Rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in yellow birch-dominated stands of southeastern Quebec, Canada: Diversity, abundance, and description of a new species

2007 ◽  
Vol 139 (6) ◽  
pp. 793-833 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Klimaszewski ◽  
David Langor ◽  
Karine Savard ◽  
Georges Pelletier ◽  
Donald S. Chandler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Relative Abundance ◽  
Betula Alleghaniensis ◽  
Yellow Birch ◽  
Additional Species ◽  
Rove Beetles ◽  
Rove Beetle ◽  
Beetle Assemblages ◽  
Trapping Methods ◽  
And Control ◽  
A New Species

AbstractRove beetle assemblages from forest dominated by yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis Britt. (Betulaceae)) at two sites in southeastern Quebec were characterized in terms of composition, diversity, and relative abundance. In total, 143 species were collected over two seasons (June–August of 1999 and 2000). In the pretreatment year (1999), 88 species were found in uncut stands. In the post-treatment year, 116 species were found in treated (by patch harvesting and ground scarification) and control plots combined. Sixty-one species were common to the two sites, 27 species captured in the 1999 season were not recaptured in the 2000 season, and 55 additional species were captured in 2000. There are 23 new distribution records for Quebec, and one species, Atheta (Dimetrota) pseudomodesta Klimaszewski, sp. nov., is described. New bionomics data on relative abundance, seasonality, and the utility of different trapping methods are presented. Assemblage composition is compared with that of a red spruce (Picea rubens Sarg. (Pinaceae)) forest in New Brunswick.

A new species and new records of Malagasy Megalopinus Eichelbaum (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Megalopsidiinae), with notes on the sperm pump in rove beetles

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4768 (3) ◽  
pp. 425-434
Author(s):  
PAWEŁ JAŁOSZYŃSKI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Record ◽  
New Records ◽  
Rove Beetles ◽  
Rove Beetle ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

A new Malagasy megalopsidiine rove beetle, Megalopinus puthzi sp. n., is described; the male morphological structures, including the aedeagus, are described for M. lemur Puthz for the first time, and a new record for M. heissi Puthz is given. The distribution and diversity of the sperm pump within Staphylinidae is discussed; the pump is for the first time reported to occur in Megalopsidiinae, Steninae, and Solieriinae; examples in Euaesthetinae and Scydmaeninae are also illustrated. 

scholarly journals Habitat heterogeneity supports epigeic arthropods after prescribed burning of dry grasslands

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
David D. Nagy ◽  
Orsolya Valkó ◽  
Tibor Magura ◽  
Balázs Deák ◽  
Roland Horváth ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Prescribed Burning ◽  
Ground Beetle ◽  
Abundant Species ◽  
Rove Beetles ◽  
Spider Species ◽  
Rove Beetle ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Dormant Season ◽  
And Control

Fire supports landscape openness; thus, prescribed burning could be an effective management in open landscapes. In this study we tested the response of arthropods (spider, ground beetle, rove beetle and woodlouse) to dormant-season prescribed burning in dry grassland patches. We hypothesized that the unburned patches support the arthropods recolonizing the burned patches; thus, fire causes no serious damage to the arthropod assemblages. Epigeic arthropods (spider, ground beetle, rove beetle and woodlouse) were collected by unbaited pitfall traps containing ethylene glycol as a killing-preserving solution. Altogether 60 traps worked in 3 burnt and 3 control plots (10 traps/plot). Traps were emptied monthly from May to October in the year after burning. Collected arthropods were identified at species level using standard keys. We found no significant difference between the burned and control plots for the abundance, species richness, and Shannon diversity of spiders, ground beetles, rove beetles and woodlice. Differences in total abundance, species richness and diversity of arthropods were also not significant between the burned and control plots. Among from 12 most abundant species, ten species was not affected by burning, while the abundance of Titanoteca veteranica spider species increased and the abundance of Trochosa robusta spider species decreased in the burnt plots. Microcaves and other unburned microhabitats in and around the burned patches serve as refuge for epigeic arthropods supporting the fast recolonization after prescribed burning, although the abundance of some epigeic spider species (Titanoteca veteranica, Trochosa robusta) was affected by burning. Our findigs revealed that prescribed burning is a potentially promising conservation method. We also highlighted that preservation of unburned microhabitats and surroundings of the managed patches is essential during the prescribed burning.

scholarly journals Can rove beetles (Staphylinidae) be excluded in studies focusing on saproxylic beetles in central European beech forests?

