21/08/2024
๐๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ (๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ ๐, ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ ๐, ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐) ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐ฅ๐!
This issue features an insightful paper by Medina and Villegas, which critically examines errors in a previously published study on the ecology of the rare longhorn beetle species, ๐๐ข๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ช Barvsevskis, 2014.
Medina and Villegas highlighted several mishaps from the publication, including the wrongful identification of the longhorn beetle pesting the breadfruit trees in the Ayoke Islands. As per Medina and Villegas, the pest species reported in the publication was, in fact, a common ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ค๐ข Thomson, 1859 and not the rare ๐๐ข๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ช Barลกevskis, 2014 as published in the study titled Spatial Distribution of the Philippine Long-Horned Beetle (๐๐ข๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ช sp. nov., Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), Pest of Breadfruit Trees (Artocarpus altilis, Parkinson Fosberg) in Ayoke Island, Northeastern Mindanao, Philippines."
Medina and Villegas emphasize the crucial role of coleopteran specialists and taxonomists in ensuring accurate species identification. Furthermore, the authors strongly recommend involving these experts in the peer review process of such papers to safeguard the integrity of future research.
You may access the full paper through this link: https://jtcoleop.com/articles/9cc7f49f-f14a-4608-9231-4ffd4add7c02.pdf.
