A new species of the genus Cryptocanthon from Peru (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)

Mendoza, Alfredo Edgardo Giraldo

doi:10.21829/azm.2022.3812443

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“…This genus comprises around 43 species occurring from Brazil to Mexico ( Arias and Medina 2014 , Martínez-Revelo et al 2020 , Giraldo-Mendonza 2022 ). The only available information about their habitat describes specimens inhabiting the leaf litter of humid and tropical forests, both in mountains and low altitudes ( Cook 2002 ).…”

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Dung beetles from two sustainable-use protected forests in the Brazilian Amazon

Carvalho¹,

Maldaner²,

Costa-Silva³

et al. 2023

BDJ

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The Amazon Forest is one of the world's most biodiverse ecosystems and yet its protected areas are understudied concerning insects and other invertebrates. These organisms are essential for tropical forests due to their ecological processes, with some species being very sensitive to habitat disturbances. Dung beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae) have been used as bioindicators for more than 30 years and were surveyed to assess the insect biodiversity of two sustainable-use forest reserves in the Brazilian Amazon. We report inventories of dung beetles from two Amazonian forest reserves in Pará State, Brazil: the Tapajós National Forest and the Carajás National Forest. Surveys were carried out with baited-pitfall traps installed in 2010, 2016, 2017 and 2019. We collected a total of 3,772 individuals from 19 genera and 96 species. We highlight the importance of Amazonian protected areas as refugia for insect biodiversity, particularly dung beetles, which contribute to many key ecosystem processes.

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Dung beetles from two sustainable-use protected forests in the Brazilian Amazon

Carvalho¹,

Maldaner²,

Costa-Silva³

et al. 2023

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

Cupello,

Silva,

Vaz-de-Mello

2023

Front. Ecol. Evol.

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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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A new species of the genus Cryptocanthon from Peru (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)

Abstract: A new brachypterous species of Scarabaeinae, Cryptocanthon iskaypachak sp. nov. is described, discussed and illustrated based on specimens collected in Cajamarca department. The new species is the third of the genus Cryptocanthon recorded from Peru.

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Dung beetles from two sustainable-use protected forests in the Brazilian Amazon

Dung beetles from two sustainable-use protected forests in the Brazilian Amazon

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

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