Gareth Stephen Powell
Entomology, Coleoptera, Systematics
Works (45)
Updated: April 4th, 2024 13:57
2023 journal article
A New Species of Urophorus (Anophorus) Kirejtshuk, 1990 (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) from Ishigaki-Jima Island, Southern Ryukyu, Southwestern Japan
The Coleopterists Bulletin, 77(3).
TL;DR:
A new species of sap beetle, Urophorus (Anophorus) cordiformis Ito and Powell, from Ishigaki-jima Is., the southern Ryukyu, southwestern Japan is described.
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14. Life Below Water
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2023 journal article
A story of vicariance? how the geology of oceanic archipelagos influenced the evolutionary history of endemic damselflies
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 186, 107831.
TL;DR:
A phylogeny of several related genera of Coenagrionidae from the South Pacific, based on five molecular loci, is provided, finding that within the archipelago of Vanuatu, that Espiritu Santo served as an important source for dispersal to other islands with Malekula acting as a stepping stone to Efate.
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14. Life Below Water
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Added: November 2, 2023
2023 journal article
Forensically important sap beetles (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) of North America
Journal of Forensic Entomology, 1. https://jfe-ojs-tamu.tdl.org/jfe/article/view/7
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Added: November 13, 2023
2023 journal article
Ground beetles suppress slugs in corn and soybean under conservation agriculture
Environmental Entomology, 52(4), 574–582.
Ed(s): R. Schmidt-Jeffris
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Added: November 2, 2023
2022 journal article
Beetle bioluminescence outshines extant aerial predators
TL;DR:
These ages pre-date the origins of all known extant aerial predators and support much older terrestrial predators as the drivers of terrestrial bioluminescence in beetles, and support the hypothesis that sexual signalling was probably the original function of this signal in aerial fireflies.
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Added: October 31, 2023
2022 journal article
Investment in visual system predicted by floral associations in sap beetles (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)
Systematic Entomology, 48(1), 1–9.
TL;DR:
Feeding behaviour is currently the strongest predictor of eye size in sap beetles, regardless of phylogenetic relatedness or feeding behaviour of sister taxa.
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Added: November 2, 2023
2021 journal article
A Survey of the Beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) in Several Natural Areas Across Indiana, U.S.A.
The Great Lakes Entomologist, 54(2).
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15. Life on Land
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2021 article
Beetle bioluminescence outshines aerial predators
Powell, G. S., Saxton, N. A., Pacheco, Y. M., Stanger-Hall, K. F., Martin, G. J., Kusy, D., … Bybee, S. M. (2021, November 23). (Vol. 11). Vol. 11.
TL;DR:
These ages predate the origins of all known extant aerial predators and support the much older terrestrial predators as the most likely drivers of terrestrial bioluminescence in beetles, and sexual signaling likely being the original function in aerial fireflies.
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Added: October 31, 2023
2021 journal article
Carpophiline-ID: an interactive matrix-based key to the carpophiline sap beetles (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae) of Eastern North America
ZooKeys, 1028, 85–93.
TL;DR:
Carpophiline-ID is presented, a matrix-based LucidTM key, for the adult stage of the known species of Carpophilinae (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) of North America, east of the Mississippi River.
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Added: October 31, 2023
2021 journal article
Factors Influencing the Distribution of Endemic Damselflies in Vanuatu
Insects, 12(8), 670.
TL;DR:
E ecological niche models and pH data are used to determine which environmental factors may be influencing the distribution of a group of damselflies in Vanuatu and the utility of niche models are tested and pH is found to be a strong predictor for this genus.
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Added: October 31, 2023
2021 journal article
Key to the forensically important beetle (Insecta: Coleoptera) families of North America
Journal of Forensic Science Education, 3(1), 1–13. https://jfse-ojs-tamu.tdl.org/jfse/article/view/44
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Added: November 13, 2023
2021 journal article
Opsin Evolution in Flower-Visiting Beetles
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9.
