Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) of the Mpala Research Centre and environs, Laikipia District, Kenya [PDF]
, 2008 The dung beetle fauna of the subfamily Aphodiinae occurring in the Laikipia District of Kenya was surveyed. In total, 14 genera and 29 species were found and these taxa are placed in identification keys.
Bordat, Patrice +3 more
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A taste for dung: food preferences of dung beetles uncovered
Journal of Zoology, Volume 327, Issue 2, Page 170-182, October 2025.Dung beetles have a generalist diet although they can develop preferences for specific excrements, such as elephant dung. Buffalo and wild boar dungs were broadly accepted among dung beetle species. In contrast, goat excrement was the least preferred. Abstract Insects represent the most megadiverse animal group, having evolved a wide range of feeding ...
Sandra Grzechnik +1 more
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The New World species of Ataenius Harold, 1867 : 5. Revision of the A. strigatus group (Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae: Eupariini) [PDF]
, 2005 The strigatus group of the New World species of Ataenius Harold is revised. Seventeen species are recognized including two species described as new: Ataenius ecruensis sp. nov. from the United States and A. oaxacaensis sp. nov. from Mexico.
Lago, Paul K., Stebnicka, Zdzislawa T.
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An Annotated Checklist of Wisconsin Handsome Fungus Beetles (Coleoptera: Endomychidae) [PDF]
, 2018 The first comprehensive survey of Wisconsin Endomychidae was initiated in 1998. Throughout Wisconsin sampling sites were selected based on habitat type and sampling history.
Price, Michele B, Young, Daniel K
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Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2015 Reseña de un libro: Marchisio y Zunino nos ofrecen una revisión del género Copris Müller, 1764, que sintetiza la información de este género de Scarabaeidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) de distribución cuasicosmopolita.
Rita Marchisio
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Ferrerianus, new genus for Aphodius biimpressus Schmidt, 1909 (Scarabaeoidea: Aphodiidae) [PDF]
, 2009 Ferrerianus, new genus of South American Aphodiini is created for Aphodius biimpressus Schmidt from Paraguay; the latter is figured and lectotype is ...
Dellacasa, Giovanni +2 more
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An Annotated Checklist of Scarab Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Northeastern Iowa [PDF]
, 2018 A survey of scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) was conducted during 2009 in the geographically distinct area of Winneshiek and Allamakee counties in extreme Northeast Iowa. Four plant communities distributed among 10 locations, including tallgrass
Larsen, Kirk J, Worthington, Reese J
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Systematic Entomology, Volume 50, Issue 3, Page 630-645, July 2025.We describe †Cretovelona orussopteryx n. gen. & sp. from Kachin amber. The fossil is examined with synchrotron scanning and integrated into an existing morphological data set for Orussoidea. This fossil parasitoid wasp displays a unique character combination demonstrating intermediate conditions in evolving the complex features employed in echo ...
Lars Vilhelmsen +4 more
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Taxonomic notes on Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) lemuroides d’Orbigny, 1898 and O. (P.) fortigibber Reitter, 1909 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Onthophagini) [PDF]
, 2012 The taxonomic position of Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) lemuroides d’Orbigny, 1898 and Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) fortigibber Reitter, 1909 is discussed (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Onthophagini). A key to the species is given.
Ziani, Stefano
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Амурский зоологический журнал, 2014 Впервые приводится аннотированный список пластинчатоусых жуков (Scarabaeoidea) фауны Приморского края. В настоящее время на территории края зарегистрировано 170 видов Scarabaeoidea из 51 рода, 30 триб, 17 подсемейств и шести семейств.
V.G. Bezborodov
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