Lampyrid-ID: Key to the world genera of fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)

Lampyrid-ID: Key to the world genera of fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) About the key Fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) are a cosmopolitan group of ~ 2,500 beetle species with rampant misclassification (Martin et al. 2019). This is in part due to morphological variation within genera and between genders. The problem arises when authors base classification on these variable…

Key to the world species of Ips (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)

Key to the world species of Ips (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) About the key A matrix key designed to allow maximum diagnostic inference from male or female specimens of Ips DeGeer, 1775, including damaged specimens. Morphologically similar genera of Ipini, Orthotomicus and Pseudips, are included at genus level to help distinguish Ips from these other genera.…