Sentence examples for group of beetles from inspiring English sources
Now, only three other suborders remain.Why this group of beetles has such resilience to extinction remains unknown.
Natural selection for improved performance of dueling males with different fighting strategies likely drove the diversification of weapons in this group of beetles, the researchers conclude.
The combination of review chapters and case studies provides an excellent introduction to the biology of rove beetles and enables readers to become familiar with active research fields in this megadiverse group of beetles.
Vogler's team reports in the 21 December issue of Science that the earliest branches in the Polyphaga, the biggest group of beetles, including all major plant-feeding groups, extend back to the Paleozoic era (270 million years ago).
The findings, published in the 14 July issue of Science, help push back the time when a group of beetles called leaf beetles evolved their great diversity and demonstrate just how faithful some species can be to their favorite foods.
A separate group of beetles including 3 females and 3 males was used for individual total DNA extraction using the SDS method.
Grouping of beetles from the French, Romanian, and Greek sites (central/south-eastern group) suggests a refugium in the Carpathians (or Bulgarian Mountains)9,10.
Lumber, furniture, and other items made from wood are sometimes severely damaged by several groups of beetles that bore in dry wood e.g., powderpost beetles (Lyctinae), deathwatch beetles (Anobiidae), and branch borers (Bostrichidae).
There are many different opinions among coleopterists concerning the relationships of the various groups of beetles, the groups that should be given family status, and the placement of families in superfamilies and suborders.
Several groups of beetles (e.g., Lampyridae) are among the few terrestrial animals capable of producing light; members of several other families (e.g., Cerambycidae) can produce sound (stridulate).
