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The Evolutionary Significance of Body Size in Burying Beetles
Brigham Young University Masthead Logo BYU ScholarsArchive All Theses and Dissertations 2018-04-01 The volutE ionary Significance of Body Size in Burying Beetles Ashlee Nichole Momcilovich Brigham Young University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd BYU ScholarsArchive Citation Momcilovich, Ashlee Nichole, "The vE olutionary Significance of Body Size in Burying Beetles" (2018). All Theses and Dissertations. 7327. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/7327 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in All Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. The Evolutionary Significance of Body Size in Burying Beetles Ashlee Nichole Momcilovich A dissertation submitted to the faculty of Brigham Young University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Mark C. Belk, Chair Seth M. Bybee Jerald B. Johnson Steven L. Peck G. Bruce Schaalje Department of Biology Brigham Young University Copyright © 2018 Ashlee Nichole Momcilovich All Rights Reserved ABSTRACT The Evolutionary Significance of Body Size in Burying Beetles Ashlee Nichole Momcilovich Department of Biology, BYU Doctor of Philosophy Body size is one of the most commonly studied traits of an organism, which is largely due to its direct correlation with fitness, life history strategy, and physiology of the organism. Patterns of body size distribution are also often studied. The distribution of body size within species is looked at for suggestions of differential mating strategies or niche variation among ontogenetic development. Patterns are also examined among species to determine the effects of competition, environmental factors, and phylogenetic inertia. -
A Catalogue of Coleoptera Specimens with Potential Forensic Interest in the Goulandris Natural History Museum Collection
ENTOMOLOGIA HELLENICA Vol. 25, 2016 A catalogue of Coleoptera specimens with potential forensic interest in the Goulandris Natural History Museum collection Dimaki Maria Goulandris Natural History Museum, 100 Othonos St. 14562 Kifissia, Greece Anagnou-Veroniki Maria Makariou 13, 15343 Aghia Paraskevi (Athens), Greece Tylianakis Jason Zoology Department, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/eh.11549 Copyright © 2017 Maria Dimaki, Maria Anagnou- Veroniki, Jason Tylianakis To cite this article: Dimaki, M., Anagnou-Veroniki, M., & Tylianakis, J. (2016). A catalogue of Coleoptera specimens with potential forensic interest in the Goulandris Natural History Museum collection. ENTOMOLOGIA HELLENICA, 25(2), 31-38. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/eh.11549 http://epublishing.ekt.gr | e-Publisher: EKT | Downloaded at 27/12/2018 06:22:38 | ENTOMOLOGIA HELLENICA 25 (2016): 31-38 Received 15 March 2016 Accepted 12 December 2016 Available online 3 February 2017 A catalogue of Coleoptera specimens with potential forensic interest in the Goulandris Natural History Museum collection MARIA DIMAKI1’*, MARIA ANAGNOU-VERONIKI2 AND JASON TYLIANAKIS3 1Goulandris Natural History Museum, 100 Othonos St. 14562 Kifissia, Greece 2Makariou 13, 15343 Aghia Paraskevi (Athens), Greece 3Zoology Department, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand ABSTRACT This paper presents a catalogue of the Coleoptera specimens in the Goulandris Natural History Museum collection that have potential forensic interest. Forensic entomology can help to estimate the time elapsed since death by studying the necrophagous insects collected on a cadaver and its surroundings. In this paper forty eight species (369 specimens) are listed that belong to seven families: Silphidae (3 species), Staphylinidae (6 species), Histeridae (11 species), Anobiidae (4 species), Cleridae (6 species), Dermestidae (14 species), and Nitidulidae (4 species). -
A Beautiful Insect That Buries Dead Bodies Is in the Middle of a Conservation Battle
We use cookies to provide you with a better onsite experience. By continuing to browse the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies in accordance with our Cookie Policy. SUBSCRIBE CONSERVATION A Beautiful Insect That Buries Dead Bodies Is In the Middle of a Conservation Battle Oil companies want the American burying beetle to be the first recovered insect taken off the U.S. endangered species list. But scientists say comeback claims are wildly exaggerated By Hannah Nordhaus | Scientific American December 2017 Issue Credit: Joel Sartore Getty Images ADVERTISEMENT IN BRIEF On the federal endangered species list since 1989, the American burying beetle needs small animal carcasses to live. Beetle habitat overlaps with oil and gas industry operations, and the industry wants the insect off the protected list. Arguments turn on whether the beetle's current population is robust enough to survive in a habitat that includes more pipelines, drilling rigs and roads. The beetle ranch is lovely: slate tile, a Viking range, knotty oak paneling and a wood stove with a preening taxidermy turkey on the wall above it. The porch is lined with rocking chairs that face out to a massive walnut tree and, beyond it, the pastures and thickets of southern Oklahoma's Lower Canadian Hills. Clover fields glow in the afternoon sun. A phoebe hollers from her nest; a scissortail flits between fence and field. People working at the ranch carry all sorts of weapons. Amy Smith, a biologist who conducts research here, keeps a .38 handgun strapped to her waist. Preston Smith, an owner of the property (and no relation to Amy Smith), is a six-and-a-half-foot-tall Texan who wears a beautiful silver-and-black combination .45 and .410 revolver engraved with his name. -