TL;DR:
The evolution of beetle visual genes is explored using newly generated and publicly available RNA-seq data from 25 species with flower associations, including previously unexplored key flower-visitor groups and 20 non-flower visiting relatives to inform and guide future studies on beetle-flower interactions.
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Added: November 2, 2023
2021 journal article
Phylogenetic Placement of the Plesioclytini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae)
Diversity, 13(11), 597.
TL;DR:
A phylogenetic reconstruction from five loci, that Plesioclytini is not sister to Clytini, but is instead only distantly related, is presented.
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Added: October 31, 2023
2021 thesis
Phylogeny and Visual System Evolution in Sap Beetles (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Nitidulidae)
(Ph.D. Dissertation). Brigham Young University.
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Added: November 13, 2023
2021 journal article
Revision of Myceporthus Skelley & Powell, 2018 (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Erotylinae: Tritomini)
Revision of Myceporthus Skelley & Powell, 2018 (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Erotylinae: Tritomini). Insect Systematics & Evolution, 52(5), 501–523.
TL;DR:
Myceporthus Skelley & Powell, 2018 (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Tritomini): revised is revised, with five new species being described: M. careorufus sp.
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Added: November 2, 2023
2021 journal article
Taxonomy of Carpophilinae (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) from Tripura, India with a New Species
Annales Zoologici, 71(3), 627–649.
TL;DR:
Seven species of Carpophilinae, five of which are recorded from Tripura state of India, are described and a key to the genera and species is given.
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Added: November 3, 2023
2021 journal article
The First Cillaeinae (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) Described from Amber
Annales Zoologici, 71(1).
TL;DR:
A new genus and species of cillaeine sap beetle, Palaeopeplus cascus Powell & Cline is described from Dominican amber, and a diagnosis and images are provided to distinguish this genus from all other New World Cillaeinae.
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Added: November 2, 2023
2021 journal article
Validating species distribution models to illuminate coastal fireflies in the South Pacific (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)
Scientific Reports, 11(1).
TL;DR:
An updated predictive distribution for Atyphella Olliff, a genus of firefly that includes species endemic to these coastal areas and will need protection, is provided to identify specific areas that will need to be the target of future conservation efforts by local government officials.
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Added: November 2, 2023
2020 journal article
Four New Species of Carpophilus (Ecnomorphus) Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Carpophilinae) from the New World
The Coleopterists Bulletin, 74(1), 175.
TL;DR:
Four new species of Carpophilus Stephens, 1829 in the subgenus Ecnomorphus Motschulsky, 1858 (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) were discovered in material from the Nearctic and Neotropical Regions.
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Added: November 2, 2023
2020 journal article
Nitidulidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) of Vanuatu
Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 23(2), 470–476.
TL;DR:
A checklist to the Nitidulidae of Vanuatu is provided based on a combination of historical museum specimens and recent field expeditions, with an emphasis on the relationship between increases in human movement and commerce and the number of invasive species present.
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Added: November 2, 2023
2020 journal article
Phylogeny and reclassification of Carpophilinae (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae), with insights into the origins of anthophily
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 189(4), 1359–1369.
TL;DR:
The most complete molecular phylogeny of Carpophilinae to date, based on 37 ingroup taxa, covering four of the six recognized genera, is presented and recovers as a well-supported clade with respect to the outgroup taxa.
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2020 journal article
Prevalence of leg regeneration in damselflies reevaluated: A case study in Coenagrionidae
Arthropod Structure & Development, 59, 100995.
TL;DR:
It is argued that Odonata limb regeneration provides a potentially unique perspective into the nymphal stage of these organisms and shows that intrinsic factors such as sex and species cannot explain the patterns of limb loss pointing to environmental factors as the probable cause.
