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The peril of dating beetles
- Emmanuel F. A. Toussaint, M. Seidel, +5 authors M. Fikáček
- Biology
- 1 January 2017
Recently, McKenna et al., 2015 (MCK15 hereafter) investigated the higher level phylogenetic relationships of beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera) using the most comprehensive molecular dataset to date, and… Expand
Primary chaetotaxy of the larval head capsule and head appendages of the Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera) based on larva of Hydrobius fuscipes (Linnaeus, 1758)
- M. Fikáček, Miguel Archangelsky, P. Torres
- Biology
- 10 September 2008
The primary chaetotaxy of the larval head capsule and head appendages of the family Hydrophilidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) is described and illustrated using the larva of Hydrobius fuscipes (Linnaeus,… Expand
Molecular phylogeny, evolution and classification of the Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera)
- A. E. Short, M. Fikáček
- Biology
- 1 October 2013
The phylogeny and evolutionary history of the water scavenger beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) are inferred from comprehensive analyses of DNA sequence data from the mitochondrial genes COI, COII… Expand
Modern hydrophilid clades present and widespread in the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous (Coleoptera: Hydrophiloidea: Hydrophilidae).
- M. Fikáček, A. Prokin, +4 authors R. Beattie
- Biology
- 1 April 2014
We present a summary of the fossil evidence documenting the worldwide occurrence of the family Hydrophilidae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Polyphaga: Hydrophiloidea) in the Late Jurassic and Early… Expand
Phylogeny and the fossil record of the Helophoridae reveal Jurassic origin of extant hydrophiloid lineages (Coleoptera: Polyphaga)
- M. Fikáček, A. Prokin, +4 authors J. Prokop
- Biology
- 1 July 2012
We performed a phylogenetic analysis focused on the hydrophiloid family Helophoridae (Coleoptera: Polyphaga) in order to test the phylogenetic position of selected Mesozoic fossils assigned to the… Expand
Diversification of the greater hydrophilines clade of giant water scavenger beetles dated back to the Middle Eocene (Coleoptera : Hydrophilidae : Hydrophilina)
- M. Fikáček, Sonja Wedmann, H. Schmied
- Biology
- 7 June 2010
Fossil representatives of the hydrophilid genera Hydrochara Berthold, 1827, Hydrobiomorpha Blackburn, 1888 and Hydrophilus Geoffroy, 1762 were recorded at the lower Middle Eocene locality Grube… Expand
Taxonomy and biology of the bromeliad-inhabiting genus Lachnodacnum (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae)
- B. Clarkson, F. F. Albertoni, M. Fikáček
- Biology
- 30 April 2014
The water scavenger beetle genus Lachnodacnum Orchymont, 1937 sensu Hansen (1991) is revised. The three species that had previously been placed in the genus, L. luederwaldti Orchymont, 1937 (southern… Expand
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Fossil Hydrophilid Beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) of the Late Oligocene Rott Formation (Germany)
- M. Fikáček, H. Schmied, J. Prokop
- Biology
- 1 August 2010
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Fossil water scavenger beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) of the latest Oligocene Rott Formation are revised, based on the examination of the type specimens, as well as numerous additional… Expand
A review of the Asian species of the Cercyon unipunctatus group (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae)
- S. Ryndevich, F. Jia, M. Fikáček
- Biology
- 20 December 2017
Asian species of the Cercyon unipunctatus species group are reviewed. Nine species are recognized in Asia, three of which are described as new: C. fl avimarginatus sp. nov. and C. kubani sp. nov.… Expand
Clade Age and Diversification Rate Variation Explain Disparity in Species Richness among Water Scavenger Beetle (Hydrophilidae) Lineages
- Devin D Bloom, M. Fikáček, A. E. Short
- Medicine, Biology
- PloS one
- 2 June 2014
Explaining the disparity of species richness across the tree of life is one of the great challenges in evolutionary biology. Some lineages are exceptionally species rich, while others are relatively… Expand