#evolutionaryradiation — Public Fediverse posts

Please like my new #macrophotography of the #beetle #Valgus #hemipterus (#Scarabaeidae) with a #phoretic #mite (Mesostigmata) on YouTube:
http://youtube.com/post/UgkxdgiRMZHS5NhtynMbH7YIQOR0_FTXkTw-?si=BosP-BDJIguyhnYF
The photo clearly shows the dense #scaling of the #pronotum, serving, i.a., for camouflage. But how generally can the link between selective pressure and #evolutionaryradiation in #scarabbeetles be reconstructed? (See Y. Tong et al.,2024).
©#StefanFWirth,#Berlin

Reference
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-06250-1

#Photo
© S.F.Wirth; edited in July 2026

Please like my new #macrophotography of the #beetle #Valgus #hemipterus (#Scarabaeidae) with a #phoretic #mite (Mesostigmata) on YouTube:
http://youtube.com/post/UgkxdgiRMZHS5NhtynMbH7YIQOR0_FTXkTw-?si=BosP-BDJIguyhnYF
The photo clearly shows the dense #scaling of the #pronotum, serving, i.a., for camouflage. But how generally can the link between selective pressure and #evolutionaryradiation in #scarabbeetles be reconstructed? (See Y. Tong et al.,2024).
©#StefanFWirth,#Berlin

Reference
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-06250-1

#Photo
© S.F.Wirth; edited in July 2026