TY - JOUR T1 - Dichotomius comarapensis sp. nov., a new Bolivian species of brachypterous scarab (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae) JF - Fabreries Y1 - 2000 A1 - Genier, F. SP - 25 EP - 31 KW - America- KW - Andean-Group KW - animals- KW - arthropods- KW - Biological-Resources-Animal KW - Bolivia- KW - Coleoptera- KW - Developing-Countries KW - Dichotomius- KW - Dichotomius-comarapensis KW - insects- KW - invertebrates- KW - Latin-America KW - new-species KW - Scarabaeidae- KW - South-America KW - taxonomy- KW - Taxonomy-and-Evolution AB -
A new brachypterous species from Bolivia, Dichotomius comarapensis, is described and illustrated. Brachypterism within the genus Dichotomius is reported for the first time and the habitat of D. comarapensis is described..
VL - 25 SN - 0318-6725 N1 - 4 ref.Journal article ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Revision of the Neotropical dung beetle genus Sulcophanaeus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) JF - Folia Heyrovskyana Supplementum Y1 - 2000 A1 - Edmonds, W. D. SP - 1 EP - 60 KW - COLEOPTERA KW - Eucopricus Gistel 1857 ( Scarabaeidae ) : New synonym KW - Insecta KW - Key to species groups KW - Of Sulcophanaeus Olsoufieff 1924 KW - P. 3 KW - Polyphaga KW - Scarabaeidae : Scarabaeoidea KW - Sulcophanaeus ( Scarabaeidae ) : Neotropical region KW - Systematic revision and distribution VL - 6 N1 - Using Smart Source ParsingNovember 15 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Description de nouvelles especes de Phanaeides (Col. Scarabaeidae) JF - Besoiro Y1 - 2000 A1 - Arnaud, Patrick SP - 6 EP - 7 KW - Brazil KW - Castro KW - Castro and Sabara Bello Horizonte KW - COLEOPTERA KW - Insecta KW - new species KW - not fig’d KW - P. 7 KW - Parana KW - Phanaeus dzidoi ( Scarabaeidae ) : Brazil KW - Phanaeus dzidoi ( Scarabaeidae ) : Sp nov KW - Polyphaga KW - Scarabaeidae : Scarabaeoidea VL - 5 N1 - Using Smart Source ParsingJanvier ER - TY - JOUR T1 - New species of Canthonella Chapin (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from Amazonian Brazil JF - The Coleopterists Bulletin Y1 - 1999 A1 - Ratcliffe, Brett C. A1 - Smith, Andrew B.T. SP - 1 EP - 7 VL - 53 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A revision of the neotropical genus Bdelyrus harold (Coleoptera : Scarabaeidae) JF - Canadian Entomologist Y1 - 1998 A1 - Cook, J VL - 130 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A revision of the Neotropical genus Ontherus Erichson (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae), supplement 1 JF - Coleopterists Bulletin Y1 - 1998 A1 - Genier, Francois SP - 270 EP - 274 KW - Brazil KW - COLEOPTERA KW - fig’d KW - Insecta KW - Minas Gerais KW - New distribution records and systematics KW - Ontherus ( Ontherus ) elegans ( Scarabaeidae ) : Brazil KW - Ontherus ( Ontherus ) gladiator ( Scarabaeidae ) : Sp nov KW - P. 270 KW - Polyphaga KW - Scarabaeidae : Scarabaeoidea KW - Serra do Caraca VL - 52 N1 - Using Smart Source ParsingSeptember ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Description de nouvelles especes du genre Coprophanaeus Ols JF - Besoiro Y1 - 1997 A1 - Arnaud, Patrick SP - 4 EP - 8 KW - Carajas KW - COLEOPTERA KW - Coprophanaeus conocephalus Olsoufieff ( Scarabaeidae ) : Syn nov KW - Coprophanaeus degallieri ( Scarabaeidae ) : Brazil KW - Coprophaneus roubali Balthazar KW - Insecta KW - new species KW - P. 7 KW - Para KW - Polyphaga KW - Scarabaeidae : Scarabaeoidea VL - 4 N1 - Using Smart Source ParsingMai ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A revision of the Neotropical genus Ontherus Erichson (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae). Supplement 1. JF - The Coleopterists Bulletin Y1 - 1996 A1 - Genier, F. SP - 270 EP - 274 VL - 52 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Revision