Patina K. Mendez
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View article: Mating marks on museum specimens reveal breeding patterns in species of Pterostichus Bonelli (Carabidae, Pterostichini)
Mating marks on museum specimens reveal breeding patterns in species of Pterostichus Bonelli (Carabidae, Pterostichini) Open
We found distinct and consistently placed, species- and sex-specific abrasions of the cuticle on museum specimens of 14 species of the Pterostichus Bonelli, 1810 (Carabidae, Pterostichini) subgenus Hypherpes Chaudoir, 1838. We deduced that…
View article: Toward natural approaches in restoration: Experiments of co‐evolving physical and biological structures in a self‐organizing step‐pool channel
Toward natural approaches in restoration: Experiments of co‐evolving physical and biological structures in a self‐organizing step‐pool channel Open
Although the science and practice of river restoration has progressed in recent years toward more natural approaches, few example projects of headwater step‐pool channels exist in the literature. This study examined a restoration design in…
View article: Mating marks on museum specimens reveal breeding patterns in species of Pterostichus Bonelli (Carabidae, Pterostichini)
Mating marks on museum specimens reveal breeding patterns in species of Pterostichus Bonelli (Carabidae, Pterostichini) Open
We found distinct and consistently placed, species- and sex-specific abrasions of the cuticle on museum specimens of 14 species of the Pterostichus Bonelli, 1810 (Carabidae, Pterostichini) subgenus Hypherpes Chaudoir, 1838. We deduced that…
View article: <strong>PREFACE: Proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Trichoptera</strong>
<strong>PREFACE: Proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Trichoptera</strong> Open
The 15th International Symposium on Trichoptera found the world caddisfly community once again in the United States of America, 4-8 June 2015. This second US-based symposium was hosted at Rutgers University, New Brunswick in the Garden Sta…
View article: <strong>Species occurrence and distribution of Trichoptera (caddisflies) in California</strong>
<strong>Species occurrence and distribution of Trichoptera (caddisflies) in California</strong> Open
A formal list of the caddisflies of California has not been published since 1956, at which time just over 170 species were included. Since then, the estimate of Trichoptera richness in the state has doubled. We used just under 7,000 digita…
View article: <p class="HeadingRunIn"><strong>Phylogenetics of a small caddisfly genus (Thremmatidae: <em>Oligophlebodes</em>): comparison among multiple hypotheses from DNA barcode data</strong></p>
<strong>Phylogenetics of a small caddisfly genus (Thremmatidae: <em>Oligophlebodes</em>): comparison among multiple hypotheses from DNA barcode data</strong> Open
Barcoding datasets can serve as a resource for species associations and delineations, but single-gene trees estimated by distance methods do not provide strong estimates of phylogeny. Using DNA data from the Barcode of Life Database (BOLD)…
View article: Imaging natural history museum collections from the bottom up: 3D print technology facilitates imaging of fluid-stored arthropods with flatbed scanners
Imaging natural history museum collections from the bottom up: 3D print technology facilitates imaging of fluid-stored arthropods with flatbed scanners Open
Availability of 3D-printed laboratory equipment holds promise to improve arthropod digitization efforts. A 3D-printed specimen scanning box was designed to image fluid-based arthropod collections using a consumer-grade flatbed scanner. The…