A checklist of stag beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Lucanidae) from Iran.

DISTRIBUTION, CONSERVATION STATUS AND SOME FEATURES OF THE NATURAL HISTORY OF Dorcus STAG BEETLES (COLEOPTERA: LUCANIDAE) DISTRIBUTION, CONSERVATION STATUS AND SOME FEATURES OF THE NATURAL HISTORY OF Dorcus STAG BEETLES (COLEOPTERA: LUCANIDAE)

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(Rhabditida: Diplogastridae) isolated from stag beetles (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) in Japan

Parapristionchus giblindavisi n. gen., n. sp. (Rhabditida: Diplogastridae) isolated from stag beetles (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) in Japan

Parapristionchus giblindavisi n. gen., n. sp. (Rhabditida: Diplogastridae) isolated from stag beetles (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) in Japan Natsumi KANZAKI 1, Erik J. RAGSDALE 2, Matthias HERRMANN 2, Werner E. MAYER 2,†, Ryusei TANAKA 1 and Ralf J. SOMMER 2,∗ 1 Forest Pathology Laboratory, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, 1 Matsunosato, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8687, Japan 2 Max Planck I...

The presence of a mycangium in European Sinodendron cylindricum (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) and the associated yeast symbionts

Part of the exoskeleton of some wood-inhabiting insects is modified to form a mycangium, which is a specialized organ used to convey fungal spores or yeasts to their offspring. Although most stag beetles (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) are known to have female-specific mycangia and associated yeast symbionts, the evolutionary origin of the mycangium in this group remains unresolved. Here, we report the...

Phylogeny of Japanese stag beetles (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) inferred from 16S mtrRNA gene sequences, with reference to the evolution of sexual dimorphism of mandibles.

As a first step in reconstructing the phylogeny of world stag beetles (Coleoptera: Lucanidae), phylogenetic relationships among the major members of Japanese stag beetles were explored by analyzing a sequence of 1030 nucleotides from the mitochondrial 16S ribosomal RNA (16S rRNA) gene. A total of 20 species and three additional subspecies representing 13 genera were examined to provide basic in...