The hermit beetle Osmoderma eremita (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) is a flagship species for
invertebrate conservation efforts by the European Union. This taxon has recently been …

A fine‐scale spatial genetic structure is rarely analysed within insect populations, although
such a structure influences the level of inbreeding and kin dynamics and can have …

Osmoderma eremita (Scopoli, 1763) was recorded for the first time in Circeo State Forest
(SAC IT6040014) by volunteers participating at the LIFE ESC360 Project “360 volunteers for …

The hermit beetle Osmoderma eremita is an important flagship species (or perhaps more
likely, a complex of closely related species) for the conservation of biodiversity connected to …

Due to habitat loss and fragmentation, the hermit beetle, Osmoderma eremita species
complex (Coleoptera; Scarabidae) and the European red click beetle, Elater ferrugineus …

1. Knowledge on ecological requirements of species is a focal point for their conservation,
especially if they live in threatened habitat types such as old-growth forests. 2. We predict …

We describe a procedure for rapid purification of high quality DNA from either fresh or dry
Orthoptera, suitable for the PCR amplification of DNA regions more than 800 bp long (even …

Abstract Flower chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) are usually associated with
saproxylophagous life strategies, and several of these taxa are considered as flagship …

Decline and fragmentation of natural habitats, such as old-growth forests, reduces their
availability in the landscape. The solution to this problem for many forest-dwelling species …

Abstract The Carabus subgenus Hygrocarabus contains two taxa: C. variolosus and C.
nodulosus, the species or subspecies status of which is handled far from uniform in the …