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- February 17, 2012
- 01:11 AM
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Tiger beetles in southeast Missouri
by Ted MacRae in Beetles in the Bush
Volume 43(3) of the journal CICINDELA was published a few weeks ago, and I can truly lay more claim to the issue than anybody else (except perhaps Managing Editor Ron Huber). In addition to having one of my photos (a face-on shot of Tetracha carolina) featured on the cover, I was coauthor on the first [...]... Read more »
Fothergill, K., C. B. Cross, K. V. Tindall, T. C. MacRae and C. R. Brown. (2011) Tetracha carolina L. (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) associated with polypipe irrigation systems in southeastern Missouri agricultural lands. CICINDELA, 43(3), 45-58. info:/
- December 11, 2011
- 10:29 PM
- 641 views
Swift Tiger Beetle: Species on the Brink
by Ted MacRae in Beetles in the Bush
Summary of a paper by Ted MacRae and Chris Brown on the historical and contemporary occurrence of the Swift Tiger Beetle, Cylindera celeripes.... Read more »
MacRae, T., & Brown, C. (2011) Historical and Contemporary Occurrence of ( .) (LeConte) (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cicindelinae) and Implications for Its Conservation . The Coleopterists Bulletin, 65(3), 230-241. DOI: 10.1649/072.065.0304
- May 23, 2011
- 12:51 AM
- 1,127 views
Dromochorus pruinina is not extirpated in Missouri… yet!
by Ted MacRae in Beetles in the Bush
When Chris Brown and I began our study of Missouri tiger beetles back in 2000, our goal was simply to conduct a faunal survey of the species present in the state. Such studies are fairly straightforward—examine specimens in the major public and private collections, and do lots and lots of collecting, especially in areas with [...]... Read more »
MacRae, T. C. and C. R. Brown. (2011) Distribution, seasonal occurrence and conservation status of Dromochorus pruinina (Casey) in Missouri. CICINDELA, 43(1), 1-13. info:/
- April 18, 2011
- 01:00 AM
- 1,165 views
Rediscovery of Cicindela scabrosa floridana
by Ted MacRae in Beetles in the Bush
In refreshing contrast to the more usually heard reports of declining and extinct species, a new paper by Dave Brzoska, Barry Knisley, and Jeffrey Slotten (Brzoska et al. 2011) announces the rediscovery of a tiger beetle previously regarded as probably extinct. Cicindela scabrosa floridana was described from a series of unusually greenish specimens collected in Miami, Florida in 1934; however, no additional specimens [...]... Read more »
Brzoska, D., C. B. Knisley, and J. Slotten. (2011) Rediscovery of Cicindela scabrosa floridana Cartwright (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) and its elevation to species level. Insecta Mundi, 1-7. info:/
- February 21, 2011
- 01:14 AM
- 1,313 views
Is Missouri’s disjunct population of Johnson’s tiger beetle extirpated?
by Ted MacRae in Beetles in the Bush
The December 2010 issue of the journal CICINDELA came out a little over a week ago. Leading off inside is the first in a series of papers that I, along with colleagues Chris Brown and Kent Fothergill, have prepared detailing our work with several species of tiger beetles in Missouri of potential conservation interest. At [...]... Read more »
Brown, C. R. and T. C. MacRae. (2010) Assessment of the conservation status of Habroscelimorpha circumpicta johnsonii (Fitch) in Missouri. CICINDELA, 42(4), 77-90. info:/
- September 5, 2010
- 03:06 AM
- 1,189 views
Flaming the debate
by Ted MacRae in Beetles in the Bush
As my interest in prairie insects has increased over the past few years, so has my interest in their conservation. Many insects are restricted to prairies through dependence upon prairie plants or their unique physical and trophic characteristics. Thus, preservation of not only prairie plants but their insect associates as well is a major goal [...]... Read more »
Scott R. Swengel • Dennis Schlicht •, & Frank Olsen • Ann B. Swengel. (2010) Declines of prairie butterflies in the midwestern USA. Journal of Insect Conservation. info:/10.1007/s10841-010-9323-1
- August 17, 2010
- 11:57 PM
- 779 views
Bruneau Sand Dune tiger beetles caught in the act!
