Publications by authors named "Christopher C Wirth"
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- Tok-tokkies are a notable group within darkling beetles known for their unique substrate tapping communication, but the phylogenetic relationships among them are unclear.
- This study analyzes the morphology of female reproductive structures across over 200 species, revealing distinctive features and relationships, while also defining 23 key characters specific to tok-tokkies.
- Cladistic analysis indicates that many subtribes are not monophyletic, leading to several taxonomic revisions and the establishment of new genera and species based on morphological and molecular data.
While working on a revision of Triorophus LeConte, 1851 we examined type material for the genus. One species, Triorophus punctatus LeConte, 1851 (Figs. 1a-1e), was described from a dead, partial specimen (Type 4475, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University) collected at "Vallecitas," California in October or November of 1850 (LeConte, 1851).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis catalogue includes all valid family-group (six subtribes), genus-group (55 genera, 33 subgenera), and species-group names (1009 species and subspecies) of Sepidiini darkling beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Pimeliinae), and their available synonyms. For each name, the author, year, and page number of the description are provided, with additional information (e.g.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe rarely collected, previously monotypic, darkling beetle genus Trichiotes is reviewed, including new state and country records for T. seriatus Casey, 1907 and a new species, Trichiotes lightfooti Wirth & Smith, n. sp.
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