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View article: Revisiting the ecology and evolution of burying beetle behavior (Staphylinidae: Silphinae)
Revisiting the ecology and evolution of burying beetle behavior (Staphylinidae: Silphinae) Open
Investigating fundamental processes in biology requires the ability to ground broad questions in species‐specific natural history. This is particularly true in the study of behavior because an organism's experience of the environment will …
View article: Arctos: Community-driven innovations for managing natural and cultural history collections
Arctos: Community-driven innovations for managing natural and cultural history collections Open
More than tools for managing physical and digital objects, museum collection management systems (CMS) serve as platforms for structuring, integrating, and making accessible the rich data embodied by natural history collections. Here we des…
View article: Patterns of aerial arthropod biomass and diversity from three regions of boreal <scp>Alaska</scp>
Patterns of aerial arthropod biomass and diversity from three regions of boreal <span>Alaska</span> Open
Multi‐decadal monitoring has revealed dramatic evidence of global decline in arthropod biomass and biodiversity, yet little baseline information exists for Alaska, a region 1/5th the size of the contiguous US states. We documented patterns…
View article: Large carrion and burying beetles evolved from Staphylinidae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Silphinae): a review of the evidence
Large carrion and burying beetles evolved from Staphylinidae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Silphinae): a review of the evidence Open
Large carrion beetles (Silphidae) are the focus of ongoing behavioral ecology, forensic, ecological, conservation, evolutionary, systematic, and other research, and were recently reclassified as a subfamily of Staphylinidae. Twenty-three a…
View article: Wing lengths of three Arctic butterfly species decrease as summers warm in Alaska
Wing lengths of three Arctic butterfly species decrease as summers warm in Alaska Open
Climate warming can cause arthropods to express plastic and/or evolved changes in morphology. Previous studies have demonstrated that body sizes of Arctic butterflies are influenced by the temperatures experienced as larvae. To investigate…
View article: Arctos: Community-driven innovations for managing biodiversity and cultural collections
Arctos: Community-driven innovations for managing biodiversity and cultural collections Open
Museum collections house millions of objects and associated data records that document biological and cultural diversity. In recent decades, digitization efforts have greatly increased accessibility to these data, thereby revolutionizing i…
View article: Wing lengths of three Arctic butterfly species decrease as summers warm in Alaska
Wing lengths of three Arctic butterfly species decrease as summers warm in Alaska Open
Climate warming can cause arthropods to express plastic and/or evolved changes in morphology. Previous studies have demonstrated that body sizes of Arctic butterflies are influenced by the temperatures experienced as larvae. To investigate…
View article: Extensive regional variation in the phenology of insects and their response to temperature across <scp>N</scp>orth <scp>A</scp>merica
Extensive regional variation in the phenology of insects and their response to temperature across <span>N</span>orth <span>A</span>merica Open
Climate change models often assume similar responses to temperatures across the range of a species, but local adaptation or phenotypic plasticity can lead plants and animals to respond differently to temperature in different parts of their…
View article: Arthropod communities along an elevation gradient in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska: Rapidly shrinking tundra hosts a unique assemblage of specialists
Arthropod communities along an elevation gradient in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska: Rapidly shrinking tundra hosts a unique assemblage of specialists Open
Arthropods at high latitudes and elevations are likely to be vulnerable to effects from climate change such as increased temperatures and shifting vegetation boundaries. Though range shifts northwards and upslope have been reported for man…
View article: Corrections to the literature: Three recently published records for Nicrophorus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Silphinae) deemed erroneous
Corrections to the literature: Three recently published records for Nicrophorus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Silphinae) deemed erroneous Open
Occurrence data in decimal longitude, decimal latitude format for the species Nicrophorus guttula and Nicrophorus hybridus in support of niche model analyses in "Corrections to the literature: Three recently published records for Nicrophor…
View article: Cryptic diversity within the<i>Poecilochirus carabi</i>mite species complex phoretic on<i>Nicrophorus burying</i>beetles: phylogeny, biogeography, and host specificity
Cryptic diversity within the<i>Poecilochirus carabi</i>mite species complex phoretic on<i>Nicrophorus burying</i>beetles: phylogeny, biogeography, and host specificity Open
Coevolution is often considered a major driver of speciation, but evidence for this claim is not always found because diversity might be cryptic. When morphological divergence is low, molecular data are needed to uncover diversity. A taxon…
View article: Phylogeny and evolution of large body size in the rove beetle genus Phlaeopterus Motschulsky, 1853 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini)
Phylogeny and evolution of large body size in the rove beetle genus Phlaeopterus Motschulsky, 1853 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini) Open
The omaliine rove beetle genus Phlaeopterus Motschulsky, 1853 contains 22 species. The genus is distributed across northwestern North America and eastern Asia. These beetles occur primarily along the edges of alpine snowfields and streams,…
View article: An efficient method for sampling aerial arthropods at nest sites of an insectivorous songbird in steep decline
An efficient method for sampling aerial arthropods at nest sites of an insectivorous songbird in steep decline Open
