Los escarabajos del estiércol de la subfamilia Scarabaeinae suelen utilizarse como organismos focales para evaluar los impactos origen antrópico sobre biodiversidad. La distribución estatal en México es bastante heterogénea; mientras que algunos estados destacan por su alta diversidad, otros carecen registros o información disponible escasa y se encuentra dispersa. presente contribución constit...

Abstract This study represents the first evidence of mercury contamination in family Scarabaeidae, with a close focus on Coprophanaeus lancifer , largest copro‐necrophagous beetle South America. work shows repartition total (THg) insect body and lays groundwork for additional future studies. Spanish is available online material.

Two new species of the Oriental scarab genus Tocama Reitter, 1902, Tocama laosensissp. n. and Tocama procerasp. n., are described from Indochina with diagnoses, distributions, remarks and illustrations. A key to the species of the genus is provided with a checklist with several nomenclatural changes: Hoplosternus tonkinensis Moser, 1913 is transferred to Tocama; Hoplosternus pygidialis Moser, 1...

Cephalocyclus moroni new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) from humid forest in the mountains of Manantlán, Jalisco, Mexico is described and illustrated. It is similar to Cephalocyclus ordonezi Dellacasa, Dellacasa, & Gordon, 2007 and Cephalocyclus stebnickae Deloya & Ibañez-Bernal, 2000, both from Mexico.