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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Matters of scale : positive allometry and the evolution of male dimorphisms [PDF]
J.L.T. was funded by a Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council research fellowship, J.S.K. by the Academy of Finland, and N.R.L. by a Natural Environment Research Council research fellowship.The developmental independence of alternative ...
LeBas, NR, Kotiaho, JS, Tomkins, JL
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Climatic change, habitat modification and relative age of dung beetle taxa (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Hydrophilidae, Histeridae, Staphylinidae) in the South-Western Cape [PDF]
Bibliography: leaves v. 1, 156-171.1. Two study sites near Pretoria in the Transvaal were located in a summer rainfall climatic area, type 113d (Walter & Lieth 1964), on deep and in both open woodland and grassland. 2.
Davis, Adrian Louis Victor
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Dung feeding in hydrophilid, geotrupid and scarabaeid beetles: Examples of parallel evolution
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
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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
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INTERESTING RECORDS OF APHODIINI (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE) FROM MIDDLE ASIA
Pseudoteuchestes schirparakensis (Petrovitz, 1955) from Kazakhstan and Neocalaphodius moestus (Fabricius, 1801) from Tajikistan are recorded as new for the fauna of Middle ...
I. V. Shokhin, B. N. Vas’ko
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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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White grubs (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) associated with Nepalese agriculture and their control with the indigenous entomopathogenic fungus "Metarhizium anisopliae" (Metsch.) Sorokin [PDF]
White grubs became increasingly difficult pests in Nepal for the last few years. Their infestation has been reported throughout the country and magnitude of the problem has been widespread over the past years.
Yubak Dhoj, G.C.
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Entomopatogene ogorčice – biotični agensi za zatiranje žuželk iz reda Coleoptera
V prispevku so predstavljeni rezultati dosedanjih raziskav delovanja entomopatogenih ogorčic na gospodarsko pomembne škodljivce iz reda Coleoptera. Ti rezultati kažejo, da so lahko entomopatogene ogorčice učinkoviti biotični agensi za zatiranje hroščev
Žiga LAZNIK, Stanislav TRDAN
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The Current State and Future Potential of Microbial Control of Scarab Pests
Injury and control costs for the invasive scarab Japanese beetle (Family Scarabeidae, Popillla japonica) alone is estimated at $450 million per year in the U.S.
Carrie Deans, Vera Krischik
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