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Systematic revision of the genus Orodaliscoides Schmidt, 1913 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) [PDF]

, 2012
The species belonging to the genus Orodaliscoides Schmidt (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) are redescribed and figured. The following new combinations are proposed: Orodaliscoides fimbripes (Brown, 1928) and Orodaliscoides giulianii (Gordon, 1977)
Dellacasa, Giovanni, Dellacasa, Marco, Gordon, Robert D.   +2 more
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PENet: A phenotype encoding network for automatic extraction and representation of morphological discriminative features

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Volume 14, Issue 12, Page 3035-3046, December 2023., 2023
Abstract Digitalized natural history collections serve as vital ecological and evolutionary research resources. Specimen retrieval based on morphological features allows for the rapid acquisition of similar specimens from these collections, aiding in maximizing the utilization of their resources and catering to the requirements of related research ...
Zhengyu Zhao, Yuanyuan Lu, Yijie Tong, Xin Chen, Ming Bai   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reconocimiento de los factores determinantes de la riqueza de especies: el caso de los Aphodiinae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea, Aphodiidae) en la Península Ibérica

Graellsia, 2003
En el presente artículo se procedió a explorar las variables que explican la riqueza de especies de Aphodiinae (Aphodiidae, Scarabaeoidea) a escala peninsular ibérica partiendo únicamente de previos estudios faunísticos y haciendo uso de las técnicas ...
F. J. Cabrero-Sañudo, J. M. Lobo
doaj   +1 more source

Ancient human colonization explains dung beetle species richness in the Mediterranean and Macaronesian islands

Journal of Biogeography, Volume 50, Issue 12, Page 2095-2108, December 2023., 2023
Abstract Aim Different hypothesis have been proposed to explain differences in species richness among islands. However, few studies have attempted to compare the explanatory power of multiple hypotheses using a large data set. Here, we analyse how different types of predictors (energetic/climatic, environmental heterogeneity, island biogeography and ...
Mattia Tonelli, Marco Dellacasa, Jorge M. Lobo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatial and seasonal trait selection in dung beetle assemblages along an aridity gradient in the Sahara [PDF]

Ecology
Abstract Ecological communities under extreme environments are shaped by a balance of environmental filtering and coexistence mechanisms that result in a series of assembly rules. Although there is abundant evidence about the importance of these community assembly mechanisms in plants, their effects have been seldom compared for animals.
de Castro‐Arrazola I, Sánchez‐Piñero F, Moretti M, Hortal J.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) of the Mpala Research Centre and environs, Laikipia District, Kenya [PDF]

, 2008
The dung beetle fauna of the subfamily Aphodiinae occurring in the Laikipia District of Kenya was surveyed. In total, 14 genera and 29 species were found and these taxa are placed in identification keys.
Bordat, Patrice, Dellacasa, Giovanni, Dellacasa, Marco, Gordon, Robert D.   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

A transcriptome‐based phylogeny of Scarabaeoidea confirms the sister group relationship of dung beetles and phytophagous pleurostict scarabs (Coleoptera)

Systematic Entomology, Volume 48, Issue 4, Page 672-686, October 2023., 2023
Phylogenetic analyses of > 4,000 genes of more than 50 species of Scarabaeoidea supports monophyly of Scarabaeidae and confirms sister group relationship of dung beetles and phytophagous pleurostict scarabs. Supermatrix‐based maximum likelihood and multispecies coalescent phylogenetic analyses confirm paraphyly of Melolonthinae. We consequently suggest
Lars Dietz, Matthias Seidel, Jonas Eberle, Bernhard Misof, Thaynara L. Pacheco, Lars Podsiadlowski, Sasanka Ranasinghe, Nicole L. Gunter, Oliver Niehuis, Christoph Mayer, Dirk Ahrens   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

On the transfer of the genus Mesydra Ponomarenko, 1977 from Hydrophilidae into Scarabaeidae (Coleoptera) [PDF]

Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень, 2012
The holotype of the type species of monobasic Mesozoic genus Mesydra Ponomarenko, 1977, which was described as a member of the family Hydrophilidae from the Lower Cretaceous deposit’s Baissa in Transbaikalia is revised.
G.V. Nikolajev, A.А. Prokin
doaj   +1 more source

Linking agricultural diversification practices, soil arthropod communities and soil health

Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 60, Issue 9, Page 1952-1963, September 2023., 2023
Soil arthropods respond to agricultural diversification and can be used as bioindicators to assess the effects of diversification on soil health. Below‐ground arthropod communities are structured by crop type, suggesting that planting specific crops may promote soil arthropods and their services. We showed that incorporating winter pea and forage crops
Dane C. Elmquist, Kendall B. Kahl, Jodi L. Johnson‐Maynard, Sanford D. Eigenbrode   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Altitudinal gradient in species richness and composition of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in an eastern Euro-Mediterranean locality: Functional, seasonal and habitat influences

European Journal of Entomology, 2019
The altitudinal gradient in diversity of dung beetles (Scarabaeidae) was studied in a Mediterranean mountain chain located in Central Anatolia to (i) determine if there are altitudinal differences between the main taxonomic groups, (ii) describe the ...
Yakup ŞENYÜZ, Jorge M. LOBO, Kemal DINDAR   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source