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Notes on the Biology of \u3ci\u3eMelanocanthon Nigricornis\u3c/i\u3e (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) [PDF]

, 2018
Melanocanthon nigricornis was observed to break up, bundle up, roll away, and bury pieces of the cap of a gill mushroom growing in sandy prairie in Wisconsin.
Kriska, Nadine L, Williams, Andrew H
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New country record for Tetramereia convexa (Harold, 1869) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) [PDF]

, 2013
Tetramereia convexa (Harold, 1869) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) is reported for the first time from Loreto in Peru, being the western most record of the species in South America.Tetramereia convexa (Harold, 1869) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae ...
Ampudia Gatty, Christian, Grández, Rita Vanesa Estrella, Noriega, Jorge Ari   +2 more
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A review on true dung beetles' evolutionary and ecological responses to temperature and impacts on ecosystem functions

Ecological Entomology, EarlyView.
True dung beetles are a speciose group of ecosystem engineers that play key roles as detritivores in natural and agricultural landscapes. Scarabaeine beetles show strong thermal plasticity and there is increasing evidence of rapid evolutionary divergence in response to temperature across ecological and evolutionary timescales, with likely consequences ...
Nathan J. McConnell, Sarah E. Britton, Avi Khanna, Ebony Michelle Argaez, Patrick T. Rohner   +4 more
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Who prefers the dark? Daily activity of dung beetles from an Amazonian region

Ecological Entomology, Volume 51, Issue 3, Page 609-613, June 2026.
Daily activity patterns shape how dung beetle species coexist in Amazonian forests, revealing temporal niches that reduce competition and structure biodiversity. We compared species richness, abundance and assemblage composition of dung beetles sampled during day and night in a conserved terra‐firme forest in the Brazilian Amazon. Although richness and
Leonardo Vilas‐Bôas M. P. de Cerqueira, Cesar Murilo de Albuquerque Correa, Gabrielle Jorge, André Felipe de Araújo Lira, Júlia de Góis Silva, André Yves, Gleycon Silva, Sergio Santorelli Jr., Renato Portela Salomão   +8 more
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Sex-biased parental care and sexual size dimorphism in a provisioning arthropod [PDF]

, 2015
The diverse selection pressures driving the evolution of sexual size dimorphism (SSD) have long been debated. While the balance between fecundity selection and sexual selection has received much attention, explanations based on sex-specific ecology have ...
A Herrel, AJS Weaving, AJS Weaving, AJS Weaving, AK Chippendale, AV Hedrick, B Hurlbutt, CH Hicks, CR Pavey, DJ Fairbairn, DJ Fairbairn, DJ Fairbairn, E Paradis, E Petersson, E Ranta, EJ Temeles, FD Parker, FE Kurczewski, G Halffter, G Head, G Shreeves, Gavin Shreeves, GB Monteith, GP Baerends, H Dollfuss, H Weimerskirch, HE Evans, HE Evans, HE Evans, HE Hinton, J Field, J Field, J Field, J Field, J Field, J Field, J Hunt, J Tormos, JA Powell, JA Rosenheim, JA Rosenheim, James D. J. Gilbert, JC Costa, JDJ Gilbert, JDJ Gilbert, Jeremy Field, JF Berry, JH Marden, JJ Gilbert, JR Coelho, JR Lighton, K Ralls, KM O’Neill, KM O’Neill, M Andersson, M Blösch, M Goubault, Martyn Kennedy, ME Favila, MF O’Brien, MS Iglesias, O Krüger, O Lomholdt, P Lindenfors, P Myers, P Wheeler, PB Edwards, PR Stephens, R Lande, R Shine, R Tornberg, RC Castillo del, RC Stillwell, RF Preziosi, RM Bohart, RM Cox, S Nylin, SC Stearns, SD Gaimari, Selina Brace, ST Trumbo, TE Reimchen, TH Clutton-Brock, VL Kazenas, W Groot De, WU Blanckenhorn, WU Blanckenhorn, X Han   +87 more
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Effects of soil physical properties on dung beetle assemblages in pasture landscapes of the Brazilian Cerrado

Agricultural and Forest Entomology, Volume 28, Issue 2, Page 169-181, May 2026.
We assessed the effect of the type of soil texture (loamy sand and sandy loam) and its physical properties on dung beetle species assemblages in a pastureland region of the Brazilian Cerrado. We found a reduction in the total and paracoprid beetle abundances in loamy sand soil. Furthermore, the increase of soil compaction negatively affected the entire
César Murilo de Albuquerque Correa, Renato Portela Salomão, Anderson Puker, Fernando Z. Vaz‐de‐Mello, Alfredo Raúl Abot   +4 more
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Chromosomal organization of the 18S and 5S rRNAs and histone H3 genes in Scarabaeinae coleopterans: insights into the evolutionary dynamics of multigene families and heterochromatin

BMC Genetics, 2011
Background Scarabaeinae beetles show a high level of macro-chromosomal variability, although the karyotypic organization of heterochromatin and multigene families (rDNAs and histone genes) is poorly understood in this group.
Martins Cesar, de Moura Rita C, Oliveira Sárah G, Cabral-de-Mello Diogo C   +3 more
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A redescription of Trichillum hirsutum Boucomont with notes on other interesting brazilian Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). [PDF]

Acta Amazonica, 1981
Trichillum hirsutum Boucomont (Coleoptera: Scarabeidae: Scarabaeinae) is redescribed because of errors in the original description. New distribution records are presented for Trichillum hirsutum Boucomont, Ipselissus alvarengai Pereira and Martinez (new ...
Brett C. Ratcliffe
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Towards red listing understudied tropical insects: A case study of the dung beetles of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo

Insect Conservation and Diversity, Volume 19, Issue 3, Page 511-529, May 2026.
We performed an IUCN Red List assessment for 159 dung beetle species from Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. Due to the lack of population demographic data, only Criterion B (i.e. geographic range) could be applied. Our findings show that the IUCN Red List Criteria can be applied to insect species based solely on occurrence data but highlight the importance of ...
Xin Rui Ong, Marx W.‐H. Yim, Li Yuen Chiew, Arthur Y. C. Chung, Catherine Numa, Eleanor M. Slade   +5 more
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Dung beetles as bioindicators of environmental change from artisanal small-scale gold mining

Environmental Research: Ecology
The expansion of gold mining across Amazonia is a major driver of deforestation, yet its impacts on biodiversity are understudied. Dung beetles (Scarabaeinae) are excellent bioindicators and have been shown to be highly sensitive to habitat modification,
Sean J Glynn, Matthew J Struebig, Breon Allicock, Jean Herce, Lara Hall, Zoe G Davies, Jake E Bicknell   +6 more
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