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Added: October 31, 2023
2020 journal article
Review of Carpophilus (Ecnomorphus) Motschulsky, 1858 (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Carpophilinae) in the West Indies
Insecta Mundi, 0840, 1–8.
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Added: November 13, 2023
2020 journal article
Two new species of coastal Atyphella Olliff (Lampyridae: Luciolinae)
Zootaxa, 4722(3).
TL;DR:
After further examination, it is determined that specimens from Vanuatu formerly classified as Atyphella aphrogeneia actually belong to an undescribed species.
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2020 journal article
Type designations for fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) of the Biologia Centrali Americana Gorham, 1881 housed in the Natural History Museum, London
Zootaxa, 4808(2).
TL;DR:
The Biologia Centrali Americana (B.C.A.) is comprised of eight volumes that deal specifically with Coleoptera, and two female syntypes of Photinus consanguineous were located, however Oliver (1907) synonymized these females with Photinus pyralis.
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Added: October 31, 2023
2019 journal article
Natural history and ecological niche modelling of coastal <i>Atyphella</i> Olliff Larvae (Lampyridae: Luciolinae) in Vanuatu
Journal of Natural History, 53(45-46), 2771–2780.
TL;DR:
The genus Atyphella Olliff includes several coastal species with larvae that were collected on coastal rock within the intertidal zone and has expanded the distribution in Vanuatu.
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14. Life Below Water
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Added: November 3, 2023
2019 journal article
Notes on the Carpophilus Stephens (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) of Australia, with a new species from Victoria
Zootaxa, 4701(2).
TL;DR:
A new species of the genus Carpophilus Stephens is described from Australia, currently placed in the subgenus Myothorax Murray, although the group is in need of formal revision.
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Added: November 2, 2023
2019 journal article
Provisional checklist of terrestrial heterotrophic protists from Antarctica
Antarctic Science, 31(6), 287–303.
TL;DR:
A checklist of heterotrophic protists currently reported from terrestrial Antarctica, for which no comprehensive evaluation currently exists, is presented, establishing a baseline for future conservation efforts of Antarctic protists.
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Added: November 2, 2023
2019 journal article
The beetle fauna associated with the peduncle of <i>Sabal mexicana</i> (Arecaceae) in southern Texas
Journal of Natural History, 53(35-36), 2183–2193.
TL;DR:
Six families of beetles; Corylophidae, Curculionidae, Monotomidae, Mycetophagidae, Nitidulidae, and Zopheridae, were found in association with bracts of Sabal mexicana Mart.
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Added: November 3, 2023
2019 journal article
Type designations for sap beetles in the subfamily Carpophilinae Erichson (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) housed in the Natural History Museum, London
Zootaxa, 4590(2).
TL;DR:
This work designate lectotypes and paralectotypes and confirm holotypes for 14 species of carpophiline sap beetles following ICZN (1999) articles 73.1 and 74.1.
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Added: November 2, 2023
2018 journal article
A New Species of Sandalus Knoch (Coleoptera: Rhipiceridae), with an Updated Key to the Species of the Eastern USA
The Coleopterists Bulletin, 72(2), 241.
TL;DR:
A new species of Sandalus Knoch from Florida and Alabama is described and illustrated and a key to the described species of the eastern USA is provided.
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Added: November 2, 2023
2018 journal article
Billbug (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae: Sphenophorus spp.) Seasonal Biology and DNA-Based Life Stage Association in Indiana Turfgrass
Journal of Economic Entomology, 111(1), 304–313.
TL;DR:
Maximum-likelihood analyses provided the first molecular species identification of billbug larvae and direct evidence that S. venatus larvae are capable of overwintering above 40°N latitude and clarify the utility of molecular markers (CO1, 18S, and ITS2) for describing billbug larval population dynamics and seasonal phenology in regions where several sympatric billbug species occur.
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Added: November 2, 2023
2018 journal article
Flower-Inhabiting Sap Beetles (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Carpophilinae) in Guatemala
The Coleopterists Bulletin, 72(4), 762.
