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The role of the subelytral cavity in water loss in the flightless dung beetle, Circellium bacchus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae)

European 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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Soil Application of Metarhizium anisopliae JEF-314 Granules to Control, Flower Chafer Beetle, Protaetia brevitarsis seulensis

Mycobiology, 2020
Root-feeding Scarabaeidae, particularly white grubs are considered among the most harmful coleopteran insect pests in turfgrass. In this work, sixteen entomopathogenic fungal species were assayed against flower chafer beetle, Protaetia brevitarsis ...
Sihyeon Kim, Jong Cheol Kim, Se Jin Lee, Mi Rong Lee, So Eun Park, Dongwei Li, Sehyeon Baek, Tae Young Shin, Laila Gasmi, Jae Su Kim   +9 more
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Diversity of Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in an urban fragment of Cerrado in Central Brazil

European Journal of Entomology, 2020
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, João L.F.L. BATISTA, Marcus V.C. ROCHA, Charles M. OLIVEIRA   +3 more
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Size- and context-dependent nest-staying behaviour of males of the Japanese dung beetle, Copris acutidens (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

European Journal of Entomology, 2016
Male dimorphism in insects is often accompanied by alternative mating tactics, which may, together with morphological traits, determine fitness of the different male morphs. Fitness consequences of male head horn size, male-male competition and male nest-
Mayumi AKAMINE
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Characterization and phylogenetic analysis of the mitochondrial genome of Holotrichia parallela (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2022
Holotrichia parallela (Motschulsky, 1854) is an important pest for peanut, potato, and soybean in China, and it causes great economic losses. In this study, we sequenced and analyzed the complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of H. parallela.
Jing Zhao, Feng Zhang, Jingjing Yuan, Zhenjie Du, Xuebin Qi   +4 more
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Rare, little known and newly recorded for Armenia species of scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) [PDF]

Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень
New data on distribution of some rare and little known species of scarab beetles (Scarabaeoidea) in Armenia are provided. In total, 17 species from the families Lucanidae, Glaresidae and Scarabaeidae are considered.
M.Yu. Kalashian, I.V. Shokhin, H.G. Khachatryan, T.L. Ghrejyan, G.H. Karagyan   +4 more
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The system of the genus Holochelus Reitter, 1889 sensu lato (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) [PDF]

Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень
A new systematic division of the genus Holochelus Reitter, 1889 is proposed based on the features of the external structure, the shape of the parameres and the endophallus. The presence of five subgenera in the genus is accepted: Holochelus s.
I.V. Shokhin
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Unusual teratological cases in Scarabaeidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea): two specimens with multiple malformations

Revista Chilena de Entomología, 2022
We described two similar teratological cases with multiple malformations and loss of symmetry observed in specimens of Amithao decemguttatus (Waterhouse, 1876) (Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) and Megaceras jason (Fabricius, 1775) (Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae ...
Julián Clavijo-Bustos, Miguel Ángel Torres, Jhon Cesar Neita-Moreno   +2 more
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Diversidad de escarabajos coprófagos (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) en un remanente ribereño y un fragmento de bosque húmedo tropical en Córdoba, Colombia

Ecología Austral, 2016
La expansión de la frontera agropecuaria genera fragmentación de paisajes, disminución de hábitats y pérdida de diversidad. En estos paisajes, los remanentes de vegetación ribereña son elementos que ayudan a mantener la biodiversidad.
Leidys Murillo-Ramos, Roger Ayazo, Claudia A. Medina   +2 more
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A new species group and five new species of the genus Pavania (Acari: Dolichocybidae) associated with insects, with notes on leg chaetotaxy and the distribution of genera

European Journal of Entomology, 2010
A new species group and five new species of mites of the genus Pavania Lombardini, 1949 belonging to the family Dolichocybidae (Acari: Heterostigmata) are described from Iran. Pavania gymnopleuri Hajiqanbar & Khaustov sp. n., P. sabzevarensis Hajiqanbar &
Hamidreza HAJIQANBAR, Alexnder KHAUSTOV
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