Les Scaurus du groupe tingitanus Peyerimhoff (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae)

Cavernicolous Stenosini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Cambodia and Vietnam, with descriptions of two new species of Pseudochillus Fouquè and general remarks on cave Tenebrionidae

“…Besides the listed genera, many species of the genera Megagenius Solier, 1835, Akis Herbst, 1799 and Scaurus Fabricius, 1775 have been mentioned as frequent in caves in Spain and Morocco, with some species being only known from caves (Kocher 1965;eSPañol 1972;labrique 1995;decu et al 1998) Cave habitats are mainly characterised by stable ecological conditions throughout the year and by extremely poor food resources. A food resource that might be suitable for tenebrionids are the fungi growing on bat guano and on washed-in rotten wood.…”

“…Besides the listed genera, many species of the genera Megagenius Solier, 1835, Akis Herbst, 1799 and Scaurus Fabricius, 1775 have been mentioned as frequent in caves in Spain and Morocco, with some species being only known from caves ( Kocher 1965; EspaÑol 1972; Labrique 1995; Decu et al 1998). Many species have been recorded from guano in tropical caves in Cuba (see Peck et al 1998), the genera Zophobas Dejean, 1834, Blapstinus Sturm, 1826 and Alphitobius Stephens, 1829 have been recorded in caves in Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Australia and Venezuela ( Decu et al 1998).…”