The phylogeny of carabid tribes is examined with sequences of 18S ribosomal DNA from
eighty‐four carabids representing forty‐seven tribes, and fifteen outgroup taxa. Parsimony …

When environments change, populations may adapt surprisingly fast, repeatedly and even
at microgeographic scales. There is increasing evidence that such cases of rapid parallel …

We assess and review the impact of the new cytogenetic techniques in insects for their roles
in taxonomy and for a better knowledge of their chromosomal structure. Particular emphasis …

The Carabidae is by far the largest family of the Adephaga, with more than 40,000 described
species. Whereas their phylogeny has been extensively studied, convergences and …

The worldwide distributed genus Monochamus Megerle, 1821 (Coleoptera Cerambicydae)
comprises beetles that may become pests of economic importance in conifer stands in the …

Arthropods are important to worldwide agriculture, food safety, human health, and energy
production. Besides their practical significance, various species represent excellent model …

Introduction. Carabidae comprises one of the largest families of Coleoptera and by far the
largest in the suborder Adephaga. In the sense of the present chapter (including …

Cytogenetic features of the endemic Western Anatolian tenebrionid species Turkonalassus
quercanus Keskin, Nabozhenko et Alpagut-Keskin, 2017 were analyzed using conventional …

The meiotic process was studied in fifty-three species belonging to the caraboid families
Bembidiidae (48). Trechidae (3), Pogonidae (1), and Harpalidae (1). Males show …

Chromosome numbers and sex chromosome systems of 154 previously unstudied
Bembidion species are described. The genus is nearly uniform: males of 176 of 205 species …