Phalangogonia Burmeister is revised and now includes eight species: P. dispar Ohaus, P. jamesonae, sp.n., P. lacordairei Bates, P. obesa Burmeister, P. parilis Bates, P. punctata Franz, P. ratcliff ei, sp.n. and P. sperata Sharp. Phalangogonia debilidens Ohaus is placed in synonymy with P. sperata. Lectotypes are designated for the following nominal species: P. dispar Ohaus, P. lacordairei Bate...

Aesalus zhejiangensis Huang & Bi, sp. nov. is described from Mt. Fengyangshan, southern Zhejiang, China. It is the second species of the lucanid genus Aesalus Fabricius known from continental China. This new species is similar to the Indo-Chinese species Aesalus satoi, but can be distinguished by the longer canthus, male with shorter non-sclerotized distal portion of penis (medial lobe of param...

The beetle fauna of the island of Dominica is summarized. It is presently known to contain 269 genera, and 361 species (in 42 families), of which 347 are named at a species level. Of these, 62 species are endemic to the island. The other naturally occurring species number 262, and another 23 species are of such wide distribution that they have probably been accidentally introduced and distribut...

Locating sporadically distributed food resources and mate finding are strongly aided by volatile cues for most insects, including dung beetles. However, there is limited information on the olfactory ecology of We conducted a scanning electron microscopy study morphology distribution antennal sensilla three introduced beetle species in Australia: Geotrupes spiniger (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae), Bub...