of Phanaeus Macleay, a New World genus of scarabaeine dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae) JF - Contributions in Science Y1 - 1994 A1 - Edmonds, W. D. SP - 1 EP - 105 KW - biology and evolution KW - COLEOPTERA KW - Copris quadridens Say 1835 ( Scarabaeidae ) : Neotype designated KW - Insecta KW - Nearctic region KW - Neotropical region KW - New World KW - P. 82 KW - Phanaeus ( Scarabaeidae ) : Evolution KW - Polyphaga KW - Review KW - Scarabaeidae : Scarabaeoidea KW - Systematic revision KW - with review of distribution KW - Zoogeography VL - 443 N1 - Using Smart Source Parsing13 June ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Revisao taxonomica do genero Anomiopus Westwood, 1842 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae). [Taxonomic revision of the genus Anomiopus Westwood, 1842 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae).] JF - Arquivos de Zoologia Sao Paulo Y1 - 2006 A1 - Canhedo, Virginia Luzia SP - 349 EP - 502 KW - A. virescens Westwood 1842 KW - Anomiopus : Neotropical region KW - Anomiopus alexandrei (Scarabaeidae ): Sp nov KW - Anomiopus alexandrei: Brazil KW - Anomiopus andrei KW - Anomiopus andrei (Scarabaeidae ): Sp nov KW - Anomiopus birai (Scarabaeidae ): Sp nov KW - Anomiopus birai: Brazil KW - Anomiopus cambeforti KW - Anomiopus cambeforti (Scarabaeidae ): Sp nov KW - Anomiopus chalceus (Harold 1867) (Scarabaeidae ): Syn nov KW - Anomiopus cuprarius species group (Scarabaeidae ): Key to species KW - Anomiopus edmondsi KW - Anomiopus edmondsi (Scarabaeidae ): Sp nov KW - Anomiopus foveicollis (Scarabaeidae ): Sp nov KW - Anomiopus foveicollis: Brazil KW - Anomiopus galileoae KW - Anomiopus galileoae (Scarabaeidae ): Sp nov KW - Anomiopus genieri (Scarabaeidae ): Sp nov KW - Anomiopus genieri: Trinidad and Tobago KW - Anomiopus germari (Harold 1867) (Scarabaeidae ): Syn nov KW - Anomiopus gilli KW - Anomiopus gilli (Scarabaeidae ): Sp nov KW - Anomiopus globosus KW - Anomiopus globosus (Scarabaeidae ): Sp nov KW - Anomiopus gracilis KW - Anomiopus gracilis (Scarabaeidae ): Sp nov KW - Anomiopus hirsutus KW - Anomiopus hirsutus (Scarabaeidae ): Sp nov KW - Anomiopus howdeni KW - Anomiopus howdeni (Scarabaeidae ): Sp nov KW - Anomiopus idei KW - Anomiopus idei (Scarabaeidae ): Sp nov KW - Anomiopus latistriatus (Scarabaeidae ): Sp nov KW - Anomiopus latistriatus: Bolivia KW - Anomiopus mourai KW - Anomiopus mourai (Scarabaeidae ): Sp nov KW - Anomiopus myrmidon (Westwood 1842) (Scarabaeidae ): Syn nov KW - Anomiopus octodentatus KW - Anomiopus octodentatus (Scarabaeidae ): Sp nov KW - Anomiopus palmispinus (Scarabaeidae ): Sp nov KW - Anomiopus palmispinus: Venezuela KW - Anomiopus pumilius KW - Anomiopus pumilius (Scarabaeidae ): Sp nov KW - Anomiopus serranus KW - Anomiopus serranus (Scarabaeidae ): Sp nov KW - Anomiopus smaragdinus (Westwood 1842) (Scarabaeidae ): Syn nov KW - Anomiopus smaragdinus species group (Scarabaeidae ): Key to species KW - Anomiopus sulcaticollis KW - Anomiopus sulcaticollis (Scarabaeidae ): Sp nov KW - Anomiopus sulcatus KW - Anomiopus sulcatus (Scarabaeidae ): Sp nov KW - Anomiopus tuberculicollis (Scarabaeidae ): Sp nov KW - Anomiopus tuberculicollis: Trinidad and Tobago KW - Anomiopus validus (Scarabaeidae ): Sp nov KW - Anomiopus validus: Peru KW - Anomiopus virescens species group (Scarabaeidae ): Key to species KW - Anomiopus virescens Westwood 1842 (Scarabaeidae ): Designated type species for KW - Anomiopus Westwood 1842 KW - Anomiopus zaguryi (Scarabaeidae ): Sp nov KW - Anomiopus zaguryi: Brazil KW - Bolivia KW - Brazil KW - COLEOPTERA KW - Colombia KW - Designated KW - Guyana KW - Insecta KW - Onthocharis batesii Waterhouse 1891 (Scarabaeidae ): Lectotype designated KW - Onthocharis bella Waterhouse 1891 KW - Onthocharis constricta Waterhouse 1891 KW - Onthocharis