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A new species of the genus Trochaloschema Reitter, 1896 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae) from Tajikistan [PDF]

open access: yesКавказский энтомологический бюллетень, 2020
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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Factors Associated with the Occurrence, Potential Distribution and Conservation of Anoxia orientalis (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) at Different Spatial Scales

open access: yesDiversity, 2022
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]

open access: yesZaštita prirode, 2017
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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Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) as economically important pests and the possibility of using entomopathogenic fungi for their control

open access: yesActa Agriculturae Slovenica, 2022
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 role of the subelytral cavity in water loss in the flightless dung beetle, Circellium bacchus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae)

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Entomology, 2002
Circellium bacchus is a flightless telecoprid (ball-rolling) dung beetle, endemic to the afrotropical region, where it is found in a few restricted populations in the eastern Cape of South Africa. Its apterous condition and large size (mass ranges from 6
Frances D. DUNCAN
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A revision of the Onthophagus pexatus species-group, with description of a new brachypterous species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)

open access: yesRecords of the Australian Museum, 2022
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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Four new species of the genus Anomala Samouelle, 1819 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) from South-East Asia and a key to the species with the similar elytral sculpture [PDF]

open access: yesКавказский энтомологический бюллетень, 2021
Four new species of the genus Anomala Samouelle, 1819 from the continental South-East Asia are described. Anomala paramychodes sp. n. from Laos, Myanmar and South China and A. sinifrater sp. n.
A.M. Prokofiev
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A new species of Anisoplia Schönherr, 1817 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) from Rostov Region, Russia [PDF]

open access: yesКавказский энтомологический бюллетень
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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An Annotated Checklist of Scarab Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Northeastern Iowa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
A survey of scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) was conducted during 2009 in the geographically distinct area of Winneshiek and Allamakee counties in extreme Northeast Iowa. Four plant communities distributed among 10 locations, including tallgrass
Larsen, Kirk J, Worthington, Reese J
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The effect of local environmental heterogeneity on species diversity of alpine dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Entomology, 2011
The relative effects of two components of mountain environmental heterogeneity, altitude (1500, 1700 and 2000 m a.s.l.) and habitat (pastures, coniferous forests, wet meadows, scrub and anthropogenic woods) on the diversity of dung beetles in an Italian ...
Matteo NEGRO   +3 more
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