2014 ◽  
Vol 105 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Parmain ◽  
C. Bouget ◽  
J. Müller ◽  
J. Horak ◽  
M.M. Gossner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
European Beech ◽  
Species Assemblages ◽  
Rove Beetles ◽  
Forestry Practices ◽  
Rove Beetle ◽  
Beetle Assemblages ◽  
Saproxylic Beetle ◽  
The Impact

AbstractMonitoring saproxylic beetle diversity, though challenging, can help identifying relevant conservation sites or key drivers of forest biodiversity, and assessing the impact of forestry practices on biodiversity. Unfortunately, monitoring species assemblages is costly, mainly due to the time spent on identification. Excluding families which are rich in specimens and species but are difficult to identify is a frequent procedure used in ecological entomology to reduce the identification cost. The Staphylinidae (rove beetle) family is both one of the most frequently excluded and one of the most species-rich saproxylic beetle families. Using a large-scale beetle and environmental dataset from 238 beech stands across Europe, we evaluated the effects of staphylinid exclusion on results in ecological forest studies. Simplified staphylinid-excluded assemblages were found to be relevant surrogates for whole assemblages. The species richness and composition of saproxylic beetle assemblages both with and without staphylinids responded congruently to landscape, climatic and stand gradients, even when the assemblages included a high proportion of staphylinid species. At both local and regional scales, the species richness as well as the species composition of staphylinid-included and staphylinid-excluded assemblages were highly positively correlated. Ranking of sites according to their biodiversity level, which either included or excluded Staphylinidae in species richness, also gave congruent results. From our results, species assemblages omitting staphylinids can be taken as efficient surrogates for complete assemblages in large scale biodiversity monitoring studies.

A Mesozoic species ofAnotylus(Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Oxytelinae) from Liaoning, China, with the earliest evidence of sexual dimorphism in rove beetles

2012 ◽  
Vol 86 (3) ◽  
pp. 508-512 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanli Yue ◽  
György Makranczy ◽  
Dong Ren
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sexual Dimorphism ◽  
Early Cretaceous ◽  
Northeastern China ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Yixian Formation ◽  
Liaoning Province ◽  
Rove Beetles ◽  
Rove Beetle ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the staphylinid subfamily Oxytelinae is described and figured from a series of well-preserved compression fossils of the Yixian Formation (Early Cretaceous), Beipiao City, Liaoning Province, northeastern China. The species is placed in the recent genusAnotylusThomson, 1859 based on typical morphological features for the genus as well as secondary sexual characters. The strong projection of the anterior pronotal angles is a feature also possessed by males of several recent Neotropical taxa in the genus. This is the earliest fossil rove beetle with clearly demonstrable sexual dimorphism.

A new species of the genus Parapachymorpha Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 (Phasmida, Phasmatidae, Clitumninae) from Laos

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4732 (1) ◽  
pp. 196-200
Author(s):  
CHANG-MOON JANG ◽  
YANG˗SEOP BAE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Body Surface ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Lateral View ◽  
Lower Margin ◽  
Additional Species ◽  
The World ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Egg Capsule

Parapachymorpha is one of eight genera within the tribe Medaurini of subfamily Clitumninae (Phasmatidae). It was established by Brunner von Wattenwyl (1893), with the type species Parapachymorpha nigra by subsequent designation of Kirby (1904), from Myanmar. Species of this genus are widely distributed in oriental tropics (Laos, China, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam and Cambodia), with only 11 known species in the world (Brock et al. 2018, Ho 2017). Species of the genus Parapachymorpha can be recognized by following characters (Brunner von Wattenwyl 1893;1907, Henmemann & Conle 2008, Ho 2017): 1) body robust in female and slender in male with long leg in relation to the length; 2) body surface of female granulose or spinose; 3) mesonotum of female more and less expanded posteriorly; 4) abdominal tergites lacking expanded prostero–lateral angles in both sexes; 5) laminal supraanalis undeveloped in female; 6) semi–tergite of male irregularly rectangular, with an additional finger­–like ventro–apical appendix on the lower margin and reduced or absent; 7) egg capsule oval to oblong and covered with a raised net–like structure in lateral view; 8) micropylar plate oval; 9) operculum concave or convex. In the present study, we describe additional species, Parapachymorpha minuta sp. nov. from Laos, with photographs of both sexes of adults and egg. 

A new species and further records of quill mites (Acari: Cheyletoidea: Syringophilidae) parasitic on birds (Aves) in England

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2133 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
BARRY NATTRESS ◽  
MACIEJ SKORACKI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Length Ratio ◽  
Additional Species ◽  
Tawny Owl ◽  
Strix Aluco ◽  
Quill Mites ◽  
The Family ◽  
Transverse Branch ◽  
One New Species ◽  
A New Species

Four additional species of quill mites of the family Syringophilidae Lavoipierre have now been recorded in England. This includes one new species, Bubophilus aluconis sp. nov., which parasitizes the tawny owl Strix aluco (Strigiformes: Strigidae). It differs from other species of this genus, B. ascalaphus Philips et Norton, 1978 and B. asiobius Skoracki et Bochkov, 2002 by the number of chambers in transverse branch of the peritremes (2-3), the length ratio of setae vi and ve (1:1.6-2), and the lengths of the stylophore and aggenital setae ag1 (180 and 135-145, respectively).

scholarly journals Faecal bacterial composition in horses with and without free faecal liquid: a case control study

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrin M. Lindroth ◽  
Johan Dicksved ◽  
Erik Pelve ◽  
Viveca Båverud ◽  
Cecilia E. Müller
Keyword(s):  
Relative Abundance ◽  
Case Control Study ◽  
Sampling Period ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Bacterial Composition ◽  
Clostridioides Difficile ◽  
Liquid Phases ◽  
And Control ◽  
The 16S Rrna Gene ◽  
Control Study

