Door 21: Insects are fun!
Among my favorite papers of 2022, as always, are the quarterly contributions to the American Entomoligist by May R. Berenbaum: “Terms of Art and Terms of Arth... Read more.
Door 14. The largest animal genus just got larger.
Today, most biologists would agree that there is no objective criterion to determine the rank of a supraspecific taxon. As a result, comparing how many species ... Read more.
Door 4: Do you like floods?
When floods are mentioned, what first comes to mind is a disastrous catastrophe wrecking houses, devastating crops and, occasionally, even costing human lives. ... Read more.
Animal of the month: Intertidal and littoral rove beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)
Insects are not particularly diverse in the marine and coastal habitats. This contrasts strikingly with their dominance in most terrestrial ecosystems. Yet, cer... Read more.
Identification of African staphylinid beetles
Identification of African staphylinid beetles can be challenging. Many genera have never been revised, and descriptions of their species are scattered in differ... Read more.
Exploring coastal beetle fauna of the Sakhalin island
Most species of the hydraenid beetle genus Ochthebius are associated with fresh water habitats e.g. creek margins. One clade, the vandykei group, succeeded in a... Read more.
Staphylinid beetles of Ebu Forest, Cameroon
In June 2021 Vladimir Gusarov made a field trip to Cameroon. The purpose of the trip was to survey the staphylinid beetle fauna of the Ebu forest, collect sampl... Read more.