Loricera

Abstract: Beetle larvae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from Baltic Amber - Possibilities and restrictions of their identification. Larvae of Coleoptera are rarely found in Baltic Amber. Most of them can not be identified; the reasons for that are given. An iden- tification is possible if some characteristic external appearance or significant characters can be recognised. Glessaria rostrata Koch & Berendt, 1854, originally described as "Thysanura" belongs to the tribus Vatellini (Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae) and is transferred to the genus Derovatellus Sharp, 1882. A larva of the genus Loricera Latreille, 1802 (Carabidae) is described and named as Loricera electrica sp.n. This species probably belongs to the Loricera pilicornis-group (sensu Ball & Erwin 1969), of which three recent species occur in North America (Loricera pilicornis also occurs in the Palaearctic). Kurzfassung. Larven von Coleoptera werden nur selten in Baltischem Bernstein gefunden. Die meisten konnen nicht naher deter- miniert werden, Grunde werden genannt. Eine Bestimmung wird dann moglich, wenn ein charakteristischer Habitus erkannt wer- den kann oder Kardinalmerkmale sichtbar sind. Die als "Thysanura" beschriebene Art Glessaria rostrata Koch & Berendt, 1854 gehort zur Tribus Vatellini (Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae) und wird der Gattung Derovatellus Sharp, 1882 zugerechnet. Es wird eine Larve aus der Gattung Loricera Latreille, 1802 (Carabidae) beschrieben und als Loricera electrica sp.n. benannt. Sie gehort wahrscheinlich zur Loricera pilicornis-Gruppe (sensu Ball & Erwin 1969), die rezent mit drei Arten in Nordamerika vertreten ist (Loricera pilicornis kommt auch in der Palaarktis vor).

Abstract: the apex, on each elytron. Otherwise, Pelophila adults could easily be mistaken for adults of some Nebria species with exceptionally short, broad, and shiny bodies and short appendages. Historically, different systematists have suggested affinities for Pelophila with Blethisa and other Elaphrini, with Nebria and other Nebriini, or, in a few cases, as an intermediate form related to both of these groups. Latreille (1802) recognized three “families” of basal carabids: the “Carabiques”, including genera now placed in the tribes Carabini and Cychrini; the “Barbus”, including Omophron, Pogonophorus (= Leistus), Loricera, and Nebria (which was described in that paper); and the “Elaphriens”, including Elaphrus and Bembidion. In 1804 (and 1810), Latreille did not consider Carabus borealis, but he placed Carabus multipunctatus Linnaeus in Nebria. Gyllenhal (1810) included both C. borealis and C. multipunctatus in Nebria. Bonelli (1810) in

Abstract: In a two year study, 14 genera of Carabidae ( Agonum Bonelli, Amara Bonelli, Anisodactylus Dejean, Bembidion Latreille, Carabus Linne, Harpalus Latreille, Lebia Latreille, Loricera Latreille, Poecilus Bonelli, Pterostichus Bonelli, Scaphinotus Dejean, Stenolophus Stephens, Syntomus Hope and Trechus Clairville) represented by 44 species were identified from six commercial organic apple orchards in the southern Similkameen valley in British Columbia, Canada; 13 of these species were not native to the area. The 4,299 specimens were caught in 'ramp' pitfall traps, with the genera Pterostichus and Harpalus comprising 56% and 43%, respectively. Numbers of Carabidae ranged from 11-21 species per orchard, with their presence detected throughout the collection period.

Abstract: Cai, C., Liu Y. & Huang, D., February 2017. A new species of Loricera Latreille from Eocene Baltic amber (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Loricerinae). Alcheringa xx, xxx-xxx. ISSN 0311-5518.Loricerinae is a small, distinctive subfamily of ground beetles, comprising only one genus Loricera Latreille. Only one fossil species is known to date. Here, we describe a new species, Loricera groehni sp. nov., belonging to Loricera based on a well-preserved adult in Eocene Baltic amber. Loricera groehni is tentatively attributed to the obsoleta group of the subgenus Loricera s.str. based on the relatively long antennomere 3 and punctate elytral interval 7. The discovery of a new species morphologically close to the extant Loricera species from western China and northern India suggests that the obsoleta group was more widespread in the Eocene than it is at present. The distribution pattern of Chinese Loricera is probably relictual. The fossil species, possessing conspicuous stiff setae on the basal antennomeres, was probably...