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An Electronic Checklist Of The New World Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae), Arthur V. Evans, Andrew B. T. Smith
An Electronic Checklist Of The New World Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae), Arthur V. Evans, Andrew B. T. Smith
University of Nebraska State Museum: Entomology Papers
Suggested citation:
Evans, A. V. and A. B. T. Smith. 2005. An Electronic Checklist of the New World Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Version 1. Electronically published, Ottawa, Canada. 344 pp.
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Synopsis Of Scarab Beetle Tribe Valgini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) In The New World, Mary Liz Jameson, Katharine A. Swoboda
Synopsis Of Scarab Beetle Tribe Valgini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) In The New World, Mary Liz Jameson, Katharine A. Swoboda
University of Nebraska State Museum: Entomology Papers
Two genera and Þve species of valgine scarabs (Cetoniinae: Valgini) are found in the New World, including the introduced European species, Valgus hemipterus L.. Valgus mexicanus Cazier is transferred to the genus Dasyvalgus Kolbe, and characters that support this transfer are discussed. Based on shared morphological characters, Valgus minutus Casey and V. serricollis Fitch are synonymized with V. canaliculatus (Olivier). Neotypes are designated for V. serricollis Fitch and Cetonia canaliculata Olivier.Akey to the genera and species of New World Valgini is provided. Species are redescribed and information about geographic and phenology, biology, and larvae is provided.
Revision Of The Southern South American Endemic Genus Anomiopsoides Blackwelder, 1944 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Eucraniini) And Description Of Its Food Relocation Behavior, Federico C. Ocampo
University of Nebraska State Museum: Entomology Papers
Abstract
The South American genus Anomiopsoides Blackwelder is revised and now includes five species: A. aurita (Burmeister), A. biloba (Burmeister), A. catamarcae Martínez, A. cavifrons (Burmeister), and A. heteroclyta (Blanchard). The following species names are new synonyms of A. heteroclyta (Blanchard): A. aberrans Martínez, A. pereirai (Martínez), and A. xerophila Martínez. The following variety is a new synonym of A. biloba (Burmeister): A. biloba var. schaeferi (Martínez). Descriptions, diagnosis illustrations, and distribution maps are provided for all species. A key to species of the genus is provided. The biology and the food relocation behavior of Anomiopsoides species are described. A …
Bibliography Of Literature Published On Scarab Beetles Since 1 January 2001 (Worldwide Coverage), Andrew B. T. Smith
Bibliography Of Literature Published On Scarab Beetles Since 1 January 2001 (Worldwide Coverage), Andrew B. T. Smith
University of Nebraska State Museum: Entomology Papers
Created and maintained by Andrew B. T. Smith, who would like to thank the following contributors who compiled lists of new scarab literature from their part of the world.
Alberto Ballerio - not only got the list going but is the coordinator of the contributers and a contributer himself for Italy, Italian and French Switzerland, Malta, and many individual journals.
Ales Bezdek and David Kral - Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary; Tristão Branco - Portugal; Marek Bunalski - Poland; Mattias Forshage - Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland; Andrew Frolov - Russia; Vasily Grebennikov - sub-Saharan Africa; Jean-Bernard Huchet - France; …
Case 3314: Stegopterus Burmeister & Schaum, 1840 And Trichiotinus Casey, 1915 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae): Proposed Conservation, Andrew Smith
University of Nebraska State Museum: Entomology Papers
The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.3 of the Code, is to conserve the names of two well-established genera of cetoniine scarab beetles, Stegopterus Burmeister & Schaum, 1840 and Trichiotinus Casey, 1915. Stegopterus Burmeister & Schaum is a junior synonym of Tetrophthalmus Kirby, 1827 and Trichiotinus Casey a junior synonym of Trichinus Kirby, 1827. The two junior names are in prevailing use and it is proposed that they be conserved by suppression of both Kirby's names.
