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Sunday, March 13th, 2022

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    2:53a
    [Entomology • 2022] Review of the Adoretini (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae) of Cambodia with Six New Species


    Adoretus (Adoretus) phauki sp. nov., ♂ holotype, 
    A. (A.) cambodiensis sp. nov., ♂ holotype.

    Limbourg, Constant & Seidel, 2022

    Abstract 
    All Cambodian species of the Rutelinae tribe Adoretini (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) are listed and commented on. Ten species are recorded from the country for the first time: Adoretus (Adoretus) cribratus White, 1844, A. (Adoretus) saigonensis Ohaus, 1914, A. (Adoretus) lajoyi Ohaus, 1914, A. (Adoretus) nitens Frey, 1970, A. (Adoretus) ohmomoi Kobayashi, 2007, A. (Adoretus) vietnamensis Frey, 1970, A. (Chaetadoretus) laosensis Frey, 1970, A. (Lepadoretus) arrowi (Frey, 1970), A. (Lepadoretus) pauliani (Frey, 1970), and A. (Lepadoretus) vitticauda Arrow, 1914. Six new species are described and compared to their related species: A. (Adoretus) bacrii sp. nov., A. (A.) cambodiensissp. nov., A. (A.) husemanni sp. nov., A. (A.) phauki sp. nov., A. (A.) sougnezi sp. nov. and A. (A.) khmerus sp. nov. The type material of A. (Lepadoretus) compressus (Weber, 1801) was rediscovered, and a lectotype is designated. Adoretus (Adoretus) saigonensis Ohaus, 1914 is confirmed as a good species. Male genitalia illustrations, photographs of habitus and distribution maps are provided for all species. The Cambodian fauna of Adoretini now counts 19 species.

     Keywords: Rutelids, Adoretini, faunistic, taxonomy, Cambodia, Global Taxonomy Initiative


     Adoretus (Adoretus) phauki sp. nov., ♂ holotype (RBINS), A. (A.) cambodiensis sp. nov., ♂ holotype (RBINS) and A. (A.) khmerus sp. nov., ♂ holotype (RBINS).
    Background: sampled locations in the framework of the Global Taxonomy Initiative projects in Cambodia.


    Pol Limbourg, Jérôme Constant and Matthias Seidel. 2022. Review of the Adoretini of Cambodia with six new species (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae). Belgian Journal of Entomology. 128: 1–58.  
    http://www.srbe-kbve.be/cm/sites/default/files/publications/BJE/BJE%202022/BJE_128_Limbourg%20et%20al._Rutelinae_2022.pdf

    3:02a
    [Ecology / Invasive Species • 2022] Face-off: Novel Depredation and Nest Defense Behaviors between An Invasive and A Native Predator (Python bivittatus v Lynx rufus) in the Greater Everglades Ecosystem, Florida, USA

     
    in Currylow, McCollister, Anderson, et al., 2022. 

    Abstract
    We describe several photo-documented novel interactions between intraguild predators in southern Florida—the native bobcat (Lynx rufus) and the invasive Burmese python (Python bivittatus). Over several days we documented a bobcat's depredation of an unguarded python nest and subsequent python nest defense behavior following the return of both animals to the nest. This is the first documentation of any animal in Florida preying on python eggs, and the first evidence or description of such antagonistic interactions at a python nest.

    Keywords: bobcat, Burmese python, intraguild predation, nest depredation, reptile–mammal interaction

    Selected photo sequence at a Burmese python (Python bivittatus) nest site from June 01, 2021–August 30, 2021,
     starting at top left (a) and ending at bottom right (o)—camera deployment initiation photograph with clipboard where python is seen brooding her nest in center of frame (a); bobcat (Lynx rufus) discovers unguarded nest (b) and proceeds to depredate, cache, and uncover the eggs over several days (c–h); the bobcat returns to find the female python back on the nest (i) and later proceeds to swipe at the snake (j–l); post-nest salvage attempt by biologists, the bobcat returns to scavenge discarded, inviable eggs over several weeks (m–o).
     Entire photo sequence can be viewed in MP4 video format through the ScienceBase Catalog at: doi.org/10.5066/P97ZDQHY (Currylow et al., 2022). 
    Photographs were captured in Big Cypress National Preserve within the Greater Everglades Ecosystem, Florida, USA



     
    Andrea F. Currylow, Matthew F. McCollister, Gretchen E. Anderson, Jillian M. Josimovich, Austin L. Fitzgerald, Christina M. Romagosa and Amy A. Yackel Adams. 2022. Face-off: Novel Depredation and Nest Defense Behaviors between An Invasive and A Native Predator in the Greater Everglades Ecosystem, Florida, USA. Ecology and Evolution. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8639 


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