Insect Biodiversity in the Nearctic Region

Danks, H. V.; Smith, Andrew B. T.

doi:10.1002/9781444308211.ch3

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“…Cold environments consequently pose a significant challenge to insects, with few species surviving these conditions. Less than 2% of North American insect species are found in the arctic biome (Danks et al, 2017), and insect species richness declines dramatically in alpine and subnival habitats (Nagy & Grabherr, 2009). Carabid beetles, however, are notable as arctic and alpine insects, comprising ~40%–50% of beetle species richness in the arctic (Chernov et al, 2000; Danks, 1981), and setting the highest altitudinal distribution record of Coleoptera, with three taxa ( Amara altiphila , Bembidion maddisoni and Trechus astrophilus ) reaching 5600 m above sea level (a.s.l.)…”

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A high‐quality carabid genome assembly provides insights into beetle genome evolution and cold adaptation

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Beetles (Coleoptera) are the most diverse animal group on the planet, with more than 386,000 species described worldwide (Bouchard et al., 2017;Forbes et al., 2018). The extremely high diversity and abundance of beetles plays a critical role in most terrestrial ecosystems (Brooks et al., 2012;Erwin, 1997;Schowalter, 2013;Slade et al., 2019), with further significance to human society as they serve as food, pests, pets, biological control agents, and models in biological and engineering research (Adamski et al., 2019). Despite their importance, relatively few genomic studies have been conducted on beetles to date (McKenna, 2018).Coleoptera are divided into four suborders, Polyphaga, Adephaga, Myxophaga and Archostemata, based on both morphological and

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A high‐quality carabid genome assembly provides insights into beetle genome evolution and cold adaptation

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“…The flies, Order Diptera, constitute one of the largest groups of insects-highly diverse with over 41,000 species extant on our planet, of which approximately half remain yet to be discovered and described (Danks and Smith, 2009). With a pair of powerful wings and haltere for balance, and distinctive body morphology, the flies are easily recognized as inhabiting diverse habitats in great abundance and being broadly distributed throughout the world.…”

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