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Intrasexual fighting and mounting by females of the horned beetle Trypoxylus dichotomus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) [PDF]
Although females of the horned beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus septentrionalis, have only small horns they often fight over access to feeding sites by head-butting each other. In addition, they sometimes show intrasexual mounting.
Yutaka IGUCHI
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En este trabajo se revisan los géneros de Rhizotrogini del Mediterraneo Occidental. Dos clases de caracteres son estudiados; los correspondientes a la morfología externa de los adultos y a las genitalias femenina y masculina.
Mª. M. Coca-Abia
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A new species of the genus Trochaloschema Reitter, 1896 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae) from Tajikistan [PDF]
Trochaloschema dubium sp. n. is described from the forest belt of Vakhsh Ridge (Tajikistan) from the altitude 1900 m. A new species differs from other similar taxa mainly in the structure of male genitalia and sculpture of pronotum.
G.V. Nikolajev, O.V. Pak
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Anoxia (Protanoxia) orientalis is a beetle of the family Melolonthidae for which Italy represents the western limit of its distribution. The ecology of this species is little known from the quantitative point of view.
Calogero Muscarella +4 more
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Pholeophile Onthophagus species in fauna of Serbia (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Onthophagini) [PDF]
This paper presents an overview of pholeobiont, pholeophile and pholeoxene representatives of the genus Onthophagus in Serbia related to burrows of small mammals, primarily those of rodents.
Pavićević Dragan +2 more
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All new genus-group names included in Gistel’s list of Coleoptera from the collection of Count Rudolph von Jenison Walwort, published in 1834, are recorded.
Yves Bousquet, Patrice Bouchard
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Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) are a cosmopolitan group of beetles found on all continents except Antarctica. Because of their size, vibrant colors, and above all their role in the ecosystem, they are one of the most recognizable and studied ...
Eva PRAPROTNIK +2 more
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The Onthophagus pexatus species-group is revised, with the known species—O. longipes Paulian, 1937; O. nammuldi Matthews, 1972; O. pexatus Harold, 1869; O. squalidus Lea, 1923—redescribed and a new species: O. bulga sp. nov., described.
Chris A. M. Reid, Aidan Runagall-McNaull
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A new species of Anisoplia Schönherr, 1817 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) from Rostov Region, Russia [PDF]
The nominotypical subgenus of the genus Anisoplia Schönherr, 1817 contains over 50 species, nine of which are known in the European Russia: A. agricola Poda von Neuhaus, 1761, A. brenskei Reitter, 1889, A.
I.V. Shokhin
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The diversity of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) is affected by urbanization, habitat fragmentation and disappearance of native mammals, which result in changes in the quality and availability of food, and resources for nesting.
Marina R. FRIZZAS +3 more
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