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On the tribal classification of the Nearctic Melolonthinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), with descriptions of new species of Acoma Casey, 1889.

Zootaxa, 2020
The subfamily Melolonthinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) is defined and characterized, and a brief summary of the world melolonthine tribes and their distributions are provided.
A. Evans, A. Smith
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Descripción de una nueva especie de Tropinota Mulsant, 1842 del subgénero Epicometis Burmeister, 1842 del norte de Marruecos (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae)

Graellsia, 2015
Se describe una especie nueva del género Tropinota Mulsant, 1842 a partir de ejemplares del noroeste de Marruecos (región de Tánger-Tetuán): T. iec sp. n.
José L. Ruiz
doaj   +1 more source

Dung feeding in hydrophilid, geotrupid and scarabaeid beetles: Examples of parallel evolution

European Journal of Entomology, 2004
The maximum size of ingested ball-shaped particles was determined in three species of adult dung feeding beetle: Anoplotrupes (Geotrupes) stercorosus and Geotrupes spiniger (Geotrupidae, Geotrupinae) and Sphaeridium lunatum (Hydrophilidae, Sphaeridiinae).
Peter HOLTER
doaj   +1 more source

Developmental stages and gut microenvironments influence gut microbiota dynamics in the invasive beetle Popillia japonica Newman (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae).

Environmental Microbiology, 2019
Popillia japonica Newman (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) is a highly polyphagous invasive beetle originating from Japan. This insect is highly resilient and able to rapidly adapt to new vegetation.
B. Chouaia, N.F.M.S. Goda, G. Mazza, Sumer Alali, F. Florian, Fabrizia Gionechetti, M. Callegari, E. Gonella, G. Magoga, M. Fusi, E. Crotti, D. Daffonchio, A. Alma, F. Paoli, P. Roversi, L. Marianelli, M. Montagna   +16 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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A revision of the Onthophagus pexatus species-group, with description of a new brachypterous species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)

Records 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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Status of the new genera in Gistel’s “Die Insecten-Doubletten aus der Sammlung des Herrn Grafen Rudolph von Jenison Walworth” issued in 1834

ZooKeys, 2017
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
doaj   +3 more sources

Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) as economically important pests and the possibility of using entomopathogenic fungi for their control

Acta 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, Jaka RAZINGER, Stanislav TRDAN   +2 more
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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]

Кавказский 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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Scarabaeidae as human food – A comprehensive review

Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, 2023
Abstract Rising global population and sustainable protein demand have sparked interest in unique food sources. Entomophagy, or insect consumption, presents a solution and Scarab beetles, part of the Scarabaeidae family, offer a novel food option.
Shahida Anusha Siddiqui, Kwame Attafuah Ampofo, Eric Kuuna Dery, A.M. Eddy-Doh, Roberto Castro‐Muñoz, M. Pushpalatha, Ito Fernando   +6 more
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