A Synergism Between Dimethyl Trisulfide and Methyl Thiolacetate
University of Connecticut OpenCommons@UConn Department of Ecology and Evolutionary EEB Articles Biology 2020 A Synergism Between Dimethyl Trisulfide And Methyl Thiolacetate In Attracting Carrion-Frequenting Beetles Demonstrated By Use Of A Chemically-Supplemented Minimal Trap Stephen T. Trumbo University of Connecticut at Waterbury, [email protected] John Dicapua III University of Connecticut at Waterbury, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://opencommons.uconn.edu/eeb_articles Part of the Behavior and Ethology Commons, and the Entomology Commons Recommended Citation Trumbo, Stephen T. and Dicapua, John III, "A Synergism Between Dimethyl Trisulfide And Methyl Thiolacetate In Attracting Carrion-Frequenting Beetles Demonstrated By Use Of A Chemically- Supplemented Minimal Trap" (2020). EEB Articles. 46. https://opencommons.uconn.edu/eeb_articles/46 1 1 2 A Synergism Between Dimethyl Trisulfide And Methyl Thiolacetate In Attracting 3 Carrion-Frequenting Beetles Demonstrated By Use Of A Chemically-Supplemented 4 Minimal Trap 5 6 Stephen T. Trumbo* and John A. Dicapua III 7 8 University of Connecticut, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 9 Waterbury, Connecticut, USA 10 11 *Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, 99 E. 12 Main St., Waterbury, CT 06710, U.S.A. ([email protected]) 13 ORCID - 0000-0002-4455-4211 14 15 Acknowledgements 16 We thank Alfred Newton (staphylinids), Armin MocZek and Anna Macagno (scarabs) 17 for their assistance with insect identification. Sandra Steiger kindly reviewed the 18 manuscript. The Southern Connecticut Regional Water Authority and the Flanders 19 Preserve granted permission for field experiments. The research was supported by 20 the University of Connecticut Research Foundation. -
Phylogeny, Biogeography, and Host Specificity
bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.05.20.443311; this version posted May 22, 2021. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under aCC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license. 1 Cryptic diversity within the Poecilochirus carabi mite 2 species complex phoretic on Nicrophorus burying 3 beetles: phylogeny, biogeography, and host specificity 4 Julia Canitz1, Derek S. Sikes2, Wayne Knee3, Julia Baumann4, Petra Haftaro1, 5 Nadine Steinmetz1, Martin Nave1, Anne-Katrin Eggert5, Wenbe Hwang6, Volker 6 Nehring1 7 1 Institute for Biology I, University of Freiburg, Hauptstraße 1, Freiburg, Germany 8 2 University of Alaska Museum, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, 9 99775, USA 10 3 Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes, Agriculture and 11 Agri-Food Canada, 960 Carling Avenue, K.W. Neatby Building, Ottawa, Ontario, 12 K1A 0C6, Canada 13 4 Institute of Biology, University of Graz, Universitätsplatz 2, 8010 Graz, Austria 14 5 School of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790-4120, USA 15 6 Department of Ecology and Environmental Resources, National Univ. of Tainan, 33 16 Shulin St., Sec. 2, West Central Dist, Tainan 70005, Taiwan 17 Correspondence: [email protected] 1 1/50 bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.05.20.443311; this version posted May 22, 2021. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. -
Program Book
NORTH CENTRAL BRANCH Entomological Society of America 59th Annual Meeting March 28-31, 2004 President Rob Wiedenmann The Fairmont Kansas City At the Plaza 401 Ward Parkway Kansas City, MO 64112 Contents Meeting Logistics ................................................................ 2 2003-2004 Officers and Committees, ESA-NCB .............. 4 2004 North Central Branch Award Recipients ................ 8 Program ............................................................................. 13 Sunday, March 28, 2004 Afternoon ...............................................................13 Evening ..................................................................13 Monday, March 29, 2004 Morning..................................................................14 Afternoon ...............................................................23 Evening ..................................................................42 Tuesday, March 30, 2004 Morning..................................................................43 Afternoon ...............................................................63 Evening ..................................................................67 Wednesday, March 31, 2004 Morning..................................................................68 Afternoon ...............................................................72 Author Index ..............................................................73 Taxonomic Index........................................................84 Key Word Index.........................................................88 -
