Talk:Alphasida zapaterii

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The result was: promoted by JustARandomSquid (talk) 08:37, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

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A drawing of Alphasida zapaterii

• ... that an Iberian beetle (drawing shown) is undergoing substantial evolution that makes it hard to distinguish from its nearby relatives?

• Source: Pérez-Vera, Francisco; Ávila, José M. (2016). "Révision des Alphasida (Glabrasida) Escalera, 1910, groupe IV (section pluricostulatae Escalera, 1922) (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Asidini)" (PDF). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France (in French). 121 (3): 365–400. doi:10.3406/BSEF.2016.2177.

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Uns ist ein Kind geboren (Telemann)

Created by Pbritti (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 87 past nominations.

Pbritti (talk) 21:07, 1 January 2026 (UTC).

• article is new enough and in good shape. QPQ checks out. Earwig is triggered but because only because it's scanning the references section as prose. Hook is sourced inline. However - could we get page numbers in the citations using {{rp}} or similar for some of these larger articles Pbritti? ~Darth Stabro^{Talk • Contribs} 04:30, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

• @Darth Stabro: Page numbers added. Most of those facts (besides the measurements) are repeated a couple times in that article revising that section of the genus, so feel welcome to add additional pages if desired. Best, ~ Pbritti (talk) 04:45, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

• Hi, what is the status of this nomination @Darth Stabro:? Barbalalaika 🐌 16:33, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

• ~Darth Stabro^{Talk • Contribs} 13:02, 29 January 2026 (UTC)

• • Pbritti, drive-by nitpick, but the article doesn't state this fact in its own voice, but rather attributes it to Escalera, which isn't great from a WP:DYKDEFINITE perspective. JustARandomSquid (talk) 09:31, 21 February 2026 (UTC)
    • The only reason it's attributed is to note that this evolutionary relationship has been observed since the earliest descriptions of the species. It's a rather definite fact which is supported by the most recent scholarship (also cited in the same section). Best, ~ Pbritti (talk) 15:24, 21 February 2026 (UTC)