New species of tenebrionid beetles (Coleoptera Heteromera) from South America

Abstract

Some new species of the coleopterous family Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera Heteromera) collected in Venezuda and Northern Argentina (South America) are described, namdy: Rhypasma bordoni, Aemymone bordoni, Aemymone silvanae, Paratenetus huequensis, Paratenetus bordoni, Cyrtosoma cuyaguensis and Para/ore/opsis bordoni. All of them are from Venezuela, except Aemymone silvanae, collected in Northern Argentina. For each species the rdationships with allied species are indicated, together with the geographical distribution and the ecological characteristics of the inhabited zone. Some comments are made about the effect of isolation on the evolution of some species. The lack of thorough collections and researches in Venezuda is emphasized.

The Superworm, Zophobas morio (Coleoptera:Tenebrionidae): A ‘Sleeping Giant’ in Nutrient Sources

“…In nature, it has been reported in association with fruit bat guano and organic litter ( Tschinkel and Willson 1971 ). It traces its origins in the tropical regions of Central and South America ( Marcuzzi 1984 , Tschinkel 1984 , Hagstrum and Subramanyam 2009 ); however, it has nowadays been also introduced to other regions in Europe and Asia ( Yuan et al 2012 , Fursov and Cherney 2018 ).…”

DIETA DE LYCALOPEX CULPAEUS (Mammalia: Canidae) EN EL EXTREMO NORTE DE CHILE (REGION DE TARAPACA)

“…que fueron determinados mediante comparaciones con ejemplares de referencia colectados en el sector y literatura especializada (e.g . Reise 1978;Marcuzzi 2000;Ojanguren 2005). La importancia dietaria de cada presa fue expresada como la frecuencia de ocurrencia (número de heces en que se encuentra dicho ítem alimentario dividido por el total de heces analizadas), y abundancia (número de presas de un taxón dividido por el total de presas de todos los taxones) siguiendo a Hyslop (1980).…”

New species of tenebrionid beetles (Coleoptera Heteromera) from South America

“…The present paper is a continuation of researches on systematics, ecology and biogeography of Neotropical tenebrionids begun in 1948 on Venezuelan species (MARCUZZI 1950(MARCUZZI , 1951(MARCUZZI , 1952(MARCUZZI , 1953(MARCUZZI , 1986 extended to the Caribbean area (MAR-CUZZI 1954, 1959, 1962, 1977 and later to other parts of South America (MARCUZZI 1961(MARCUZZI , 1965(MARCUZZI , 1976(MARCUZZI , 1983(MARCUZZI , 1984(MARCUZZI , 1985(MARCUZZI , 1987(MARCUZZI , 1988(MARCUZZI , 1991. In the present paper six new species collected in Venezuela and one found in Northern Argentina are studied and described.…”