Members of the Goliathus group in the order Coleoptera, family Scarabaeidae and the sub-family Cetoniidae is one among essential ecological insects worldwide with scanty documentation in Tanzania. The country was amon...
supported by the Fund for the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.32001902);Henan Scientific and Technical Attack Project(Grant No.12102110460);Underground pest post of the national wheat industry system(CARS-03);Major public welfare special projects in Henan Province(201300111500);Basic scientific research business fee of Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences(2021zc42).
Light is one of the key environmental factors for insects to survive.Artificial light sources different from natural environmental light can cause light stress in insects.Yellow and green light stress can interfere wi...
funding from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
Although reports have documented loss of species diversity and ecological services caused by stressful temperature changes that result from climate change,some species cope through behavioral compensation.As temperatu...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31672345,31961143002)
Three dimensional morphology of Melanopopillia hainanensis Lin, 1980 is reported firstly by using Micro CT technology, including internal and external structures. The male of M. hainanensis is described for the first ...
undertaken by the KLZSE was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31172143,31672345);the National Science Fund for Fostering Talents in Basic Research(Special Subjects in Animal Taxonomy,NSFC-J0630964/J0109,J1210002);the Humboldt Fellowship(M.B.)from Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Scarabaeinae is a globally distributed coprophagous coleopteran group with southeast Asia and Africa as the key areas of distribution. Located in the southern part of China, Hong Kong has subtropical climate and diver...
The European rhinoceros beetle, Oryctes nasicornis (L.), is a large flying beetle in the subfamily Dynastinae of family Scarabaeidae and order Coleoptera. It is well-known to be a Palaearctic species, inhabiting Europ...
It is suggested that the isolates of Oryctes Nudivirus (OrNV), cultured for decades in cells of Heteronychus arator (F.) (HA), be checked to verify genomic changes have not occurred which adapt them to culture but red...
The invasion process involves overcoming certain barriers with negative effects on the biodiversity and ecosystem function. This is the case of the African dung beetle Digitonthophagus gazella, which was introduced in...
supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (2011CB302102);by a Humboldt Fellowship (M.B.) from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
This study investigates the dung beetle fauna in northern Pakistan, including Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Gilgit-Baltistan(formerly known as the Northern Areas of Pakistan), and Federally Administered Tribal Areas,...
Studies on sorghum chafer (Pachnoda interrupta) were conducted under field condition for two consecutive years (2005 to 2006) to determine the biology and ecology of the beetle. Average oviposition rate by a single fe...