The Lexicon of Beetles of the Czech Republic

IBM 2023 – PROGRAM

Thursday, 5. 10.
8:30 – 9:45 – Registration, coffee.
9:45 – Opening.
10:00 – 12:00 – talks
Kateřina Rosová et al.: Mid-Cretaceous beetle larvae from Burmese amber: application of traditional and
modern microscopy tools
Aleksandra Kilian et al.: Morphology of very unusually modified larva of myrmecophilous Cholevinae
(Coleoptera: Leiodidae)
Qinghao Zhao: Immature stages of Emus hirtus in the phylogenetic context of the subtribe Staphylinina
John Kole: From Aquatics to Inquilines, what we know about the Larvae of Chelonariidae (Coleoptera:
Bhyrroidea)
12:15 – Lunch.
13:30 – 14:20 – talks.
Artur Szpalek et al.: "Is it just a matter of time?"- Comparison of weight larvae and pupae among 3 populations
of the yellow mealworm beetle Tenebrio molitor L. (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) breeding without blood
refreshment.
Barbora Křížková: Microbiota of two related bark beetle species varies according to host ecology.
14:30 – coffee break
15:00 – Petr Šípek: How to rescue dried-up material from alcohol collections
15:20 – Plenary discussion. Problems, Obstacles and Solutions to Larval Research. (Michael A.
Ivie).
17:00 – free discussion space, coffee break.
18:00 – dinner & evening pub.

Friday, 6. 10.
9:00 – plenary field excursion to Klánovický les.
13:00 – lunch.
14:00 – possibility to visit the collections of the National Museum in Horní Počernice.
20:00 – beetle pub at U Růžového sadu