Developmental period and adult size of Haptoncus ocularis (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) at four temperature conditions

First record of Myrrha octodecimguttata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) and Epuraea ocularis (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) from Israel.

Myrrha octodecimguttata (Linnaeus, 1758) and Epuraea ocularis Fairmaire, 1849 are recorded from Israel for the first time, both species collected in Shoham Forest.

exploring motivation and english test preparation strategies of iranian pre-university candidates during and at the end of test preparation period for konkur examination

the current study aimed at investigating the relationship between motivation and test preparation strategies (tpss) used by iranian pre-university students in their preparation period for the university entrance exam (uee). due to the importance of uee in iran, this study also attempted to show its impact on these two important variables. to this end, 100 pre-university students in an iranian p...

Pupal development of Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) in thermo-hygrometric soil conditions encountered in temperate climates.

The pupal development of Aethina tumida Murray (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) was studied at various combinations of thermo-hygrometric soil conditions (temperatures of 16, 18, and 20 degrees C and soil water content levels of 0.37, 0.56, and 0.73 m3 water per cubic meter of dry soil) representative of southeastern Canada. Survivorship and development duration of A. tumida pupae, as well as sex rati...

Review of the Megauchenia Macleay of India (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Prometopinae).

Three species of Megauchenia Macleay [M. angustata (Erichson, 1843), M. quadricollis (Reitter, 1883) and M. indica (Grouvelle, 1908)] were studied based on a collection from India. The genus and the species are re-described. A key to the species of Megauchenia from India is appended.

A current generic classifi cation of sap beetles (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae)