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#LiteratureNotice Génier et al. Rhytomus Génier & Saxton: A new dung beetle genus from New Guinea with five #NewSpecies and phylogenetic insights ( #Coleoptera: #Scarabaeidae: #Scarabaeinae) doi.org/10.11646/zoo... #Beetle #Beetles #NewGenus #ScarabBeetles
FIGure 6. Lectotype of Rhytomus elongatus. A, dorsal habitus; B, dorsal head; C, label data.
September 14, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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#LiteratureNotice Haddad et al. First record of Maladera insanabilis (Brenske, 1894) ( #Coleoptera: #Scarabaeidae: Sericinae) in Morocco doi.org/10.11646/zoo... #Beetle #Beetles #NewRecords #ScarabBeetles
May 21, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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...a beautiful grapevine beetle (#Pelidnota punctata), one of the scarabs. #Coleoptera #Scarabaeidae #Rutelinae #scarabbeetles #beetles 🪲😍
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June 17, 2024 at 7:37 PM
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#LiteratureNotice Bogusch et al. Thermal Melanism in Pachnoda iskuulka ( #Coleoptera: #Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) doi.org/10.3390/inse... #Beetle #Beetles #ScarabBeetles #Mimicry
Figure 1. Female of Pachnoda iskuulka in cultivation terrarium (a), cultivation terrarium with adults (b), incubator with larvae in plastic boxes with leaf litter (c). Photos Oto Petřík.
February 3, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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#LiteratureNotice Ledezma et al. First Records of Isocopris Pereira and Martínez, 1960 ( #Coleoptera: #Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) for Bolivia doi.org/10.1649/0010... #TheColeopteristsBulletin #Beetle #Beetles #NewRecords #ScarabBeetles
Habitus. a) Isocopris imitator, b) I. tarsalis. Scale bars = 5 mm.
July 4, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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Rivera-Gasperin et al. A #NewSpecies in the Canthon indigaceus Species Group ( #Coleoptera: #Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from the Mexican Pacific Coast † doi.org/10.3390/taxo... #Beetle #Beetles #ScarabBeetles #DungBeetles
Figure 1. Dorsal and lateral habitus. (A,B) C. cuixmala sp. nov. (C,D) C. indigaceus. Scale lines = 2 mm.
March 13, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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Someone on the other app asked me what the green beetles were swarming on his wattles in December- I reckon it was cuties. Green scarab beetles (Diphucephala elegans)

#entemology #science #nature #tasmania #scarabbeetles #wattle
February 23, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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#LiteratureNotice Kojima et al. Hard exoskeleton of beetles as armour against avian predators doi.org/10.1016/j.an... #Beetle #Beetles #ScarabBeetles #AvoidingPredators
Figure 1. Scarabaeidae used in this study. Manipulated Pr. orientalis used in the field experiments with wild starlings is also shown.
February 14, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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#LiteratureNotice Palomera et al. First Record of Euphoria basalis in Avocado in Mexico doi.org/10.3958/059.... #Beetle #Beetles #NewRecords #Scarabaeidae #ScarabBeetles #FlowerChafers
Yellow Beetle visiting a flower. The beetle is very similar to a bee. This is a new record of behaviour
January 29, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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#LiteratureNotice Paudel et al. Confirmation of presence of coconut rhinoceros beetle Oryctes rhinoceros ( #Coleoptera: #Scarabaeidae) from Timor–Leste and biosecurity implications doi.org/10.1111/epp.... #Beetle #Beetles #ScarabBeetles #InvasiveSpecies
Coconut rhinoceros beetle captured from the pheromone trap in Dili, Timor–Leste.
June 15, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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#LiteratureNotice Escobar-Hernández & Sánchez-Hernández. A New State Record of Golofa globulicornis Dechambre ( #Coleoptera: #Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Dynastini) in Mexico doi.org/10.1649/0010... #TheColeopteristsBulletin #Beetle #Beetles #ScarabBeetles #NewRecords
Dorsolateral view of Golofa globulicornis.
July 5, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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#LiteratureNotice Luiselli et al. Red Listing African Goliath Beetles: Assessing Threats and Conservation Needs doi.org/10.1111/aje.... #Beetle #Beetles #ScarabBeetles #InsectConservation
FIGURE 1 | Silhouettes of the males of some of the Goliathus species: (a and b) Goliathus goliatus, (c) Goliathus g. meleagris, (d) Goliathus orientalis usambarensis, (e) Goliathus regius, (f) Goliathus cacicus and (g) hybrid Goliathus regius × Goliathus cacicus. Artwork by Marko Steffensen.
February 13, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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#LiteratureNotice Porter et al. A Review of the Taxonomic Status of Hypothyce mixta Howden, 1968 (Coleoptera: #Scarabaeidae: #Melolonthinae) doi.org/10.1649/0010... #Beetle #Beetles #Taxonomy #Phylogenetics #TheColeopteristsBulletin #ScarabBeetles
Differences in the shape of the clypeus of male Hypothyce mixta by county in Texas. A) Anderson County, B) Burleson County, C) Caldwell County, D) Leon County, E) Milam County, F) Bastrop County, G) Nacogdoches County, H) Robertson County, I) Smith County, J) Wood County.
