Scarabaeinae, Latreille, 1802

Ratcliffe, Brett C., 2013, The Dung- and Carrion-Feeding Scarabs (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) of an Amazonian Blackwater Rainforest: Results of a Continuous, 56 - Week, Baited-PitfallTrap Study, The Coleopterists Bulletin 67 (4), pp. 481-520 : 507

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1649/0010-065x-67.4.481

persistent identifier

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Carolina

scientific name

Scarabaeinae
status

 

Scarabaeinae View in CoL : Oniticellini

The genus Eurysternus Dalman ( Fig. 37 View Figs ) was recently reclassified in the Oniticellini and contains 53 species that are found only in the Neotropics ( Génier 2009). Several species of Eurysternus are abundant in the Amazon Basin where most seem to be coprophages. The nidification behavior of only 10 species are known, and this includes complex nesting behavior. Five species of Eurysternus were collected at Reserva Ducke, primarily in the dung traps but occasionally in the carrion traps ( Table 1). Eurysternus atrosericus Génier (Amazon basin of Brazil, Ecuador, Guyana, Venezuela) was the most abundant species collected. It was found throughout the year and represented 92% of all Eurysternus taken in the dung traps.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Scarabaeidae

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