The use of tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) in adapting hotspot conservation to global, regional, and local scales

Estimates of global biodiversity and costs of biodiversity research revisited, with a review of Sabah Scaphisoma Leach and descriptions of 56 new species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae)

“…Twenty-four active European professionals have described 519 taxa of Palaearctic rove beetles from 2000 to the end of 2014, i.e., each 1.44 per year, while 44 non-professionals, including retired professionals, have described 3,467 taxa, i.e., each 5.25 per year in the same period (Löbl, 2015c). Pearson & Wiesner (2022) provided similar numbers for the more popular tiger beetles: 24 non-professionals described 885 new species during the last two decades whereas 26 professionals described only 89 species. The reality is that non-professionals produce high quality studies and may describe over twenty new species per year, sometimes significantly more (Volker Puthz described about 2,849 species, i.e.…”

New species and new records of South and North American tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)

“…As of 2021 in the Nearctic region 201 species had been recorded, and in the Neotropical region 517 species were known. Thus, the Neotropical region ranks third after Southeast Asia (685 species) and Africa (546 species) in the species richness of this family [Pearson, Wiesner, 2023]. In this current paper we list and discuss new records of tiger beetles from different South and North American countries and describe one new species.…”

Rediscovery and redescription of Oxycheila buestani Wiesner with the first female record and new methodology for observation of Oxycheila Dejean and Oxygonia Mannerheim (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)

“…The deep knowledge of faunistic records is essential for this way of management. Pearson & Wiesner (2022) reviewed the extensive information available for tiger beetles species that are useful in adapting biodiversity hotspot conservation to global, regional and local scale. Additional, tiger beetles have already been proposed as bioindicators of other taxa, but only at a regional scale (Carroll & Pearson 1998).…”

“…Additionally, there are seven species that are hypothetically included that are present in neighbouring countries and could be eventually found in Ecuador. Pearson & Wiesner (2022) stated 113 species, 31 of which are endemic. Wiesner (1999Wiesner ( , 2003 published the revision and additional description of the Neotropical genus Oxycheila Dejean (Cicindelidae: Megacephalini).…”