Horned passalus, Odontotaenius disjunctus (Illiger) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Passalidae: Passalinae) [PDF]
EDIS, 2011 This 6-page illustrated fact sheet describes the commonly encountered and easily recognizable beetle, also known as the “betsy beetle,” that is a beneficial decomposer of decaying wood or logs. Includes synonymy, distribution, description, life cycle and
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A new Paxillus MacLeay, 1819 (Coleoptera: Passalidae: Passalinae) from the state of Amazonas, Brazil Um novo Paxillus MacLeay, 1819 (Coleoptera: Passalidae: Passalinae) do Estado do Amazonas, Brasil [PDF]
Acta Amazonica, 2008 Paxillus is a neotropical genus belonging to the subfamily Passalinae widespread from Mexico to Argentina. Brazil is known to harbor five species belonging to this genus with most of them presenting at head a flattened central tubercle lacking a free ...
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Larval structure of Passalus gravelyiand sexual dimorphism in Passalid larvae [PDF]
Revista de Biología Tropical, 2015 The adults and larvae of Passalidae are subsocial insects commonly found in tropical forests, living in decaying wood gallery systems constructed by adults. Currently, few repots on the larvae of Neotropical Passalidae have been published and information
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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 ...
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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.
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Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, Volume 2010, Issue 1, 2010., 2010 Beetle larvae that inhabit termite nests present modifications that allow them to cohabitate with the termites. Some are physogastric and bear special glands and different setae all over their bodies, whereas others are not physogastric. Both kinds of larvae may be termite predators. Some species usually live in the nest cabbage pan, feeding on organic
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Papéis Avulsos de ZoologiaPassalus Fabricius, 1792 is the largest genus of Passalidae and presents great diversity in South America, mainly in the Amazon region. Currently this complex and heterogeneous genus is subdivided into three subgenera: P.
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Clave para los géneros y epecies de Passalidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) del Caribe colombiano
Intropica, 2010 Se presenta una clave para la identificación de las 17 especies de Passalidae conocidas de la región Caribe de Colombia. La mayoría de las especies corresponden a registros de muestreos realizados por los autores en 21 localidades del Caribe colombiano.
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Multiple Chromosome Fissions, Including That of the X Chromosome, in Aulacocyclus tricuspis Kaup (Coleoptera, Passalidae) from New Caledonia: Characterization of a Rare but Recurrent Pathway of Chromosome Evolution in Animals. [PDF]
Genes (Basel), 2023 Dutrillaux B +3 more
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The Brachypterous Species of Passalus (Pertinax) (Coleoptera: Passalidae), with the Description of a New Species from Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. [PDF]
Neotrop Entomol, 2022 Jiménez-Ferbans L +2 more
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