The article focuses on the current state-of-the-art conditions of water beetle systematics,
including description of water beetle taxa, their evolutionary relationships and their use as …

Beetles have colonized water many times during their history, with some of these events
involving extensive evolutionary radiations and multiple transitions between land and water …

1. Bergmann's rule sensu lato, the ecogeographic pattern relating animals' body size with
environmental temperature (or latitude), has been shown to be inconsistent among insect …

In the face of global warming, both the absolute thermal tolerance of an ectotherm, and its
ability to shift its tolerance level via acclimation, are thought to be fundamentally important …

With more than 300 described species, the genus Eumerus is one of the largest genera of
hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae). In this paper, we define the Eumerus bactrianus subgroup …

Abstract Background The contribution of North Africa to the assembly of biodiversity within
the Western Palaearctic is still poorly documented. Since the Miocene, multiple biotic …

Aim To infer the biogeographical and evolutionary history of the Western Mediterranean
Psammodromus lizards with the aim of assessing the role of vicariance and dispersal on the …

The long-term geological stability of aquatic habitats has been demonstrated to be a
determinant in the evolution of macroinvertebrate fauna, with species in running (lotic) …

Abstract The genus Pimelia Fabricius is the most speciose in the tribe Pimeliini (Coleoptera:
Tenebrionidae). It consists of approximately 320 species distributed mainly in xeric …

Abstract Eumerus Meigen (Diptera, Syrphidae) is one of the most speciose hoverfly genera
in Europe, with several species groups recognized within. As part of the tricolor group of …