AbstractFree faecal liquid (FFL) is a condition in horses which manifests as differential defecation of solid and liquid phases of faeces. The etiology of FFL is currently unknown, but deviances in the hindgut microbiota has been suggested to be of importance. The present study aimed to compare the faecal bacterial composition of farm-matched horses with (case, n = 50) and without (control, n = 50) FFL. Samples were collected at three different occasions. The V3 and V4 regions of the 16S rRNA gene were amplified and sequenced using Illumina sequencing. Also, samples were cultivated for detection of Clostridioides difficile and Clostridium perfringens. Analysis revealed similar faecal bacterial composition between case and control horses, but an effect of sampling period (p = 0.0001). Within sampling periods, 14 genera were present in higher or lower proportions in case compared to control horses in at least one sampling period. Compared to controls, case horses had higher relative abundance of Alloprevotella (adjusted p < 0.04) and lower relative abundance of Bacillus spp. (adjusted p < 0.03) in at least two sampling periods. All horses tested negative for C. difficile and C. perfringens by culture of faeces. Further studies are required to establish the clinical relevance of specific bacterial taxa in FFL.

Review of the status of the genus Phelene stat. resurr. (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae: Lophotettiginae) and description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4980 (2) ◽  
pp. 355-365
Author(s):  
OSCAR J. CADENA-CASTAÑEDA ◽  
CARLOS JULIO ARANGO DÍAZ ◽  
DANIELA SANTOS MARTINS SILVA ◽  
OSCAR BUITRAGO ◽  
ALEXANDER GARCÍA GARCÍA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Taxa ◽  
Additional Species ◽  
Nomen Dubium ◽  
The Status ◽  
A New Species

The status of the genus Phelene stat. resurr., previously synonymized under Chiriquia is revalidated. The genus is redescribed and Phelene turgida stat. rev. a lectotype and paralectotypes are designated for this species. Tetrix laticeps is proposed as nomen dubium and its described a new additional species Phelene maroon n. sp. The diagnosis of the subfamily is adjusted with the characters of the new taxa included and an updated key of genera and species is provided. 

Rare forest types in northeastern Ontario: a classification and analysis of representation in protected areas

2010 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 423-435 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles R. Drever ◽  
James Snider ◽  
Mark C. Drever
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Red Oak ◽  
Betula Alleghaniensis ◽  
White Pine ◽  
Yellow Birch ◽  
Eastern White Pine ◽  
Habitat Specificity ◽  
White Cedar ◽  
Eastern White Cedar

Our objective was to assess the relative rarity and representation within protected areas of Standard Forest Units (SFUs) in northeastern Ontario by applying the concepts of geographic range, habitat specificity, and local population size. SFUs are stand type classifications, routinely employed by forest managers, based on tree composition, disturbance history, and prescribed silvicultural system. We identified several SFUs as rare because of a narrow distribution, association with only one landform type, or lack of at least one stand larger than an ecoregion-specific threshold. In the Boreal forest, rare SFUs comprised stands dominated by eastern hemlock ( Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carrière), red oak ( Quercus rubra L.), yellow birch ( Betula alleghaniensis Britt.), or eastern white-cedar ( Thuja occidentalis L.). Rare SFUs also included eastern white pine ( Pinus strobus L.) and (or) red pine ( Pinus resinosa Ait.) leading stands managed by shelterwood or seed tree silviculture as well as low-lying deciduous stands and selection-managed stands of shade-tolerant species. In the Great Lakes – St. Lawrence forest, rare SFUs were yellow birch stands, stands dominated by conifer species abundant in the Boreal, and shelterwood-managed hardwood stands. Several rare SFUs had <12% of their total area in protection, i.e., stands dominated by eastern white pine, yellow birch, eastern white pine – red oak, or eastern white-cedar. These rare stand types require increased protection in reserves and tailored silvicultural practices to maintain their probability of persistence.

Nonmarine ostracods (Crustacea) from South Korea, including a description of a new species of Tanycypris Triebel (Cyprididae, Cypricercinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3161 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHEON YOUNG CHANG ◽  
JIMIN LEE ◽  
ROBIN J. SMITH
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Small Proportion ◽  
Korean Peninsula ◽  
New Records ◽  
Actual Number ◽  
Additional Species ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
Freshwater Habitats ◽  
A New Species

Preliminary surveys of brackish and freshwater habitats in the southeast and east of South Korea produced a total of fifteenspecies. Ten of these species are new records for Korea, and one additional species, belonging to the genus Tanycypris, isnewly described herein. Twenty-seven species of nonmarine ostracods are now reported from Korea, but this is probablyonly a small proportion of the actual number of species inhabiting the peninsula. The presence of Dolerocypris ikeyaiSmith & Kamiya, 2006, Cryptocandona brehmi (Klie, 1934), Cryptocandona tsukagoshii Smith, 2011, Physocypria nip-ponica Okubo, 1990 and Vestalenula cylindrica (Straub, 1952) on the Korean Peninsula demonstrates that these species are also distributed on the continent, and are not endemic to Japan.

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