Madagascar's biota is hyperdiverse and includes exceptional levels of endemicity. We
review the current state of knowledge on Madagascar's past and current terrestrial and …

The article focuses on the current state-of-the-art conditions of water beetle systematics,
including description of water beetle taxa, their evolutionary relationships and their use as …

Beetles have colonized water many times during their history, with some of these events
involving extensive evolutionary radiations and multiple transitions between land and water …

Lichen biodiversity and its generative evolutionary processes are practically unknown in the
MIOI (Madagascar and Indian Ocean Islands) biodiversity hotspot. We sought to test the …

Paleotropical clades with largely disjunct distributions are ideal models for biogeographic
reconstructions. The dung beetle genera Grebennikovius Mlambo, Scholtz & Deschodt …

Palparine and palparidiine antlions constitute an emblematic clade of large and
occasionally colourful insects that are only distributed in the western portion of the Eastern …

Aim We tested the hypothesis that ancient vicariance in giant water scavenger beetles
shaped their current distribution. Location Worldwide except Antarctica. Methods We …

Abstract The 'Out of India'hypothesis is often invoked to explain patterns of distribution
among Southeast Asian taxa. According to this hypothesis, Southeast Asian taxa originated …

Tables, desks, and counters are often nearby, motivating their use as interactive surfaces.
However, they are typically cluttered. As an alternative, we explore touch input along …

The tropical forests of the Western Ghats (WG) of India are considered 'refugia'harbouring
highly diverse and endemic taxa but these refugia are under immense anthropogenic …