March 20, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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#LiteratureNotice Bellmann. Plagiogonus hielkemai nov.sp., a new Afrotropical Plagiogonus MULSANT, 1842 (#Coleoptera, #Scarabaeidae, Aphodiinae). researchgate.net/publication/... #Beetle #Beetles #NewSpecies #ScarabBeetles
May 2, 2024 at 1:24 PM
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#LiteratureNotice Duarte et al. Taxonomic revision of the Bothynus ascanius (Kirby, 1819) ( #Coleoptera: #Melolonthidae: #Dynastinae) species group doi.org/10.1080/0022... #Beetle #Beetles #ScarabBeetles #NewSpecies #Taxonomy
Figure 3. Male dorsal habitus: (a) Bothynus arriagadae sp. n.; (b) Bothynus ascanius; (c) Bothynus cribrarius; (d) Bothynus cyclops; (e) Bothynus cylindricus; (f) Bothynus deiphobus; (g) Bothynus gisae sp.n.; (h) Bothynus laevipennis; (i) Bothynus laticifex; (j) Bothynus minor; (k) Bothynus nyx; (l) Bothynus ovalatus sp. n.
March 12, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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#LiteratureNotice Ibarra-Polesel & Ratcliffe. Description of the Female of Argentophileurus litoralensis Penco and Zubarán, 2013 ( #Coleoptera: #Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Phileurini) doi.org/10.1649/0010... #TheColeopteristsBulletin #Beetle #Beetles #ScarabBeetles #Taxonomy
Argentophileurus litoralensis, adult female habitus. A) Ventral view, B) Dorsal view, C) Lateral view, D) Frontal view, E) Oblique frontal view.
June 25, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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#LiteratureNotice Rodrigues et al. A New Combination in Quititinus Rodrigues, Grossi, and Vaz-de-Mello ( #Coleoptera: #Scarabaeidae: #Cetoniinae: Cremastocheilini) from Central America doi.org/10.1649/0010... #Beetle #Beetles #ScarabBeetles #Taxonomy #FlowerChafers
Habitus of Quititinus nevermanni (lectotype of Genuchinus nevermanni, male, Costa Rica, San José; MFNB). A) Dorsal view, B) Ventral view, C) Dorsolateral view, D) Lateral view. Scale bars = 1 mm.
September 26, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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#LiteratureNotice Bezděk et al. Review of Diphycerini ( #Coleoptera: #Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Part I – the genus Xenoceraspis Arrow, 1920 doi.org/10.1080/0022... #Beetle #Beetles #ScarabBeetles #Taxonomy
Figures 5–9. Xenoceraspis kurseongana (Moser, 1917). (5) Syntype, male, dorsal view (length: 10.0 mm); (6) associated labels; (7) syntype of X. dispar Arrow, 1920, male, dorsal view (length: 9.2 mm); (8) associated labels; (9) female (India: Kurseong, IECA), dorsal view (length: 10.2 mm). Not to scale.
February 20, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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#LiteratureNotice Stone et al. Whose Poos do Northeastern Ohio Dung Beetles ( #Coleoptera: #Scarabaeoidea) Choose? doi.org/10.1649/0010... #Beetle #Beetles #ScarabBeetles #EcosystemFunctioning
Illustrated pitfall trap design. For description, see Materials and Methods.
September 25, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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#LiteratureNotice Moura et al. Taxonomic revision of boreus species group of Dichotomius Hope, 1838 ( #Coleoptera: #Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Dichotomiini), with a description of two #NewSpecies from western Amazon doi.org/10.1016/j.jc... #Beetle #Beetles #ScarabBeetles
Fig. 1. Species of Dichotomius boreus group, dorsal view. (A) D. boreus; (B) D. quadrilobatus; (C) D. pelamon; (D) D. podalirius; (E) D. prietoi; F D. uacari sp. n.; (G) D. divisor sp. n. Males in Fig. 1A–B, 1D–G; Female in Fig. 1C.
May 21, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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#LiteratureNotice Drăghici et al. A Reassessment of the Genus Trichius Fabricius, 1775 ( #Coleoptera: #Scarabaeidae: #Cetoniinae) in Romania doi.org/10.1649/0010... #Beetle #Beetles #ScarabBeetles #Taxonomy
Trichius fasciatus visiting flowers of Apiaceae at Lake Pecineagu, on the upper Dâmboviţa River, Romania (photo credit: Alexandru Iftime).
September 20, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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#LiteratureNotice Alagar et al. Efficacy of botanical formulations against coconut #RhinocerosBeetle Oryctes rhinoceros. dx.doi.org/10.55446/IJE... #Beetle #Beetles #ScarabBeetles
March 9, 2024 at 3:26 PM
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#LiteratureNotice Davis et al. Replacement names for the #DungBeetles genus Byrrhidium Harold, 1869 and the tribe Byrrhidiini Davis, Deschodt & Scholtz, 2019 ( #Coleoptera: #Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) doi.org/10.11646/zoo... #Beetle #Beetles #ScarabBeetles #Taxonomy
August 27, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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#LiteratureNotice Giulian et al. A Day in the Life: Diel Rhythms of Locomotor Activity in the Male #FlowerChafers Beetle Valgus canaliculatus (Olivier) ( #Coleoptera: #Scarabaeidae) doi.org/10.1649/0010... #Beetle #Beetles #ScarabBeetles #Chronobiology #TheColeopteristsBulletin
The activity data (actograms) of three individual male Valgus canaliculatus. Activity counts are in 5-minute bins to enhance visualization. The gray background denotes dark conditions.
March 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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#LiteratureNotice Moreno et al. Description of the larvae and pupa of Cotinis lebasi (Gory & Percheron, 1833) and Hoplopyga foeda (Schaum, 1848) ( #Coleoptera: #Scarabaeidae: #Cetoniinae) from Colombia doi.org/10.12976/jib... #Beetle #Beetles #FlowerChafers #ScarabBeetles #Taxonomy
August 31, 2025 at 6:55 PM