In the last few decades, mounting evidence points to a negative impact of roads on several
groups of animals. Most studies on the effects of roads on animal populations concentrate …

Although extensively studied by different authors over the past 150 years, the taxonomy of
Canthon Hoffmannsegg, 1817 and allied genera (which are here informally referred to as …

Abstract Dung beetles (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) are sensitive to habitat perturbations
and are easily studied, making them an ideal taxonomic group with which to evaluate the …

Los escarabajos de la subfamilia Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) son un grupo
importante utilizado en estudios de taxonomía, ecología, biodiversidad, conservación e …

Studies addressing the temporal changes of ecological communities within fragmented
forests transformed into natural protected areas are urgently needed. The creation of the Los …

A major challenge of ecological research is to assess the functional consequences of
species richness loss over time and space in global biodiversity hotspots, where extinctions …

In this work, it is explained why previous authors who considered that Canthidium lentum
Erichson, 1947 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) was fixed as the type species of …

We conducted a morphologically based taxonomic revision of the Dichotomius mamillatus
species group (Scarabaeinae). A new species, Dichotomius (Dichotomius) gandinii sp. nov …

We present a preliminary analysis of the diversity of dung beetles in an altitudinal gradient
on the East slope of Los Andes, Napo province, Ecuador. We sampled 12 localities within a …

Forests are sensitive ecosystems with a distinctive micro-climate to which forest arthropods
have adapted. In intact primary forests, sunlight only fully reaches forest floors temporarily …