Scarabaeinae Taxonomy

RESUMEN Con el fin de generar información de los escarabajos coprófagos como indicadores de perturbaciones en el ambiente, se realizaron muestreos mensuales en siete ecosistemas: bosque primario intervenido, bosque secundario, cultivo de caña orgánica, cultivo de palmito, cultivo de banano, cultivo de piña y potrero, con el fin de recolectar las especies de escarabajos coprófagos presentes en éstos. Se realizó un análisis no-métrico multidimensional para buscar características en las poblaciones o especies que permitan la determinación de perturbación en el ambiente. Los resultados no generaron un resultado concluyente acerca de las características de las poblaciones; sin embargo, mediante las especies encontradas se pudieron identificar especies bioindicadoras tales como: Dichotomius satanas, Phanaeus beltianus, Eurysternus caribeus y Dichotomius annae. Se calcularon índices de diversidad, riqueza y equidad. Los índices de diversidad y equidad indicaron en que el bosque primario in...

Dung beetles found attracted to and feeding on resources other than animal excreta and vertebrate carcasses were collected from different parts of India. Out of the 13 species collected nine were from millipede, three from snail and one from fungus. Of these three species Onthophagus jwalae, O. pithankithae and O. tharalithae are new to science; the former two were found feeding on millipede carcasses while the latter on a dead snail. O. rudis Sharp was found feeding both on live and dead millipedes.

An updated checklist of 61 species of Scarabaeoid beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) belonging to 30 genera, 19 tribes and 7 subfamilies under 3 families (Geotrupidae, Hybosoridae and Scarabaeidae) from Pench Tiger Reserve (Madhya Pradesh, India) is provided for the first time. The details of specimens examined and distribution of the recorded species in India and abroad are provided which is further supplemented with the illustrations of 54 species. The study reports 22 species as new records for the tiger reserve. Out of the total species, Delopleurus parvus and Onthophagus coeruleicollis (Scarabaeinae) have been recorded for the first time from the state of Madhya Pradesh. The present study is not only a faunistic report but also an illustrated field guide for the identification of the Scarabaeoid beetles occurring in the tiger reserve which will help in conservation planning, protected area justification and design and development of management plans.

This study includes a taxonomic account of four species of genus Bolbohamatum; B. calanus (Westwood, 1848), B. phallosum Krikken, 1980, B. marginale Krikken, 1980 and B. laterale (Westwood, 1848) and one species of genus Bolbogonium; B. insidiosum Krikken, 1977 from Central India (Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh). The pronotal ornamentation and external male genitalia of Bolbohamatum species has been diagnosed with the incorporation of an identification key to the species from Central India. A checklist containing 19 Indian species of both genera (Bolbohamatum and Bolbogonium) has also been prepared with their distribution in different states of India as well as outside of India.

Formicdubius Philips & Scholtz, 2000, a genus of South African scarab dung beetle, is synonymised with Haroldius Boucomont, 1914. All four African species of Haroldius, formerly in the genus Afroharoldius Janssens, possess trichomes. Trichome location and degree of development in the African species are discussed. Th e fi rst record of Haroldius modestus Janssens from Malaŵi is given.

An updated checklist of 61 species of Scarabaeoid beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) belonging to 30 genera, 19 tribes and 7 subfamilies under 3 families (Geotrupidae, Hybosoridae and Scarabaeidae) from Pench Tiger Reserve (Madhya Pradesh, India) is provided for the first time. The details of specimens examined and distribution of the recorded species in India and abroad are provided which is further supplemented with the illustrations of 54 species. The study reports 22 species as new records for the tiger reserve. Out of the total species, Delopleurus parvus and Onthophagus coeruleicollis (Scarabaeinae) have been recorded for the first time from the state of Madhya Pradesh. The present study is not only a faunistic report but also an illustrated field guide for the identification of the Scarabaeoid beetles occurring in the tiger reserve which will help in conservation planning, protected area justification and design and development of management plans.

RESUMEN Con el fin de generar información de los escarabajos coprófagos como indicadores de perturbaciones en el ambiente, se realizaron muestreos mensuales en siete ecosistemas: bosque primario intervenido, bosque secundario, cultivo de caña orgánica, cultivo de palmito, cultivo de banano, cultivo de piña y potrero, con el fin de recolectar las especies de escarabajos coprófagos presentes en éstos. Se realizó un análisis no-métrico multidimensional para buscar características en las poblaciones o especies que permitan la determinación de perturbación en el ambiente. Los resultados no generaron un resultado concluyente acerca de las características de las poblaciones; sin embargo, mediante las especies encontradas se pudieron identificar especies bioindicadoras tales como: Dichotomius satanas, Phanaeus beltianus, Eurysternus caribeus y Dichotomius annae. Se calcularon índices de diversidad, riqueza y equidad. Los índices de diversidad y equidad indicaron en que el bosque primario in...