by Ted MacRae in Beetles in the Bush
The newest issue of CICINDELA (“A quarterly journal devoted to Cicindelidae”) contains an interesting article by my good friend and fellow tiger beetle enthusiast Kent Fothergill, who presents a fascinating sequence of photos documenting a field encounter with a mating pair of the endangered Bruneau Sand Dune tiger beetle (Cicindela waynei) (Fothergill 2010). This is one of [...]... Read more »
Fothergill, K. (2010) Observations on mating behavior of the Bruneau Dune tiger beetle, Cicindela waynei Leffler (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cicindelinae). CICINDELA, 42(2), 33-45. info:/
- June 24, 2010
- 07:22 AM
- 1,049 views
Nomenclatural changes in Phymatodes
by Ted MacRae in Beetles in the Bush
I’ve mentioned before the considerable taxonomic challenges facing students of the family Buprestidae (jewel beetles) in North America, owing largely to fact that more than half of its species are assigned to one of just three hyper-diverse genera (Acmaeodera, Agrilus, and Chrysobothris). New species continue to be described, but the most recent comprehensive treatments of [...]... Read more »
Swift, I. P. . (2010) Nomenclatural changes in North American Phymatodes Mulsant (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Zootaxa, 35-52. info:/
- January 12, 2010
- 01:17 AM
- 886 views
Habitat Partionining in Tiger Beetles
by Ted MacRae in Beetles in the Bush
The latest issue of CICINDELA (December 2009, vol. 41, no. 4) contains an interesting paper by David A. Melius titled, “Post-monsoonal Cicindela of the Laguna del Perro region of New Mexico.” This paper continues a theme that I have touched on a few times in recent posts regarding the partioning of resources by multiple species [...]... Read more »
Melius, D. A. (2009) Post-monsoonal Cicindela of the Laguna del Perro region of New Mexico. CICINDELA, 41(4), 81-89. info:other/
- January 12, 2010
- 01:17 AM
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Habitat Partitionining in Tiger Beetles
by Ted MacRae in Beetles in the Bush
The latest issue of CICINDELA (December 2009, vol. 41, no. 4) contains an interesting paper by David A. Melius titled, “Post-monsoonal Cicindela of the Laguna del Perro region of New Mexico.” This paper continues a theme that I have touched on a few times in recent posts regarding the partioning of resources by multiple species [...]... Read more »
Melius, D. A. (2009) Post-monsoonal Cicindela of the Laguna del Perro region of New Mexico. CICINDELA, 41(4), 81-89. info:other/
- July 17, 2009
- 12:00 AM
- 1,491 views
Typocerus deceptus in Missouri
by Ted MacRae in Beetles in the Bush
Photographs and comments on the discovery of the rare longhorned beetle, Typocerus deceptus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in Missouri.... Read more »
McDowell, W., & MacRae, T. (2008) First record of Typocerus deceptus Knull, 1929 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in Missouri, with notes on additional species from the state. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 84(4), 341-343. DOI: 10.3956/2008-23.1
- June 17, 2009
- 01:57 AM
- 1,428 views
Treatise of Western Hemisphere “Cicindelitae”
by Ted MacRae in Beetles in the Bush
Tiger beetles have long enjoyed a popularity that is disproportionate to their diversity, abundance, and economic importance relative to other groups of beetles. This seems as much due to their charismatic behavior – toothy jawed predators in extreme habitats – as it is to their brilliant colors, dazzling designs, and penchant for polytopism. Never before [...]... Read more »
Erwin, T. L. and D. L. Pearson. (2008) A Treatise on the Western Hemisphere Caraboidea (Coleoptera). Their classification, distributions, and ways of life. Volume II (Carabidae-Nebriiformes 2-Cicindelitae). Pensoft Series Faunistica 84., 1-400.
