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 …

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 …

Species relative abundance (SRA) is an essential attribute of biotic communities, which can
provide an accurate description of community structure. However, the sampling method …

Background 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 …

A checklist of the Scarabaeoidea (except Passalidae) of the Guianas (Guyana, Suriname
and French Guiana) is presented for the first time. Both recorded and potential species are …

Dung beetles perform essential ecological functions (eg nutrient cycling, secondary seed
dispersal and parasite control) and are excellent indicators of ecosystem quality. However …

Dung beetles present a high specificity degree to certain habitat types and they are widely
used as bioindicators of environmental changes. Pitfall traps usually baited with human …

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

Although biodiversity in the Amazon is high, different aspects of this biodiversity are
unknown for several taxa. To fill in the gap in the distribution of dung beetle species …

En el presente estudio se da a conocer la diversidad de especies de la clase Chilopoda y
de la familia Scarabaeidae en una gradiente de perturbación en la Reserva de Biósfera del …