Minnesota Army National Guard Camp Ripley Training Center and Arden Hills Army Training Site
MINNESOTA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD CAMP RIPLEY TRAINING CENTER AND ARDEN HILLS ARMY TRAINING SITE 2013 CONSERVATION PROGRAM REPORT Cover Photography: Fringed gentian (Gentiana crinita), Camp Ripley Training Center, 2011, Laura May, Camp Ripley Volunteer. Minnesota Army National Guard Camp Ripley Training Center and Arden Hills Army Training Site 2013 Conservation Program Report January 1 – December 31, 2013 Division of Ecological and Water Resources Minnesota Department of Natural Resources for the Minnesota Army National Guard Compiled by Nancy J. Dietz, Animal Survey Assistant Brian J. Dirks, Animal Survey Coordinator MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES CAMP RIPLEY SERIES REPORT NO. 23 ©2014, State of Minnesota Contact Information: MNDNR Information Center 500 Lafayette Road St. Paul, MN 55155-4040 (651) 296-6157 1-888-MINNDNR (646-6367) Telecommunication Device for the Deaf (651) 296-5484 1-800-657-3929 www.dnr.state.mn.us This report should be cited as follows: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and Minnesota Army National Guard. 2014. Minnesota Army National Guard, Camp Ripley Training Center and Arden Hills Army Training Site, 2013 Conservation Program Report, January 1-December 31, 2013. Compiled by Nancy J. Dietz and Brian J. Dirks, Camp Ripley Series Report No. 23, Little Falls, MN, USA. 205 pp. TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ...................................................................................................................................... I EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................... -
Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Species List, Version 2018-07-24
Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Species List, version 2018-07-24 Kenai National Wildlife Refuge biology staff July 24, 2018 2 Cover image: map of 16,213 georeferenced occurrence records included in the checklist. Contents Contents 3 Introduction 5 Purpose............................................................ 5 About the list......................................................... 5 Acknowledgments....................................................... 5 Native species 7 Vertebrates .......................................................... 7 Invertebrates ......................................................... 55 Vascular Plants........................................................ 91 Bryophytes ..........................................................164 Other Plants .........................................................171 Chromista...........................................................171 Fungi .............................................................173 Protozoans ..........................................................186 Non-native species 187 Vertebrates ..........................................................187 Invertebrates .........................................................187 Vascular Plants........................................................190 Extirpated species 207 Vertebrates ..........................................................207 Vascular Plants........................................................207 Change log 211 References 213 Index 215 3 Introduction Purpose to avoid implying -
Nicrophorus Defodiens
95 FIG. 4. Nicrophorus species: A-B, N. nigrita (Santa Barbara, California), A, habitus; B, head; C, N. guttula, head (Santa Barbara, California); D, N. marginatus, head (New Mexico). Nicrophorus defodiens (Mannerheim) Figure 3D Necrophorus defodiens Mannerheim 1846:513 Nicrophorus defodiens of Hatch 1927^:355 Nicrophorus conversator of Leech 1934:36 (misidentification) Nicrophorus defodiens long has been confused with Nicrophorus vespilloides (Herbst 1784). Despite the work of Leech (1937), unpublished studies by R. B. Madge indicate that N. defodiens is a distinct species. Pleistocene.—Unknown from California. Holocene.—This species occurs along the Pacific Coast of North America from Alaska into central California. Leech (1934) discussed its natural history, but misiden- tified the beetles as N. conversator (Walker 1866). Nicrophorus nigrita (Mannerheim) Figures 3C, 4A, B Necrophorus nigrita Mannerheim 1843:251 Nicrophorus investigator nigritus of Hatch 1927c/ :357 Nicrophorus nigrita of Arnett 1944:15 Nicrophorus investigator alpha Pierce 1949:67, fig. 13 (specimen LACMIP 3048), NEW SYNONYMY 96 This species was once considered a subspecies of N. investigator (Zetterstedt 1824), but it is specifically distinct. True N. investigator has not been recorded in California. Pierce's N. investigator alpha is N. nigrita, which was not considered a valid species by Hatch (1927a), upon which Pierce based his work. Nicrophorus investigator alpha was described from 6 syntype pronota (LACMIP 3048-3052, 5263; C121a-f) all from Pit A, Rancho La Brea. Pierce labeled syntype LACMIP 3048 (C121d) as holotype, although it was published (Pierce 1949) as a syntype. We are hereby designating 3048 as lectotype because it was labeled as holotype by its author, it was illustrated (Pierce 1949: Fig. -