- May 15, 2009
- 01:00 AM
- 1,241 views
Saving endangered species with herbicides
by Ted MacRae in Beetles in the Bush
The latest issue of Cicindela (a quarterly journal devoted to tiger beetles), which arrived in my mailbox last week, features an article coauthored by my good friends Kent Fothergill and Kelly Tindall of Portageville, Missouri, along with lead author Stephen Bouffard of Boise, Idaho (Bouffard et al. 2009). The article reports the results of a vegetative [...]... Read more »
Bouffard, S. H., K. V. Tindall and K. Fothergill. (2009) Herbicide treatment to restore St. Anthony tiger beetle habitat: a pilot study. Cicindela, 41(1), 13-24.
- January 30, 2009
- 01:21 AM
- 1,643 views
Done with dung, meat please!
by Ted MacRae in Beetles in the Bush
“No feces for this species.” “Carnivorous dung beetle shuns dung and decapitates millipede.” “Little dung beetle is big chopper.” “Dung beetle mistakes millipede for dung.” These were some of the “catchy titles” that I had to compete with in coming up with my own opener for a remarkable beetle that titillated the [...]... Read more »
Trond H. Larsen, Alejandro Lopera, Adrian Forsyth, & François Génier. (2009) From coprophagy to predation: a dung beetle that kills millipedes. Biology Letters. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0654
- January 9, 2009
- 12:49 AM
- 1,499 views
Review of Calodema and Metaxymorpha
by Ted MacRae in Beetles in the Bush
Insects are not only the most diverse group of animals in the world, they are also among the most beautiful. Beetles, of course (with apologies to any lepidopterists that may be reading this), are responsible for a hefty slice of this majestic diversity, with the most spectacular of these belonging primarily to a few select families. [...]... Read more »
U. Nylander. (2008) Review of the genera Calodema and Metaxymorpha (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Stigmoderini). Folia Heyrovskyana, 1-84.
- November 28, 2008
- 12:00 AM
- 1,764 views
Two new species of Agrilus from Mexico
by Ted MacRae in Beetles in the Bush
The enormous, cosmopolitan genus Agrilus (family Buprestidae - commonly called jewel beetles or metallic woodboring beetles) contains nearly 4,000 described species (Bellamy 2008). With many more still awaiting description, it is perhaps the largest genus in the entire animal kingdom (Bellamy 2003). Agrilus species are primarily twig and branch borers, utilizing recently dead... Read more »
Hespenheide, H. A. (2008) New Agrilus Curtis species from mistletoe in México (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Zootaxa, 52-56. DOI: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/zt01879p056.pdf
- November 17, 2008
- 12:00 AM
- 1,642 views
A new species of Xenorhipus from Baja California
by Ted MacRae in Beetles in the Bush
A few months ago I discussed Trichinorhipis knulli of the tribe Xenorhipidini (family Buprestidae). Members of this tribe exhibit highly sexually dimorphic antennae, with the distal segments of the male antennae highly modified into a very extended flabellate or lamellate condition. The surfaces of the labellae/lamellae are covered with numerous, presumably olfactory sensillae that are... Read more »
Westcott, R. L. (2008) A new species of Xenorhipis LeConte and of Mastogenius Solier from Mexico, with a discussion of Chrysobothris ichthyomorpha Thomson and its allies and notes on other Mexican and Central American Buprestidae (Coleoptera). Zootaxa, 47-68. DOI: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/z01929p068f.pdf
- October 23, 2008
- 12:00 AM
- 1,275 views
New species and a review of the genus Tragidion
by Ted MacRae in Beetles in the Bush
Species of Tragidion are among the larger and more attractive cerambycids in North America, making them popular among collectors. Their bright orange and black coloration clearly functions in mimicking spider wasps (family Pompilidae) in the genera Pepsis and Hemipepsis - the so-called “tarantula hawks.” Unfortunately, species of Tragidion have been difficult to identify due to... Read more »
Swift, I., & Ray, A. M. (2008) A review of the genus Tragidion Audinet-Serville, 1834 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae: Trachyderini). Zootaxa, 1-25. DOI: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/z01892p025f.pdf
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