• A newly detected exotic ambrosia beetle in Argentina: Euwallacea interjectus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) 

      Landi, Lucas; Braccini, Celina Laura; Knížek, Milos; Pereyra, Vanina Antonella; Marvaldi, Adriana Elena (Florida Entomological Society, 2019-03)
      An exotic species of ambrosia beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) of Asian origin has been detected recently in Argentina. Euwallacea interjectus (Blandford) has been collected infesting cultivated poplars in ...
    • Firefly genomes illuminate parallel origins of bioluminescence in beetles 

      Fallon, Timothy R; Lower, Sarah E.; Chang, Ching-Ho; Bessho-Uehara, Manabu; Martin, Gavin J.; Bewick, Adam J.; Behringer, Megan; Debat, Humberto Julio; Wong, Isaac; Day, John C.; Suvorov, Anton; Silva, Christian J.; Stanger-Hall, Kathrin F.; Hall, David W.; Schmitz, Robert J.; Nelson, David R.; Lewis, Sara M.; Shigenobu, Shuji; Bybee, Seth M; Larracuente, Amanda M.; Oba, Yuichi; Weng, Jing-Ke (eLife Sciences Publications, 2018-10-16)
      Fireflies and their luminous courtships have inspired centuries of scientific study. Today firefly luciferase is widely used in biotechnology, but the evolutionary origin of bioluminescence within beetles remains unclear. ...