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    Choresine is a genus of beetles that belong to the Melyridae family. This genus of beetle is known to have high levels of batrachotoxins and is believed...
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    batrachotoxin themselves. The toxins most likely come from the beetle genus Choresine, a part of the birds' diets. The birds' bright colours are suggested to...
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    with two bluish black spots on each elytron. Four New Guinean species of Choresine (the more abundant C. pulchra, the less abundant C. semiopaca and the...
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    region they are found in and this could be due to the availability of Choresine beetles, which are speculated to be the dietary source of the toxin itself...
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    few birds from Papua New Guinea, and four Papuan beetles of the genus Choresine in the family Melyridae. Batrachotoxin affects the sodium channels of...
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    Batrachotoxin has been found in four Papuan beetle species, all in the genus Choresine in the family Melyridae; C. pulchra, C. semiopaca, C. rugiceps and C....
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    has been identified in the forests of New Guinea: beetles of the genus Choresine (family Melyridae), which contain the toxin and have been found in the...
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    the New Guinea bird species of Pitohui and Ifrita, the beetles of genus Choresine, natively known as nanisani, are pivotal food sources, and toxin sources...
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    "Yellow-banded Dart Frog". Honolulu zoo. Retrieved 16 July 2009. "Melyrid beetles (Choresine): A putative source for the batrachotoxin alkaloids found in poison-dart...
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    ; Samuelson, A.; Spande, T. F.; Daly, J. W. (2004). "Melyrid beetles (Choresine): A putative source for the Batrachotoxin alkaloids found in poison-dart...
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    Phyllobates may derive their toxins from local melyrid beetles of genus Choresine. The reproductive and parental care behaviors exhibited by this species...
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    Balanophorus Brachyhedibius Carphuroides Carphuromorphus Carphurus Chaetocoelus Choresine Falsolaius Helcogaster Metachoresine Microcarphurus Neocarphurus Telocarphurus...
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    Cephalogonia Cephaloncus Cerapheles Ceratistes Chaetocoelus Charopus Choresine Clanoptilus Collops Colotes Condylops Cordylepherus Cyrtosus Dromanthomorphus...
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    Derrickson SR, Samuelson A, Spande TF, Daly JW (2004). "Melyrid beetles (Choresine): a putative source for the batrachotoxin alkaloids found in poison-dart...
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