Novas espécies do gênero Anomiopus, grupo smaragdinus (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae)

After almost two decades of stagnation, the taxonomy of the New World Scarabaeinae dung beetles has since 1988 been going through a period of great effervescence. In the last 35 years, 81 complete revisions and 69 supplements have been produced by 86 authors based in 15 countries, addressing the taxonomic status of 950 species. This is what we christen as the Taxonomic Revolution of New World dung beetles. We review the history and products of this revolution, explore its causes and its apparent exceptionalism among most other New World Coleoptera groups, and point to the many great challenges that still face the scarabaeine taxonomists. An aspect of interest to ecologists is the coevolution of the Taxonomic Revolution with what we call the Ecological Revolution of dung beetles, i.e., the similar expansion in ecological studies about these organisms. We argue that it has been the continuous feedback between these two simultaneous processes that has enabled each of them to exist and flourish: without the Ecological Revolution, the Taxonomic Revolution could not have existed, and vice-versa. Ecologists and taxonomists are partners in the scientific enterprise, symbionts one may say.

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Novas espécies do gênero Anomiopus, grupo smaragdinus (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae)

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Dung Beetles from the Atlantic Forest North of the São Francisco River: An Overview of a Fragile Fauna

Dung Beetles from the Atlantic Forest North of the São Francisco River: An Overview of a Fragile Fauna

First Record of the Genus Anomiopus Westwood (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) in Mexico

The Taxonomic Revolution of New World dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)

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