TL;DR:
Three species of Nitops Murray are reported from fallen and freshly withered flowers of the columnar cactus Stenocereus pruinosus (Otto) Buxb in a subtropical dry forest in Guatemala.
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15. Life on Land
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2018 journal article
Necessary Nomenclatural Corrections for Mycophtorus Lacordaire, 1842 and Neomycotretus Deelder, 1942, with the Establishment of Myceporthus Skelley and Powell, New Genus (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Tritomini)
The Coleopterists Bulletin, 72(2), 305.
TL;DR:
Study of type specimens for the two species originally described in the presumed New World genus Mycophtorus Lacordaire, 1842 revealed they belong to different genera from different continents, resulting in 23 new combinations for species of this African taxon.
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Added: November 2, 2023
2017 journal article
Beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) Associated With the Plains Pocket Gopher,<i>Geomys bursarius</i> (Mammalia: Rodentia: Geomyidae), in Indiana
Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 110(3), 269–275.
TL;DR:
The beetle (Insecta: Coleoptera) fauna associated with the underground burrow systems of the plains pocket gopher, Geomys bursarius (Shaw) (Mammalia: Rodentia: Geomyidae), is reported from one of Indiana's primary conservation zones, Kankakee Sands, for the first time.
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Added: November 3, 2023
2017 thesis
Global phylogenetic framework and revised classification for the Carpophilinae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Nitidulidae)
(Masters thesis). Purdue University.
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Added: November 13, 2023
2017 journal article
New species of Ctilodes Murray (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) from Southeast Asia, with a key to members of the genus
Insecta Mundi, 554, 1–5.
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Added: November 13, 2023
2017 journal article
Onciderini Thomson, 1860 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae) types of the Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), with a brief history of the Coleoptera collection
Insecta Mundi, 562, 1–9.
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Added: November 13, 2023
2017 journal article
Type designations and taxonomic remarks for Nearctic sap beetles in the subfamily Carpophilinae Erichson (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)
Zootaxa, 4268(2).
TL;DR:
The ubiquitous Carpophilus dimidiatus (L.) is an example of a cosmopolitan species that has been reported from every continent except Antarctica, but likely has been transported there as well.
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14. Life Below Water
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Added: November 2, 2023
2016 chapter
Coleoptera
In M. L. Monné & C. Costa (Eds.), Catálogo taxonômico da fauna do Brasil. Brazil: Fundação COPPETEC - UFRJ.
Ed(s): M. Monné & C. Costa
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Added: November 13, 2023
2016 journal article
Distribution, Phenology, and Notes on the Life History of <i>Calyptra canadensis</i> (Bethune) (Erebidae: Calpinae)
Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society, 70(4), 253–259.
TL;DR:
This study expands what is currently known about the biology of C. canadensis, specifically its larval development, adult distribution, and activity period, to generate the most comprehensive distribution map for the species to date.
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15. Life on Land
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Added: November 3, 2023
2016 journal article
Saproxylic Beetle Biodiversity in Golf Course Habitats
Crop, Forage & Turfgrass Management, 2(1), 1–8.
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Added: November 2, 2023
2015 journal article
A checklist of the sap beetle (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) fauna of Indiana, with notes on effective trapping methods
Insecta Mundi, 424, 1–9.
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Added: November 13, 2023
2015 journal article
Additional North American Distribution Records for the Genus Pytho Latreille (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Pythidae)
The Coleopterists Bulletin, 69(4), 761–765.
TL;DR:
Five new state and province records for species of the genus Pytho Latreille in the USA and Canada are reported, including a new Indiana record, which was collected live under pine bark.
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15. Life on Land
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Added: November 3, 2023
2015 journal article
Beetles (Coleoptera) of Peru: A Survey of the Families. Nitidulidae
Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 88(2), 217–220.
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Added: November 2, 2023
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