Fimicolous histeridae coleoptera in Campo Grande, MS, Brazil

Abstract

Fecal masses recently excreted and/or almost dry were collected weekly in a pasture of Brachiaria decumbens Stapf, from May 1990 to April 1992. The feces were conditioned in 15-liter opaque plastic buckets, containing lateral and top openings, where flasks were fastened for capturing Histeridae beetles present in these masses. Three thousand two hundred ninety-nine specimens were collected belonging to 11 species in the Genus: Phelister, Hister, Euspilotus, Acritus, and Xerosaprinus. The most frequent, constant, and abundant species were Phelister sp. nr. carinifrons and P. haemorrhous.

Abundância e sazonalidade de histerídeos (Coleoptera) associados ao esterco de granja aviária da Região Nordeste do Estado de São Paulo, Brasil

“…Quando verificam-se histerídeos em estercos bovino, notase que as espécies podem variar tanto no Brasil Marchiori et al (2001), no sul de Goiás, Rodrigues & Marchini (1998), em São Paulo e Koller et al (2002) no Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul, quanto no continente africano, (Legner et al 1981).…”

A revision of the Phelister haemorrhous species group (Coleoptera, Histeridae, Exosternini)

“…No comprehensive (or even partial) keys exist aside from some very local (e.g., Casey 1916) or outdated (Bickhardt 1916) treatments, and the species are very difficult to distinguish based solely on external characters in any case. Yet, accurate identification of some of the species of Phelister has practical significance, as some species have been cited in forensic investigations (e.g., P.rufinotus Marseul; Aballay et al 2013) and others have been studied with regard for their potential to control of dung-breeding flies ( P.panamensis LeConte; Summerlin et al 1991), P.rufinotus and P.haemorrhous Marseul (Koller et al 2002). The species (presumably all predatory) exhibit an interesting array of ecological associations, ranging from loose synanthropy to mammalian inquiliny to myrmecophily.…”

Hololepta (Leionota) reichii Marseul (Coleoptera, Histeridae), un nuevo enemigo natural para la meliponicultura en la Amazonía Central, Brasil

“…Vários Histerinae são mirmecófilos ou termitófilos e predam as larvas de seus hospedeiros". KOLLER et al (2002) El clima de la región se caracteriza como "Afi" en la clasificación de Köpen, con medidas pluviométricas y de temperatura media anual respectivamente de 2458 mm y 25,6ºC, con una estación seca de junio a octubre (RIBEIRO 1976). En los datos del INMET (Instituto Nacional de Meteorología) referentes a los años de 1961 a 1990 existen registros que muestran una temperatura máxima de 31,5ºC y mínima de 23,2ºC, temperatura media de 26,7ºC, precipitaciones de 2291,8 mm y una humedad relativa del aire de 83%.…”