Almeida and Mucuna pruriens (L) DC in Assam, northeast India. Three new Fabaceae hosts are reported for P. (P.) hystrix. Brief notes and new host records, based on field observations, are also provided for the other three species of Platypria in India – P. (P.) chiroptera Gestro, 1899, P. (P.) echidna Guérin-Méneville, 1840 and P. (P.) erinaceus (Fabricius, 1801). Platypria females slit the leaf to lay a single egg which is covered with secretions that harden as an ootheca, the egg covering in Cassidinaes. l. There are five larval stages, each with the typical ‘hispine’ mining form and behaviour – a flattened cream-coloured body, chitinised head capsule and claws, and feeding on mesophyll and leaving irregular blotch mines on the host leaves. Pupation occurs in an independent pupal mine and lasts about a week. These observations suggest new potential phylogenetic character hypotheses that can stimulate better data collection on leaf-mining Cassidinae and help resolve evolutionary patterns amongst these basal mining genera.

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How is the moral stance related to the intentional stance and group thinking?

Behavioral and Brain Sciences ◽

10.1017/s0140525x19002413 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 43 ◽

Author(s):

Hannes Rakoczy

Keyword(s):

Natural History ◽

Social Cognitive ◽

Intentional Stance ◽

Cognitive Capacities ◽

Shared Intentionality ◽

History Of ◽

Group Thinking ◽

Moral Stance

Abstract The natural history of our moral stance told here in this commentary reveals the close nexus of morality and basic social-cognitive capacities. Big mysteries about morality thus transform into smaller and more manageable ones. Here, I raise questions regarding the conceptual, ontogenetic, and evolutionary relations of the moral stance to the intentional and group stances and to shared intentionality.

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