Lamellicorn Beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea) of the Islands of the Peter the Great Gulf, Sea of Japan (Primorsky Krai of Russia) by Vitaly G. Bezborodov, Elena V. Lesik

“…The Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802 is dominates the fauna of 21 islands—77 species (88.5%), other families are represented by a single species: Trogidae Macleay, 1819—5 species (5.7%), Lucanidae Latreille, 1804—3 species (3.5%), Geotrupidae Latreille, 1802—2 species (2.3%). …”
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Жуки (Coleoptera) Ківерцівського національного природного парку «Цуманська пуща»: попередні дослідження... by Kateryna Sukhomlin, Olexander Zinchenko, Mariia Zinchenko

“…У Ківерцівському національному природному парку «Цуманська пуща» зареєстровано 84 види твердокрилих комах з 21 родини: Carabidae (8 видів), Cerambycidae (15), Chrysomelidae (12), Cleridae (2), Coccinellidae (3), Apionidae (1), Attelabіdae (1), Curculionidae (6), Meloidae (1), Mordellidae (1), Oedemeridae (2), Tenebrionidae (2), Buprestidae (2), Cantharidae (5), Elateridae (2), Geotrupidae (2), Lucanidae (2), Scarabaeidae (13), Histeridae (1), Hydrophilidae (1), Silphidae (2). …”
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The LIFE Project “Monitoring of insects with public participation” (MIPP): aims, methods and conclusions by Giuseppe Maria Carpaneto, Alessandro Campanaro, Sönke Hardersen, Paolo Audisio, Marco Alberto Bologna, Pio Federico Roversi, Giuseppino Sabbatini Peverieri, Franco Mason

“…The Life Project “Monitoring of insects with public participation” (LIFE11 NAT/IT/000252) had as the main objective to develop and test methods for the monitoring of five beetle species listed in the Annexes of the Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC): Osmoderma eremita (hermit beetle, Scarabaeidae), Lucanus cervus (European stag beetle, Lucanidae), Cerambyx cerdo (great capricorn beetle, Cerambycidae), Rosalia alpina (rosalia longicorn, Cerambycidae) and Morimus asper/funereus (morimus longicorn, Cerambycidae). …”
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Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) Fauna of the Republic of Mordovia (Russia) by Leonid V. Egorov, Alexander B. Ruchin, Sergei K. Alekseev, Sergei V. Lukiyanov, Evgeniy A. Lobachev, Mikhail N. Esin, Oleg N. Artaev, Gennadiy B. Semishin

“…Another seven species are additionally known from others taken from the literature (but were not found during the present field survey); (4) Conclusions: Species diversity of Scarabaeoidea of Mordovia accounts for 95 species from 4 families (Geotrupidae, Trogidae, Lucanidae and Scarabaeidae). Ten species (<i>Protaetia marmorata, Anoplotrupes stercorosus, Cetonia aurata, Protaetia cuprea volhyniensis, Oxythyrea funesta, Platycerus caraboides, Serica brunnea, Melolontha hippocastani, Trichius fasciatus and Protaetia fieberi</i>) constitute the main population of Scarabaeoidea fauna given in the dataset. …”
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Additions and corrections to “Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)” by Patrice Bouchard, Yves Bousquet

“…The following new genus-group name synonyms are proposed [valid names in square brackets]: Plocastes Gistel, 1856 [Aesalus Fabricius, 1801] (Lucanidae); Evambates Gistel, 1856 [Trichius Fabricius, 1775] (Scarabaeidae); Homoeoplastus Gistel, 1856 [Byturus Latreille, 1797] (Byturidae). …”
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Evolutionary Relationship Between Platycerus Stag Beetles and Their Mycangium-Associated Yeast Symbionts by Kôhei Kubota, Kana Watanabe, Xue-Jiao Zhu, Kako Kawakami, Masahiko Tanahashi, Masahiko Tanahashi, Takema Fukatsu, Takema Fukatsu, Takema Fukatsu

“…Adult females of stag beetles (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) possess an ovipositor-associated mycangium for conveying symbiotic microorganisms. …”
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A catalogue of Lithuanian beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) by Vytautas Tamutis, Brigita Tamute, Romas Ferenca

“…More than 85% of beetle species expected for Lithuania have been found in the following families: Cerylonidae, Geotrupidae, Haliplidae, Kateridae, Lycidae, Lucanidae, Mycetophagidae, Scarabaeidae and Silphidae. …”
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Design and Testing of Bionic-Feature-Based 3D-Printed Flexible End-Effectors for Picking Horn Peppers by Lexing Deng, Tianyu Liu, Ping Jiang, Aolin Qi, Yuchen He, Yujie Li, Mingqin Yang, Xin Deng

“…Four biological features, namely, the outer contours of a <i>Vicia faba</i> L. fruit, an <i>Abelmoschus esculentus</i> fruit, the upper jaw of a <i>Lucanidae</i>, and a <i>Procambarus clarkii</i> claw, were selected and designed using 3D software. …”
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Diverse Heat Tolerance of the Yeast Symbionts of Platycerus Stag Beetles in Japan by Xue-Jiao Zhu, Xue-Jiao Zhu, Sheng-Nan Zhang, Kana Watanabe, Kako Kawakami, Noriko Kubota, Etsuro Takagi, Etsuro Takagi, Masahiko Tanahashi, Masahiko Tanahashi, Xiu-Jun Wen, Kôhei Kubota

“…The genus Platycerus (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) is a small stag beetle group, which is adapted to cool-temperate deciduous broad-leaved forests in East Asia. …”
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On the nomenclatural status of type genera in Coleoptera (Insecta) by Patrice Bouchard, Yves Bousquet, Anthony E. Davies, Chenyang Cai

“…Olivier, 1900 (previously Ototreta weyersi E. Olivier, 1900); LUCANIDAE: Lucanus cancroides Fabricius, 1787 for Lissotes Westwood, 1855 (previously Lissotes menalcas Westwood, 1855); MELANDRYIDAE: Nothus clavipes G.…”
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