Taxonomic Studies on Dung Beetles (coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Geotrupidae, Hybosoridae) of Chhattisgarh, India

Species Diversity and Seasonal Abundance of Scarabaeoid Dung Beetles (coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Geotrupidae and Trogidae) Attracted to Cow Dung in Central New Jersey

—Species diversity and abundance of scarabaeoid dung beetles (Coleoptera) attracted to fresh cow dung were studied in three habitats of New Jersey: Hutcheson Memorial Forest (HMF) disturbed field, HMF old growth forest, and Rutgers University Bovine Farm. Over a one year period, baited pitfall traps yielded a total of 15,206 beetles representing at least 26 species. Onthophagus hecate was a dom...

Composition and Distribution Patterns of Species at a Global Biogeographic Region Scale: Biogeography of Aphodiini Dung Beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) Based on Species Geographic and Taxonomic Data

The First Morphometric Study of the Horn Morphological Pattern in a Geotrupidae: The Case of the Dor Beetle Ceratophyus rossii Jekel, 1865.

Among beetles, thousands of species develop horns, the size of which is often extraordinarily disproportionate with respect to body size. The Scarabaeidae is the family in which horned species are most predominant, but other families, such as the Geotrupidae (dor beetles), also show remarkable horns, although in a more limited number of species. Horn expression mechanisms are well documented in...

First record of the genus and species Spatulaphorus copridis (Acari: Pygmephoridae) associated with earth-boring dung beetles (Col.: Geotrupidae) from Iran

طی مطالعاتی که در تابستان 1388 روی کنه‌های هترواستیگما از راسته‌ی پیش‌استیگمایان مرتبط با سخت‌بالپوشان در جنگل‌های استان گلستان انجام گرفت، گونه‌ی Spatulaphorus copridis Khaustov, 2007 در ارتباط با سوسک‌های پهن‌خوار Geotrupes spp.(Col.: Geotrupidae) جمع‌آوری گردید. جنس و گونه‌ی این کنه برای اولین‌ بار از ایران گزارش می‌شود.

Effects of an increase in population of sika deer on beetle communities in deciduous forests

The overabundance of large herbivores is now recognized as a serious ecological problem. However, the resulting ecological consequences remain poorly understood. The ecological effects of an increase in sika deer, Cervus nippon Temminck (Cervidae), on three insect groups of beetles was investigated: ground beetles (Carabidae), carrion beetles (Silphidae), and dung beetles (Scarabaeidae and Geot...