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 …

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 …

The distribution of the iridescent dung beetle Bolbites onitoides can be divided, based on
dorsal colouration, into a blue western-half and a red eastern-half. This has raised the …

Abstract The New World scarab beetle tribe Phanaeini contains coprophagous,
necrophagous, mycetophagous and suspected myrmecophilous species. We analyse the …

The dung beetles of the subfamily Scarabaeinae, despite being less speciose than other
hyperdiverse Coleoptera, are today one of the most intensely studied groups in entomology …

Dung beetles are sensitive to environmental quality, therefore being excellent bioindicators
and are being used to assess the effects of habitat transformation. These beetles are …

Currently 13 species-group names assigned to the subgenus Megaphanaeus of
Coprophanaeus are deemed available (or'potentially available'), four of which denote valid …

Coprophanaeus (Megaphanaeus) has four valid species: C. lancifer, C. ensifer, C.
bonariensis and C. bellicosus. However, authors disagree about the placement of C …

Paracanthon includes four nominal species of dung beetles occurring in the Atlantic Forest
of northeastern, southeastern and southern Brazil, and Misiones, Argentina. Here we …

The Pantanal is the largest seasonal freshwater wetland on Earth, characterized by the
seasonal flooding and complex mosaic vegetation, which determines its biodiversity. Among …