First records of four species of Coleoptera (Fam. Leiodidae: Hydnobius latifrons (Curtis, 1840); Scarabaeidae: Limarus zenkeri (Germar, 1813); Zopheridae: Pycnomerus sulcicollis (Germar, 1824); Tenebrionidae: Helops caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) for the ...
EUGEN NITZU
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Three new species of Paragnorimus Becker from Central America (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Trichiini) with a redefinition of the genus [PDF]
Three new species of Paragnorimus Becker are described: Paragnorimus atratus n. sp. from Guatemala, P. hondurensis n. sp. from Honduras and Nicaragua, and P. howdeni n. sp. from Guatemala.
Smith, Andrew B. T.
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Mitochondrial phylogenomics reveals deep relationships of scarab beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae)
In this study, we newly sequenced the complete mitochondrial genomes (mitogenomes) of two phytophagous scarab beetles, and investigated the deep level relationships within Scarabaeidae combined with other published beetle mitogenome sequences.
Shibao Guo, Xingyu Lin, Nan Song
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Homophileurus neptunus Dechambre, a new junior synonym of H. waldenfelsi Endrödi (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Phileurini) [PDF]
Homophileurus neptunus Dechambre was found to be conspecific with H. waldenfelsi Endrödi after examination of types, descriptions, and illustrations. Accordingly, H. neptunus is placed in junior synonymy with H. waldenfelsi, new synonymy.
Ratcliffe, Brett C., Saltin, Jochen-P.
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African dung beetle Onthophagus gazella Fabricius (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) esterase isozymes [PDF]
Elizabeth A. L. Martins, E. P. B. Contel
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To better understand the diversity and phylogeny of Scarabaeidae, we sequenced and annotated the nearly complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of Amphimallon solstitiale (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae).
Xing-Zhuo Yang +5 more
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Are fungivorous Scarabaeidae less specialist?
In a tropical forest patch of Southeastern Brazil, adult Scarabaeidae beetles were used to test the hypothesis that fungivorous guilds have a higher proportion of generalist species than either frugivorous, necrophagous or coprophagous ones.
Silvia A. Falqueto +2 more
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Review of the genus Microchilus Blanchard (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Geniatini) [PDF]
The Brazilian scarab beetle genus Microchilus Blanchard (Rutelinae: Geniatini) is reviewed. Based on examination of type specimens, Microchilus beckeri Martínez is transferred to the genus Leucothyreus becoming L.
Jameson, Mary Liz
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Beeinflussen verschiedene Volatilenmuster die Wirtspflanzenwahl unterirdisch lebender Insekten? [PDF]
Cockchafers of the genus Melolontha (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) can be severe pests in forestry, agriculture and horticulture. Gradation of the two most important species, the forest cockchafer M. hippocastani FABR.
Schütz, Stefan, Weissteiner, Sonja
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Gordonius rhinocerillus, a new genus and species of Colombian Aphodiini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) [PDF]
Gordonius rhinocerillus, a new genus and new species of Colombian Aphodiini is described and figured.
Dellacasa, Giovanni +2 more
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