Biogeography of the Carpathians: evolutionary and spatial facets of biodiversity

P Mráz, M Ronikier - Biological journal of the Linnean Society, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The Carpathians are the largest mountain range in Central Europe. Their geographical
position, extent, isolation, landscape heterogeneity, well-preserved environment, and …

Wolbachia affects mitochondrial population structure in two systems of closely related Palaearctic blue butterflies

A Sucháčková Bartoňová, M Konvička, J Marešová… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
The bacterium Wolbachia infects many insect species and spreads by diverse vertical and
horizontal means. As co-inherited organisms, these bacteria often cause problems in …

Global diversity and distribution of longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

R Rossa, J Goczał - The European Zoological Journal, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) is one of the largest, most diverse,
ecologically and economically important groups of beetles in the world. In the following …

Geographic and climatic constraints on bioregionalization of European ants

R Wang, JM Kass, C Galkowski, F Garcia… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Biogeographical regionalization is scant for most insect groups due to shortfalls in
distribution and phylogenetic information, namely the Wallacean and Darwinian shortfalls …

DNA barcoding in Dorcadionini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) uncovers mitochondrial-morphological discordance and the hybridogenic origin of several subspecies

MM Dascălu, FG Caba, L Fusu - Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 2022 - Springer
Dorcadionini is a highly speciose tribe within Cerambycidae and is also one of the most
challenging in terms of species identification owing to the large number of taxa, intraspecific …

What to save, the host or the pest? The spatial distribution of xylophage insects within the Mediterranean oak woodlands of Southwestern Spain

J Duque-Lazo, RM Navarro-Cerrillo - Forest ecology and management, 2017 - Elsevier
The Mediterranean oak forests are currently in severe decline. Although the oak decline has
been mainly related to Phytophthora sp. and extreme climatic conditions, there are other …

Conservation biogeography of high‐altitude longhorn beetles under climate change

R Poloni, M Iannella, G Fusco… - Insect Conservation and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
High‐altitude insects are expected to be strongly affected by climate change because of
their limited range. Phytophagous species will be subject to further threats because of their …

Worldwide tests of generic attractants, a promising tool for early detection of non-native cerambycid species

A Roques, M Dvořák, P Martinek, JG Millar - NeoBiota, 2023 - repozitar.mendelu.cz
A large proportion of the insects which have invaded new regions and countries are
emerging species, being found for the first time outside their native range. Being able to …

Revision of the Ropalopus ungaricus/insubricus group (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Callidiini) from the western Palaearctic region

L Karpiński, WT Szczepański… - Zoological Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
This paper revises the taxonomy and phylogeny of Ropalopus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae:
Callidiini) species belonging to the taxonomically intricate Ropalopus ungaricus/insubricus …

The Strait of Gibraltar is an ineffective palaeogeographic barrier for some flightless darkling beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Pimelia)

P Mas-Peinado, M García-París, JL Ruiz… - Zoological Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The geographic distribution of a species is shaped by its biology and by environmental and
palaeogeographic factors that interact at different spatial-temporal scales, which leads to …