The superfamily Staphylinoidea includes the families Hydraenidae, Ptiliidae, Agyrtidae,
Leiodidae, Silphidae, and Staphylinidae and currently includes more than 400 described …

Insect parasites and parasitoids are a major component of terrestrial food webs. For
parasitoids, categorization is whether feeding activity is located inside or outside its host, if …

Confocal laser scanning microscopy is an essential analytical tool in biological, biomedical,
and material sciences, integrating microscope manufacturing technology, optical-electronic …

Abstract The Khasurty locality (Lower Cretaceous of Transbaikalia, Russia) is one of the
largest fossil insect sites in the region. Over the entire period of study, more than 6000 insect …

Burmite (Burmese amber) from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar is a remarkable
valuable and obviously the most important amber for studying terrestrial diversity in the mid …

Within the hyperdiverse beetle family Staphylinidae, Dasycerinae is one of the smallest and
most cryptic subfamilies, comprising a sole extant genus characterized by a latridiid beetle …

Kateretid beetles are known for loosely three-segmented antennal club, comparatively short
elytra exposing abdominal segments, and their anthophylous-spermophagus biology likely …

The fossil records of Kateretidae from the Mesozoic are significant for understanding the
origin and early evolution of the family. The recent discoveries of Cretaceous kateretids have …

A new ommatid beetle species, Notocupes denticollis sp. nov. is described based on a well-
preserved male specimen in Cretaceous Burmese amber with the apex of the genitalia …

A mating pair of Palaeoparasycorax globosus Stebner et al., 2015 from the mid-Cretaceous
Burmese amber is illustrated and described. The male is redescribed, and the female …