Bionic Modeling Study on the Landing Mechanism of Flapping Wing Robot Based on the Thoracic Legs of Purple Stem Beetle, <i>Sagra femorata</i> by Haozhe Feng, Junyi Shi, Huan Shen, Chuanyu Zhu, Haoming Wu, Lining Sun, Qian Wang, Chao Liu

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Invasive Shot Hole Borers Euwallacea fornicatus, E. kuroshio, and E. perbrevis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) by Demian F. Gomez, Jiri Hulcr, Daniel Carrillo

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Contributions to the taxonomy of Dichotomius Hope, 1838 (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Dichotomiini): Description of a new subgenus and redefinition of Dichotomius sensu stricto spec... by Jorge Armando Arias-Buriticá, Fernando Zagury Vaz-de-Mello

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Invasive Shot Hole Borers Euwallacea fornicatus, E. kuroshio, and E. perbrevis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) by Demian F. Gomez, Jiri Hulcr, Daniel Carrillo

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Compost Organic Materials' Suitability as a Living Place for Rhinoceros Beetle Larvae (Oryctes rhinoceros Linnaeus) in Oil Palm Area by Hafiz Fauzana, Rusli Rustam, Desita Salbiah, Putra Aritonang

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Intra-Uterine Nutrition of the “Beetle-Roach” Diploptera Dytiscoides (Serv.)During Embryogenesis, With Notes on its Biology in the Laboratory (Blattaria: Diplopteridae) by Louis M. Roth, Edwin R. Willis

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Acral Exogenous Cutaneous Pigmentation Caused by Contact with a Darkling Beetle (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in a Young Patient in the state of Amazonas by Iara de Melo Freire, Carolina Souza de Oliveira, Marcella Caldeira Camisasca Souza, Virgínia Vilasboas Figueiras, Luciana Mendes dos Santos

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Winter and early spring assemblages of ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in two forest habitats in suburban area of Warsaw, central Poland by Karolina Bodzon, Piotr Ceryngier

“…In March and April of 2014 and 2015, overwintering and post-overwintering assemblages of ladybird beetles were investigated in deciduous (Tilio-Carpinetum) and mixed forest (Querco roboris-Pinetum) patches in a forest complex on the north-western periphery of Warsaw. …”
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Effect of botanical powders and the assassin bug, Alloeocranum biannulipes Mont. and Sign. (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) against Dinoderus porcellus Lesne (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) infe... by Kitherian SAHAYARAJ, Antonio SINZOGAN, Manuele TAMO, Joelle TOFFA, Yêyinou Laura Estelle LOKO, Armand VODOUNNON, Innocent DJEGBE

Subjects: “…Yam beetle…”
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Ophiostomatoid fungi associated with pine bark beetles and infested pines in south-eastern Australia, including Graphilbum ipis-grandicollis sp. nov. by Conrad Trollip, Angus J. Carnegie, Quang Dinh, Jatinder Kaur, David Smith, Ross Mann, Brendan Rodoni, Jacqueline Edwards

“…Abstract The ophiostomatoid fungi are an assemblage of ascomycetes which are arguably best-known for their associations with bark and ambrosia beetles (Curculonidae) and blue stain (sap stain) of many economically important tree species. …”
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Enhancing ride comfort of semi-active suspension through collaboration control using dung beetle optimizer optimized Fuzzy PID controller by Kunlun Zhang, Azizan As’arry, Liucun Zhu, Abdul Aziz Hairuddin, Mohd Khair Hassan, Mohd Zarhamdy Md Zain

“…To enhance the ability of online real-time adjustment and overcome the limitations of fuzzy control, this study combines dung beetle optimizer (DBO), Fuzzy control, and Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) control to propose a reduced optimization complexity control method to improve MR damper control. …”
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Experimental rearing of the small spruce bark beetle Ips amitinus (Eichhoff, 1872) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) on aboriginal Siberian coniferous species by Nikita A. Smirnov, Ivan A. Kerchev

“…., with the possibility for beetles to choose one of the four proposed tree species. …”
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<i>Ochyronemus</i>, a New Genus of the Tarsonemid Tribe Pseudotarsonemoidini (Acari: Heterostigmatina) from Mexico by Wojciech Ł. Magowski, Jose M. Rezende, Ronald Ochoa

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IMA Genome - F13 by P. Markus Wilken, Janneke Aylward, Ramesh Chand, Felix Grewe, Frances A. Lane, Shagun Sinha, Claudio Ametrano, Isabel Distefano, Pradeep K. Divakar, Tuan A. Duong, Sabine Huhndorf, Ravindra N. Kharwar, H. Thorsten Lumbsch, Sudhir Navathe, Carlos A. Pérez, Nazaret Ramírez-Berrutti, Rohit Sharma, Yukun Sun, Brenda D. Wingfield, Michael J. Wingfield

Subjects: “…Ambrosia beetle…”
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Assessment of Different Conventional and Biofortified Wheat Genotypes Based on Biology and Damage Pattern of <i>Rhyzopertha dominica</i> and <i>Trogoderma granarium</i> by Hafiz Muhammad Bilal Yousuf, Muhammad Yasin, Muhammad Asif Khan, Asim Abbasi, Muhammad Arshad, Muhammad Anjum Aqueel, Inzamam Ul Haq, Waleed A. A. Alsakkaf, Marwa I. Mackled, Nazih Y. Rebouh, Hayssam M. Ali

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Correction to: Ophiostomatoid fungi associated with pine bark beetles and infested pines in south-eastern Australia, including Graphilbum ipis‑grandicollis sp. nov by Conrad Trollip, Angus J. Carnegie, Quang Dinh, Jatinder Kaur, David Smith, Ross Mann, Brendan Rodoni, Jacqueline Edwards

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Toward the Development of the Trojan Female Technique in Pest Insects: Male‐Specific Influence of Mitochondrial Haplotype on Reproductive Output in the Seed Beetle Acanthoscelides obtectus by Lea Vlajnić, Uroš Savković, Jelena Jović, Sanja Budečević, Biljana Stojković, Mirko Đorđević

“…Here, we examined the sex‐specific effects of three distinct and naturally occurring mitochondrial haplotypes (MG1a, MG1d, and MG3b) on several reproductive and life history traits in the seed beetle Acanthoscelides obtectus. Our results revealed that males harboring the MG3b mitotype exhibited lower early fecundity and fertility, while there were no effects on females or longevity in either sex. …”
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Ophiostomatalean Fungi (Ascomycota, Ophiostomatales) Associated with Three Beetles from <i>Pinus sylvestris</i> var. <i>mongolica</i> in Heilongjiang, China by Zheng Wang, Caixia Liu, Yingjie Tie, Xiuyue Song, Huimin Wang, Quan Lu

“…However, only a limited number of ophiostomatalean fungi associated with beetles infesting <i>Pinus sylvestris</i> var. <i>mongolica</i> have been identified. …”
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First report of the darkling beetle, Opatroides punctulatus Brull&amp;eacute;, 1832 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) in Idaho, USA, an expanding adventive species in the Pacific Northwest by Armando Falcon-Brindis, Henry Trujillo, Jason Thomas

“…Opatroides punctulatus Brull&amp;eacute;, 1832 is a detritivore tenebrionid beetle native to the Old World that was detected in the United States over 20 years ago. …”
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Symptoms of dwarf elm (Ulmus pumila L.) health condition in the Left-bank Ukraine by Valentyna L. Meshkova, Olena A. Kuznetsova, Volodymyr P. Turenko

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