Haberski, A., J. C. Hagelin, C. P. Barger, D. S. Sikes, and K. A. DuBour. 2021. An efficient method for sampling aerial arthropods at nest sites of an insectivorous songbird in steep decline. Avian Conservation and Ecology 16(2):1. https:/…
View article: Insect abundance at Olive-sided Flycatcher nest sites in boreal Alaska, 2016
Insect abundance at Olive-sided Flycatcher nest sites in boreal Alaska, 2016 Open
Ordinal abundance of insects at Olive-sided Flycatcher nest sites in boreal Alaska.We collected insects at 22 nest sites near Fairbanks, Alaska, and the Tetlin Wildlife Refuge, Alaska. We deployed four trap types: canopy Malaise traps, blu…
View article: Paramblopusa eoa Ahn and Maruyama (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Distributional Range Extension to Alaska
Paramblopusa eoa Ahn and Maruyama (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Distributional Range Extension to Alaska Open
Ahn, Kee-Jeong, Sikes, Derek S., Klimaszewski, Jan (2020): Paramblopusa eoa Ahn and Maruyama (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Distributional Range Extension to Alaska. The Coleopterists Bulletin 74 (2): 324-326, DOI: 10.1649/0010…
View article: Beetle specimen data for Forensic Entomology study, Fairbanks, AK 2019
Beetle specimen data for Forensic Entomology study, Fairbanks, AK 2019 Open
R code and output for ANOVAs of means of beetles captured in carcass vs control traps for 3 families of beetles (Silphidae, Carabidae, Staphylinidae), R code and output for regression of beetle data vs temperatures, excel file of species w…
View article: Species review of the genus Boreophilia Benick from North America (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Athetini): Systematics, habitat, and distribution
Species review of the genus Boreophilia Benick from North America (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Athetini): Systematics, habitat, and distribution Open
Fourteen species of the genus Boreophilia Benick are now recognized in North America. Boreophiliainsecuta (Eppelsheim), reported by Lohse (1990) from North America, is a misidentification of a new species, which is described here as B.neoi…
View article: Circumpolar terrestrial arthropod monitoring: A review of ongoing activities, opportunities and challenges, with a focus on spiders
Circumpolar terrestrial arthropod monitoring: A review of ongoing activities, opportunities and challenges, with a focus on spiders Open
The terrestrial chapter of the Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Programme (CBMP) has the potential to bring international multi-taxon, long-term monitoring together, but detailed fundamental species information for Arctic arthropods lag…
View article: Diplura and Protura of Canada
Diplura and Protura of Canada Open
A literature review of the Diplura and Protura of Canada is presented. Canada has six Diplura species documented and an estimated minimum 10–12 remaining to be documented. The Protura fauna is equally poorly known, with nine documented spe…
View article: Insect abundance at Olive-sided Flycatcher nest sites in boreal Alaska, 2016
Insect abundance at Olive-sided Flycatcher nest sites in boreal Alaska, 2016 Open
Ordinal abundance of insects at Olive-sided Flycatcher nest sites in boreal Alaska.We collected insects at 22 nest sites near Fairbanks, Alaska, and the Tetlin Wildlife Refuge, Alaska. We deployed four trap types: canopy Malaise traps, blu…
View article: Species review of the genus Boreophilia Benick from North America (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Athetini): Systematics, habitat, and distribution
Species review of the genus Boreophilia Benick from North America (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Athetini): Systematics, habitat, and distribution Open
This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Klimaszewski, Jan, Sikes, Derek S., Brunke, Adam, Bourdon, Caroline (2019): Species review of the genus Boreophilia Benick from North America (Co…
View article: Nexus file for Boreophilia
Nexus file for Boreophilia Open
Nexus formatted, aligned dataset of DNA barcodes used for phylogenetic analysis, including resulting tree.
View article: DNA distance data & calculations for Boreophilia
DNA distance data & calculations for Boreophilia Open
DNA distance data for Boreophilia species calculated by PAUP 4.0a (build 164) in support of Klimaszewski et al. Species review of the genus Boreophilia Benick from North America (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Athetini): systemat…
View article: Taxonomic Revision of the Rove Beetle Genus Phlaeopterus Motschulsky, 1853 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini)
Taxonomic Revision of the Rove Beetle Genus Phlaeopterus Motschulsky, 1853 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini) Open
Mullen, Logan J., Campbell, J. M., Sikes, Derek S. (2018): Taxonomic Revision of the Rove Beetle Genus Phlaeopterus Motschulsky, 1853 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 72: 1-54, DOI: 10.1649/0…
View article: Earthworms (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae) of Interior Alaska
Earthworms (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae) of Interior Alaska Open
Earthworms in the family Lumbricidae in Alaska, which are known from coastal regions, primarily in south-central and south-eastern Alaska, are thought to be entirely non-native and have been shown to negatively impact previously earthworm-…
View article: A survey of beetles (Coleoptera) from the tundra surrounding the Nunalleq archaeological site, Quinhagak, southwestern Alaska
A survey of beetles (Coleoptera) from the tundra surrounding the Nunalleq archaeological site, Quinhagak, southwestern Alaska Open
This paper presents the results of a survey of beetles conducted in the vicinity of the archaeological site of Nunalleq, a pre-contact (16 th -17 th century AD) indigenous forager settlement located near the modern Yup’ik village of Quinha…
View article: Body size data for insect specimens - feeding damaged or not
Body size data for insect specimens - feeding damaged or not Open
One drawer of specimens in the Kenelm W. Philip collection, currently held at the University of Alaska Museum Insect Collection, that had obvious signs of dermestid damaged specimens was used. This drawer had exuvia of dermestid larvae, fe…