laeta Waterhouse 1891 (Scarabaeidae ): Lectotype designated KW - Onthocharis oblonga Waterhouse 1891 KW - Onthocharis parallelus Harold 1862 (Scarabaeidae ): Lectotype designated KW - Onthocharis simplex Waterhouse 1891 (Scarabaeidae ): Lectotype designated KW - Onthocharis westwoodii Waterhouse 1891 KW - p. 354 KW - P. 359 KW - P. 362 KW - P. 368 KW - P. 370 KW - P. 372 KW - P. 377 KW - P. 382 KW - P. 384 KW - P. 387 KW - P. 389 KW - P. 392 KW - P. 395 KW - p. 400 KW - P. 403 KW - P. 405 KW - P. 408 KW - P. 411 KW - p. 413 KW - P. 417 KW - P. 420 KW - P. 423 KW - P. 426 KW - P. 428 KW - P. 431 KW - P. 434 KW - P. 449 KW - p. 461 KW - P. 467 KW - p. 471 KW - P. 476 KW - P. 478 KW - P. 481 KW - P. 485 KW - P. 486 KW - Paraguay KW - Peru KW - Polyphaga KW - S1: Anomiopus Westwood 1842 (Scarabaeidae ): Type species KW - SCARABAEIDAE KW - Scarabaeoidea KW - Taxonomic revision and distribution KW - Trinidad and Tobago KW - Venezuela VL - 37 N1 - Using Smart Source Parsing ER - TY - CHAP T1 - Dung beetles / escarabajos peloteros T2 - Peru: Megantoni. Rapid Biological Inventories Report Y1 - 2004 A1 - Larsen, T. H. ED - Vriesendorp, C. ED - Rivera Chavez, L. ED - Moskovits, D. ED - Shopland, J. SP - 77 EP - 84, 185 JF - Peru: Megantoni. Rapid Biological Inventories Report PB - The Field Museum CY - Chicago, Illinois VL - Report 15 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Revision of the Neotropical dung beetle genus Oxysternon (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Phanaeini) JF - Folia Heyrovskyana Supplementum Y1 - 2004 A1 - Edmonds, W. D. A1 - Zidek, J. SP - 1 EP - 58 KW - COLEOPTERA KW - Insecta KW - Key to species KW - Oxysternon ( Scarabaeidae ) : Neotropical region KW - Oxysternon Laporte 1840 ( Scarabaeidae ) : Key to subgenera KW - P. 7 KW - Polyphaga KW - Scarabaeidae : Scarabaeoidea KW - Systematic revision and distribution VL - 11 N1 - Using Smart Source ParsingMay 31 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Rapid turnover and edge effects in dung beetle assemblages (Scarabaeidae) at a Bolivian Neotropical forest-savanna ecotone JF - Biotropica Y1 - 2003 A1 - S. Spector A1 - Ayzama, S. SP - 394 EP - 404 KW - beta diversity KW - Bolivia KW - boundaries KW - central amazonia KW - COLEOPTERA KW - communities KW - conservation KW - dung beetles KW - dynamics KW - ecotone KW - edge KW - fragmented forests KW - gradients KW - patterns KW - responses KW - savanna KW - tropical forest AB -Habitat fragmentation and the widespread creation of habitat edges have recently stimulated interest in assessing the effects of ecotones on biodiversity. Ecotones, natural or anthropogenic, can greatly affect faunal movement, population dynamics, species interactions, and community structure. Few data exist, however, on insect community response to forest-savanna ecotones, a natural analog to anthropogenically cleared areas adjacent to forest. In this study, the abundance, total biomass, average individual biomass, and distribution of scarabaeine dung beetles were examined at a sharp tropical evergreen forest-savanna ecotone in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The abundance, total biomass, and average individual biomass of dung beetles varied significantly across the forest, edge, and savanna habitats. Species richness (S-obs) also varied significantly across the three habitats, but statistical estimations of true species richness (S-est) did not. Habitat specificity of the dung beetles in this study was extremely high. Of the 50 most common species collected during the study, only 2 species were collected in both the forest and savanna habitats, signaling nearly complete community turnover in just a few meters. Strong edge effects were evidenced by the decline in abundance, total biomass, and species richness at the forest-savanna boundary.
