A new species of genus Acrossus Mulsant, 1842 (Scarabaeidae, Aphodiinae, Aphodiini) from South Korea [PDF]
ZooKeysA new species of the genus Acrossus Mulsant, 1842, Acrossus baei sp. nov. from South Korea, is described and illustrated on the basis of morphology and mitochondrial COI sequences.
Changseob Lim, Łukasz Minkina
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Taking advantage of opportunistically collected historical occurrence data to detect responses to climate change: The case of temperature and Iberian dung beetles. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2023 A novel approach for taking advantage of historical occurrence data to detect adaptive responses to climate change is presented. Our findings suggest that approximately half of the Iberian dung beetle species may experience negative effects from temperature increases and that the spatial response will be the most frequent one.
Lobo JM +3 more
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Mitochondrial Genome Comparison and Phylogenetic Analysis of Four Species of Dung Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). [PDF]
Ecol EvolDung beetles have important ecological and economical values; however, the molecular research of the taxonomic group is very limited. We sequenced mitochondrial genomes of four Scarabaeinae species, with sizes from 14,977 to 18,425 bp, and identified novel gene rearrangements.
Zhang H +7 more
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Identifying Priority Habitats for Dung Beetle Conservation: Taxonomic and Functional Responses Across a Land-Use Disturbance Gradient. [PDF]
Ecol EvolAnthropogenic land‐use change and resource exploitation are driving declines in dung beetle communities, highlighting the need to identify priority habitats and species for conservation. This study assessed taxonomic and functional diversity of dung beetles across a land‐use disturbance gradient and different dung types using dung‐baited pitfall traps.
Hong SY, Oh M, Heo Y, Lee EJ.
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Diet Outweighs Vertical Transmission in Shaping Dung Beetle Larval Gut Microbiomes. [PDF]
Mol EcolABSTRACT The microbiome is central to host development and adaptation, yet the balance between vertical and environmental acquisition, and how hosts shape surrounding microbial communities, remains poorly understood. Dung beetles rely on microbial symbionts to extract nutrients from vertebrate dung, with part of their microbiome vertically inherited ...
Herrera MJ +4 more
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EntomoBrasilis, 2015 An extensive literature review was performed to determine the list of Aphodiinae species reported in Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina states. A total of 35 Aphodiinae species belonging to two tribes and 12 genera have been recorded in southern Brazil.
Pedro Giovâni da Silva
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Convergences and divergences between two European mountain dung beetle assemblages (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea) [PDF]
Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 2007 We analyzed the altitudinal change in dung beetle species richness and the relative proportion of higher taxa, as well as the turnover in the type of distribution and range size of species in two mountain chains located at the two extremes of Europe ...
Lobo, J. M. +2 more
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Consumer or Decomposer? Behavioral and Morphological Diagnosis of White Grubs. [PDF]
Ecol EvolDetermining the ecological role of insect larvae is crucial for pest control and resource utilization, relying on effective behavioral or morphological identification traits. This study uses an improved six‐armed olfactometer to analyze the feeding habits of two sympatric white grubs and the correlated morphological traits, including the sensory ...
Chen YN, Ying M, Lu C, Jiang L.
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A new species of the subfamily Aphodiinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Transbaikalia [PDF]
Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень, 2008 Aphodius (s. lato) cretaceous Nikolajev, sp. n. from the Lower Cretaceous of Transbaikalia (Baissa locality) is described. The genus Cretorabaeus Nikolajev, 1995 is transferred to the subfamily Aphodiinae (tribus incertus).
G.V. Nikolajev
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Arthropod abundances track soil fertility across a lowland tropical forest landscape. [PDF]
J Anim EcolThis study reveals strong, diverse associations between soil phosphorus and the abundances of understorey arthropods across a lowland tropical forest landscape. These patterns were not paralleled in an adjacent site‐level fertilisation experiment, raising the interesting possibility that arthropod–phosphorus associations could be mediated by spatial ...
Butler OM +3 more
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