Vi Reunión Latinoamericana De Scarabaeoidologia, Brett C. Ratcliffe
Vi Reunión Latinoamericana De Scarabaeoidologia, Brett C. Ratcliffe
University of Nebraska State Museum: Entomology Papers
The “almost-every-two-year” meeting of Latin American scarab workers was held 10-16 October 2004 at EARTH University in the warm Atlantic lowlands of Limon Province, Costa Rica. Previous meetings have been held in Guatemala, Mexico, Ecuador, Colombia, and Brazil. The next meeting is tentatively planned for Bolivia in 2006.
Collagenus Dasysternus, A New Genus And Species Of Dynastinae From Eastern Venezuela With A Key To The New World Genera Of Pentodontini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae), Brett C. Ratcliffe, Martin Hardy
Collagenus Dasysternus, A New Genus And Species Of Dynastinae From Eastern Venezuela With A Key To The New World Genera Of Pentodontini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae), Brett C. Ratcliffe, Martin Hardy
University of Nebraska State Museum: Entomology Papers
Collagenus dasysternus Ratcliffe and Hardy, new genus and species, is described from eastern Venezuela. We include a revised key to the 26 genera of New World Pentodontini. When the second author (Hardy) first saw this Venezuelan specimen in the Henry Howden collection, he could not readily place it to genus. When the first author (Ratcliffe) received the specimen from Hardy for examination in mid-2003, he was immediately taken with its gestalt similarity with the genus Coscinocephalus Prell that occurs in Arizona and Mexico. Unfortunately, there is only one specimen, but our examination revealed such unique character states that were indicative …
Larval Descriptions Of Eight Species Of Megasoma Kirby (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) With A Key For Identification And Notes On Biology, Brett C. Ratcliffe, Miguel Angel Morón
Larval Descriptions Of Eight Species Of Megasoma Kirby (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) With A Key For Identification And Notes On Biology, Brett C. Ratcliffe, Miguel Angel Morón
University of Nebraska State Museum: Entomology Papers
The third instar larvae of Megasoma pachecoi Cartwright, M. punctulatus Hardy, M. thersites LeConte, M. vogti Cartwright, M. cedrosa Hardy, M. elephas (F.), M. actaeon (L.), and M. occidentalis Bolívar y Pieltain, Jiménez-Asúa, and Martínez are described. Preliminary diagnosis for the larvae of Megasoma species from North and Central America and a key to eight species are presented. Comparative, brief descriptions of first and second instar larvae of M. elephas, M. thersites, M. pachecoi, and M. cedrosa, and a detailed description of the male pupa of M. elephas, are also included. Diagnostic structures of immatures …
A Review Of The South American Genus Hoplopygothrix Schürhoff (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini), Brett C. Ratcliffe
A Review Of The South American Genus Hoplopygothrix Schürhoff (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini), Brett C. Ratcliffe
University of Nebraska State Museum: Entomology Papers
The southern Brazilian genus Hoplopygothrix is reviewed. The genus now contains only one species, H. atropurpurea (Schaum). Hoplopygothrix atropurpurea nigroscutellaris (Moser) and H. fulvohirta (Moser) are placed in synonymy with H. atropurpurea.
Oryctoantiquus Borealis, New Genus And Species From The Eocene Of Oregon, U.S.A., The World’S Oldest Fossil Dynastine And Largest Fossil Scarabaeid (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae), Brett C. Ratcliffe, Dena M. Smith, D Erwin
Oryctoantiquus Borealis, New Genus And Species From The Eocene Of Oregon, U.S.A., The World’S Oldest Fossil Dynastine And Largest Fossil Scarabaeid (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae), Brett C. Ratcliffe, Dena M. Smith, D Erwin
University of Nebraska State Museum: Entomology Papers
Oryctoantiquus borealis Ratcliffe and Smith is described as a new genus and new species of fossil dynastine Scarabaeidae from West Branch Creek of the Middle Eocene Clarno Formation (44.6–46.8 Ma) of north-central Oregon, U.S.A. This specimen is the oldest specimen attributable to the subfamily Dynastinae and the largest fossil in the family Scarabaeidae.