VL - 35 UR -The Neotropical genus Cryptocanthon Balthasar (Scarabaemae: Canthonini) is revised. Diagnoses, descriptions and a key to the 35 species are presented, including 22 new species: C. bochilae, C. howdeni, C. montebello, C. ocosingo and C. rayonensis from Mexico; C. osaensis and C. solisi from Costa Rica; C. denticulum and C. lobipygus from Panama; C. escobari, C. foveatus, C. medinae and C. pumilus from Colombia; C. andersoni, C. gilli and C. punctatus from Venezuela; C. galbao from French Guiana; C. curticrinus, C. genieri, C. napoensis, C. otonga and C. urguensis from Ecuador. All of the known species of Cryptocanthon are inhabitants of wet forest litter. A phylogenetic hypothesis and biogeographical discussion are included, Based on the phylogenetic analysis, four species groups were established: a northern South America relict species group, an Amazonian-Guianan lowland species group, a middle American species group, and a northern Andean species group. The diversity and level of endemicity of Cryptocanthon is consistent with other small-sized scarab beetles.
VL - 56 SN - 0010-065X UR -The new subtribe Scatimina (part of the tribe Ateuchini) is described and defined to include the following 17 genera, of which 12 are new: Scatimus Erichson; Scatrichus Genier & Kohlmann, 2003; Trichillum Harold, 1868; Pedaridium Harold, 1868; Eutrichillum Martinez, 1969, new status; Besourenga, new genus (type species Trichillum minutum Saylor); Bradypodidium, new genus (type species Trichillum bradyporum Boucomont); Degallieridium, new genus (type-species Degallieridium lilliputanum, new species); Feeridium, new genus (type species Feeridium woodruffi, new species); Genieridium, new genus (type species Pedaridium bidens Balthasar); Leotrichillum, new genus (type species Pedaridium louzadaorum Vaz-de-Mello & Canhedo); Martinezidium, new genus (type species Pedaridium galileoae Genier & Vaz-de-Mello); Nunoidium, new genus (type species Pedaridium argentinum Arrow); Onoreidium, new genus (type species Trichillum cristatum Arrow); Pereiraidium, new genus (type species Pedaridium almeidai Pereira); Silvinha, new genus (type species Silvinha unica, new species); and Trichillidium, new genus (type species Pedaridium quadridens Arrow). The subtribe Ateuchina Laporte is here defined and includes Ateuchus Weber, Deltorhinum Harold, Aphengium Harold and Sinapisoma Boucomont (transferred from Canthonini). The genera Scatonomus Erichson, Anomiopus Westwood and Hypocanthidium Balthasar are transferred from Ateuchini to Canthonini, and the genera Canthidium Erichson, Parachorius Harold (formerly Ateuchini) and Holocanthon Martinez & Pereira (formerly Canthonini) are transferred to Coprini. The genera Bdelyropsis Pereira, Vulcano & Martinez, Bdelyrus Harold, Coptorhina Hope, Delopleurus Erichson, Demarziella Balthasar, Onychothecus Boucomont, Paraphytus Harold, Pedaria Laporte, Pleronyx Lansberge, Pseuduroxys Balthasar, Sarophorus Erichson and Uroxys Westwood are considered as incerta sedis in the Ateuchini, not fitting into Ateuchina or Scatimina. A key is presented to the genera of Scatimina, and another for species of the genus Genieridium, which are also diagnosed. Each genus of Scatimina is diagnosed, has a complete species list, and includes remarks on affinities, composition and distribution. All genera except Scatimus and Scatrichus are (re) described, and examined material is listed for each species. The following three new species are described: Degallieridium lilliputanum, new species; Feeridium woodruffi, new species