Diversity, 2023 The transformation of forests into agricultural and livestock systems negatively affects the ecological dynamics and the ecosystem services provided by different groups of insects, including dung beetles, which stand out for their importance in recycling
Hernando L. Tovar +6 more
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The beetles of Martinique, Lesser Antilles (Insecta: Coleoptera); diversity and distributions [PDF]
, 2011 This paper summarizes the published information on the beetle fauna of the island of Martinique, in the Lesser Antilles. The fauna is known to contain 42 families, with 201 genera, and 270 species.
Peck, Stewart B.
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Ecological Entomology, EarlyView.True dung beetles are a speciose group of ecosystem engineers that play key roles as detritivores in natural and agricultural landscapes. Scarabaeine beetles show strong thermal plasticity and there is increasing evidence of rapid evolutionary divergence in response to temperature across ecological and evolutionary timescales, with likely consequences ...
Nathan J. McConnell +4 more
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Checklist of the Aphodiini of Mexico, Central and South America (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) [PDF]
, 2009 This preliminary checklist of Aphodiini south of the United States is prepared to provide published data for a future web-based checklist of all New World Aphodiinae.
Dellacasa, Giovanni +3 more
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The diversity and distributions of the beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the northern Leeward Islands, Lesser Antilles (Anguilla, Antigua, Barbuda, Nevis, Saba, St. Barthélemy, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, and St. Martin-St. Maarten [PDF]
, 2011 This paper summarizes the published information on the beetle fauna of the northern Leeward Islands (Anguilla, Antigua, Barbuda, Nevis, Saba, St. Barthélemy, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, St. Martin-St.
Peck, Stewart B.
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Taxonomic redefinition of the genera Parataenius Balthasar and Pseudataenius Brown, with descriptions of three new species (Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae: Eupariini) [PDF]
, 2009 The New World euparine scarab genera Parataenius Balthasar, 1961 and Pseudataenius Brown, 1927 are revised. Ataenius brunneus Schmidt is transferred to the genus Parataenius becoming Parataenius brunneus (Schmidt), new combination. The monospecific genus
Skelley, Paul E., Stebnicka, Z. Teresa
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Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, Volume 174, Issue 2, Page 164-177, February 2026.This study evaluates bulk and eDNA metabarcoding via suction sampling and modified pitfall traps to monitor salt marsh arthropods. Suction sampling excelled in detecting overlooked taxa, whereas pitfalls were effective for Scarabaeinae. Results underscore the importance of adapting protocols to specific taxa and habitats and highlight the effects of ...
Camila Leandro +8 more
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A new species of the genus Neagolius W. Koshantschikov, 1912 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Armenia [PDF]
Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень, 2015 A new species Neagolius aragatsi sp. n. is described from Aragats Mt. (Armenia). The new species differs from the widespread in the Caucasus N. abchazicus by the structure of modified front spur in male and bicolor elytra.
I.V. Shokhin, M.Yu. Kalashian
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Ozodius, n. gen., for the Australian members of the genus Drepanocanthoides Schmidt (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) [PDF]
, 2009 The genus name Drepanocanthoides Schmidt has recently been applied to Australian and North American taxa, based on generic concepts following separate designations of different type species.
Skelley, Paul E.
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Abundance and Flight Activity of Some Histeridae, Hydrophilidae and Scarabaeidae (Coleoptera) in Southern Quebec, Canada [PDF]
, 2017 We collected adult beetles with four unbaited flight intercept traps in southern Quebec, from early May through late October, in 1987, 1988 and 1989. We captured a total of 146 Histeridae (9 species), 668 Hydrophilidae (29 species) and 428 Scarabaeidae ...
Levesque, Claire, Levesque, Gilles-Yvon
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