FERNANDO Z. VAZ-DE-MELLOW. D. EDMONDSFEDERICO C. OCAMPOPAUL SCHOOLMEESTERS...
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查看更多>>摘要：Presented is a multilingual (English, Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch and French) key to the 119 currently recognized genera and subgenera of scarabaeine dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) occurring in the New World. Also included are illustrations of representative species of all taxa included in the key as well as supplementary references to studies at the species level. The Scarabaeinae Research Network (ScarabNet) was formed in 2004 to provide an informal forum to stimulate communication and cooperation among the worldwide community of researchers dedicated to the study of the scarabaeine dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Among the important issues confronting the group at that time was the general lack of comprehensive, reliable identification tools that would permit ecologists, conservationists, taxonomists and other specialists to identify the subjects of their studies. In response to this need, various members of the group have undertaken to compile generic identification keys and other guides to the various dung beetle faunas of the World. The first version of this contribution on the Americas was prepared for the
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