and Silvinha unica, new species. The following 32 new combinations are established (original genus in parenthesis): Besourenga minutus (Saylor) (Trichillum); B. vejdovskyi (Balthasar) (Trichillum); B. amarillai (Aguilar) (Pedaridium); B. horacioi (Martinez) (Trichillum); Bradypodidium adisi (Ratcliffe) (Trichillum); B. bradyporum (Boucomont) (Trichillum); B. venezuelense (Ferreira & Galileo) (Pedaridium); Eutrichillum arcus (Solis & Kohlmann) (Trichillum); E. hirsutum (Boucomont) (Trichillum); E. hystrix (Arrow) (Trichillum); Genieridium bidens (Balthasar) (Pedaridium); G. bordoni (Martinez) (Pedaridium); G. cryptops (Arrow) (Pedaridium); G. margareteae (Genier & Vaz-de-Mello) (Pedaridium); G. medinae (Gill & Vaz-de-Mello) (Pedaridium); G. paranense (Arrow) (Pedaridium); G. zanunciorum (Vaz-de-Mello & Canhedo) (Pedaridium); Leotrichillum louzadaorum (Vaz-de-Mello & Canhedo) (Pedaridium); Martinezidium fulgens (Arrow) (Pedaridium); M. galileoae (Genier & Vaz-de-Mello) (Pedaridium); M. martinsi (Ferreira & Galileo) (Pedaridium); M. maya (Vaz-de-Mello, Halffter, & Halffter) (Pedaridium); Nunoidium argentinum (Arrow) (Pedaridiu); Onoreidium bottimeri (Howden & Young) (Pedaridium); O. cristatum (Arrow) (Trichillum); O. howdeni (Ferreira & Galileo) (Pedaridium); O. ohausi (Arrow) (Trichillum); Pereiraidium almeidai (Pereira) (Pedaridium); Trichillidium brevisetosum (Howden & Young) (Pedaridium); T. caingua (Martinez) (Pedaridium); T. pilosum (Robinson) (Trichillum); Trichillidium quadridens (Arrow) (Pedaridium). Distribution maps are presented for the newly described species, for Nunoidium argentinum, for Pereiraidium almeidai, and for every species of Genieridium.
SN - 1175-5326 UR -Resource partitioning strategies can help us understand the origin and maintenance of highly diverse communities. We collected 205 dung beetle species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaemae) associated with many different kinds of resources in southeastern Peru. We focus only on extreme cases of resource specialization of species occupying unusually narrow ecological niches, rather than the broad range of specialists which exists. The natural history of most of these species is previously unknown, and several have been considered very rare. Although dung beetles were captured with all types of dung, including avian, reptile and invertebrate dung, species did not specialize exclusively on certain dung types. Ten species appeared to specialize exclusively on a single non-dung food resource, including fruit, fungus, carrion, dead invertebrates, and live millipedes. The diets of 15 species captured only by hand or with passive flight intercept traps are unknown, and these included species in unusual genera such as Anomiopus, Bdelyrus, Canthonella, Dendropaemon, and Sinapisoma. Eleven species appeared to specialize exclusively on a restricted habitat or microhabitat such as riverine beach, Guadua bamboo patches, river alder forest (Tessaria), attine ant nests, or abandoned termite nests. Four species of Canthon were forest canopy specialists. The apparent rarity of some of these species, such as Canthonidia rubroinaculata Blanchard, Deltochilum valgum Burmeister, Ontherus laminifer Balthasar, and Ontherus raptor Genier, may only be due to their unusual habits, while other species, such as Megatharsis buckleyi Waterhouse, appear to be genuinely rare. We also discuss the implications of these findings for sampling methodology and assessment of species abundance distributions.
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