And Burying Beetles (Nicrophorus Spp): Differences Between Northern and Southern Temperate Sites
COMPETITION FOR PREY BETWEEN ANTS AND BURYING BEETLES (NICROPHORUS SPP): DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN TEMPERATE SITES. BY MICHELLE P. SCOTT, JAMES F. A. TRANIELLO, AND ISABELLE A. FETHERSTON Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215 INTRODUCTION Burying beetles (Silphidae: Nicrophorus) utilize small vertebrate carcasses which can be quickly buried or rolled down a hole and concealed. Because carrion is also used by other invertebrates and vertebrates, burying beetles may be in competition with species of a wide variety of taxa for access to carcasses. For example, calli- phorid flies are often first to oviposit on carrion and if the eggs are not detected and destroyed by Nicrophorus the carcass may be con- sumed by developing fly larvae, causing the beetles to abandon the resource. One aspect of resource competition in Nicrophorus that has not been examined concerns interactions between burying beetles and ants (Arnett 1946). Ants are abundant, omnivorous scavengers in many habitats; ant colony size is often large and many species have swift recruitment systems that would allow them to occupy and defend small vertebrate prey. Ant species diversity and abundance are known to follow a latitudinal gradient (Kusnezov 1957, Wilson 1971, Jeanne 1979), and therefore the predatory or scavenging hab- its of ants may exert different effects on the ability of northern and southern temperate Nicrophorus species to control small vertebrate carrion. In this paper we report on the results of a study examining competitive interactions between burying beetles and ants at north- ern and southern sites in North America. MATERIALS AND METHODS The natural history of burying beetles (Nicrophorus spp.) and their ecological relationships have been well described (Pukowski *Revised manuscript received by the editor September 10, 1987. -
New Records of Carrion Beetles in Nebraska Reveal Increased
University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Great Plains Studies, Center for Social Sciences Fall 2011 NEW RECORDS OF CARRION BEETLES IN NEBRASKA REVEAL INCREASED PRESENCE OF THE AMERICAN BURYING BEETLE, NICROPHORUS AMERICANUS OLIVIER (COLEOPTERA: SILPHIDAE) Jessica Jurzenski University of Nebraska-Lincoln, [email protected] Daniel G. Snethen Little Wound High School, Kyle, SD Mathew L. Brust Chadron State College, [email protected] W. Wyatt obH ack University of Nebraska at Kearney, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/greatplainsresearch Part of the American Studies Commons, Animal Sciences Commons, and the Entomology Commons Jurzenski, Jessica; Snethen, Daniel G.; Brust, Mathew L.; and Hoback, W. Wyatt, "NEW RECORDS OF CARRION BEETLES IN NEBRASKA REVEAL INCREASED PRESENCE OF THE AMERICAN BURYING BEETLE, NICROPHORUS AMERICANUS OLIVIER (COLEOPTERA: SILPHIDAE)" (2011). Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences. 1188. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/greatplainsresearch/1188 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Great Plains Studies, Center for at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Great Plains Research 21 (Fall 2011):131-43 © 2011 Copyright by the Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska- Lincoln NEW RECORDS OF CARRION BEETLES IN NEBRASKA REVEAL INCREASED PRESENCE OF THE AMERICAN BURYING BEETLE, NICROPHORUS AMERICANUS OLIVIER (COLEOPTERA: SILPHIDAE) Jessica Jurzenski Department 0/ Entomology 202 Entomology Hall University o/Nebraska- Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68583-0816 [email protected] Daniel G. -
Forensic Entomology an Introduction
Forensic Entomology An Introduction Dorothy E. Gennard University of Lincoln, UK Forensic Entomology Forensic Entomology An Introduction Dorothy E. Gennard University of Lincoln, UK Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons Ltd, The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 8SQ, England Telephone +44 1243 779777 Email (for orders and customer service enquiries): [email protected] Visit our Home Page on www.wiley.com All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise, except under the terms of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 or under the terms of a licence issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4LP, UK, without the permission in writing of the Publisher. Requests to the Publisher should be addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 8SQ, England, or emailed to [email protected], or faxed to (+44) 1243 770620. Designations used by companies to distinguish their products are often claimed as trademarks. All brand names and product names used in this book are trade names, service marks, trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. The Publisher is not associated with any product or vendor mentioned in this book. This publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information in regard to the subject matter covered. It is sold on the understanding that the Publisher is not engaged in rendering professional services. If professional advice or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought.