Descriptions or redescriptions along with comments on the distribution and habits of six species in the genus Pachystethus are provided. Anomala nutans Bates and A. vidua crassesculpta Bates are transferred to the genus Pachystethus and P. matzapatlecus new species, P. ixtacomitanus new species and P. nectoctenus new species are described from Oaxaca, Chiapas, and Veracruz, Mexico, respectively...

Son yıllarda, Avrupa Gül Böceği, Cetonia aurata (Linné, 1761) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)’nın meyve yetiştiriciliği yapılan alanlarda ekonomik düzeyde zarara neden olduğu sık rapor edilmiştir. Ülkemizde bu zararlıya karşı ruhsatlı bir insektisitin bulunmaması, üreticileri zor durumda bırakmaktadır. Bu çalışmada, elma alanlardan toplanan 2.dönem C. larvalarına Heterorhabditis bacteriophora‘nın bi...

Nutrient richness of wood mould in tree hollows with the Scarabaeid beetle Osmoderma eremita.— Trunk hollows with wood mould harbour a rich invertebrate fauna with many threatened species, and it has been suggested that the beetle Osmoderma eremita (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) is a keystone species in this community. We estimated the amount of nitrogen and phosphorus in wood mould and compared th...