Passalidae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea) from the Caribbean coast of Colombia: synopsis, key, and new species description [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2023 Bess beetles (Passalidae) are a subsocial family of Coleoptera with approximately 1000 known species of saproxylophagous diet and pantropical distribution, with few extratropical species. Because of their high levels of endemism (especially in mountains),
Larry Jiménez-Ferbans +4 more
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O edeago na sistemática de passalídeos americanos (Coleoptera: Passalidae) [PDF]
Acta Amazonica, 1978 RESUMO Estudo do morfologia da genitália masculina dos Passalidae (Coleoptera) e da origem de seus somitas, resultando no achado de uma provável rotação do edeago, em caráter permanente, de 180° em torno do eixo longitudinal.
P. F. Bührnheim
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Phylogeny of the genus Yumtaax Boucher (Coleoptera, Passalidae, Proculini): Taxonomic and evolutionary implications with descriptions of three new species [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2017 Yumtaax Boucher (Coleoptera: Passalidae) is an endemic genus from the temperate sierras of Mexico and includes six narrowly distributed species. Yumtaax species have been assigned to several genera of Passalidae throughout history, and a phylogenetic ...
Cristian Fernando Beza-Beza +3 more
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Wood fibers are a crucial microhabitat for cellulose- and xylan- degrading bacteria in the hindgut of the wood-feeding beetle Odontotaenius disjunctus [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 IntroductionWood digestion in insects relies on the maintenance of a mosaic of numerous microhabitats, each colonized by distinct microbiomes. Understanding the division of digestive labor between these microhabitats- is central to understanding the ...
Melbert Schwarz +2 more
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Contribuição ao conhecimento da bionomia de Passalus convexus Dalman, 1817 e Passalus latifrons Percheron, 1841 (Coleoptera: Passalidae) [PDF]
Acta Amazonica, 1988 Coleópteros da família Passalidae, com distribuição pantropical, parecem contribuir, pelo menos em parte, para a reciclagem dos nutrientes nas florestas, facilitando a penetração de umidade e de microorganismos decompositores no interior dos troncos ...
Cláudio R. V. Fonseca
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Super-Protective Child-Rearing by Japanese Bess Beetles, Cylindrocaulus patalis: Adults Provide Their Larvae with Chewed and Predigested Wood [PDF]
Insects, 2016 Beetles of the family Passalidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) are termed subsocial. The insects inhabit rotten wood as family groups consisting of the parents and their offspring.
Tatsuya Mishima +5 more
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The Passalidae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea) from Bolivia, with the descriptions of three new species [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2019 Employing data from literature, examination of specimens in collections, and a field trip, a list of the species of Passalidae from Bolivia is elaborated. A total of 38 species is reported, including new records of Passalus inca Zang, 1905 and P. lunaris
Larry Jiménez-Ferbans +2 more
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Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 2018 Leptaulax koreanus (Nomura, Kon, Johki & Lee), an endemic species of Korea, inhabits only in the Gwangneung Forest in Pocheon, Gyeonggi-do. It was reported as a new species in 1993 by Nomura et al.
Da-Som Kim, Cheol-Hak Kim, Jongok Lim
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Richness and similarity of Passalidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) from biological collections in the Brazilian Amazon [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2021 Scientific collections are important sources of information on biodiversity that can be useful for faunistic, taxonomic and phylogenetic studies. The aim of this study was to investigate the fauna of Passalidae deposited in the zoological collections in ...
ESMERALDINA DA G. BONFIM-KUBATAMAIA +3 more
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The bess beetles (Coleoptera, Passalidae) of three subregions of the Department of Sucre, Caribbean region of Colombia [PDF]
Check List, 2020 We provide species lists and geographical occurrence records of the beetle family Passalidae for three subregions of the department of Sucre, northern Colombia. The sampling localities are lowland environments with typical tropical dry forest vegetation.
Carlos Taboada-Verona +1 more
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