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A remarkable new Anomiopus Westwood from Peru (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) [PDF]
Described and illustrated is a strikingly distinct new species of the scarabaeine genus Anomiopus Westwood, A.
Edmonds, William David, Figueroa, Luis
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Quantifying responses of dung beetles to fire disturbance in tropical forests:the importance of trapping method and seasonality [PDF]
Understanding how biodiversity responds to environmental changes is essential to provide the evidence-base that underpins conservation initiatives. The present study provides a standardized comparison between unbaited flight intercept traps (FIT) and ...
Barlow, Jos +6 more
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Los escarabajos del estiércol de la subfamilia Scarabaeinae suelen utilizarse como organismos focales para evaluar los impactos de origen antrópico sobre la biodiversidad.
Gibrán Sánchez-Hernández +3 more
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A taxonomic review of the neotropical genus Coprophanaeus Olsoufieff, 1924 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae) [PDF]
The Neotropical genus Coprophanaeus Olsoufieff (1924), as classified here, comprises 38 species distributed among three subgenera (Megaphanaeus Olsoufieff, Metallophanaeus Olsoufieff, and Coprophanaeus s. str.) and eight species groups.
Edmonds, William David, Zídek, Jiri
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Local and regional ecological morphology of dung beetle assemblages across four biogeographic regions [PDF]
Aim Niche partitioning within species assemblages is thought to influence species packing and/or total niche space occupied. The evolution of dung beetles (Scarabaeinae) is likely to have been strongly influenced by inter-specific competition, leading to
Aguirre +64 more
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Mediante la revisión de material entomológico procedente de distintas regiones del estado de Chiapas, se confirma la presencia de Coprophanaeus boucardi (Nevinson) para México, además se reporta un nuevo registro estatal de Dichotomius maya Peraza y ...
Gibrán Sánchez-Hernández +2 more
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Evolutionary constraints in hind wing shape in Chinese dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae). [PDF]
This study examines the evolution hindwing shape in Chinese dung beetle species using morphometric and phylogenetic analyses. Previous studies have analyzed the evolution of wing shape within a single or very few species, or by comparing only a few wing ...
Ming Bai +4 more
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The genus Gromphas Brullé, 1837 in Peru (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Phanaeini) [PDF]
The genus Gromphas Brullé (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) comprises four species, of which G. aeruginosa (Perty) and G. amazonica Bates are known to occur in Peru.
Edmonds, William David +2 more
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The altitudinal gradient in diversity of dung beetles (Scarabaeidae) was studied in a Mediterranean mountain chain located in Central Anatolia to (i) determine if there are altitudinal differences between the main taxonomic groups, (ii) describe the ...
Yakup ŞENYÜZ +2 more
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First report on dung beetles in intra-Amazonian savannahs in Roraima, Brazil [PDF]
This is the first study to address the dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) diversity in intra-Amazonian savannahs in the state of Roraima, Brazil.
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