Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from dry Colombian forests in the Entomological Collection in the Instituto Alexander von Humboldt

This reports includes the records of dung beetles associated with the dry forests of Colombia present at the Entomological Collection of the Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt. The data set includes 11686 records, 19797 specimens belonging to 18 genera and 68 sp...

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Main Authors: Arturo González-Alvarado, Edwin Torres, Claudia Alejandra Medina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt 2015-12-01
Series:Biota Colombiana
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Online Access:http://revistas.humboldt.org.co/index.php/biota/article/view/370
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author Arturo González-Alvarado
Edwin Torres
Claudia Alejandra Medina
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Edwin Torres
Claudia Alejandra Medina
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description This reports includes the records of dung beetles associated with the dry forests of Colombia present at the Entomological Collection of the Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt. The data set includes 11686 records, 19797 specimens belonging to 18 genera and 68 species. The species sorting included an exhaustive study of the external morphology and male genitalia. For species identification, updated taxonomic revisions, original descriptions, re-descriptions, and regional revisions were used. It was possible to identify 35 to species (genus and species names), and another 33 species were assigned a unique morpho-species code identifier after the generic name was determined (morph-species code). The lack of recent taxonomic revisions in genera such as Canthon, Canthidium, Dichotomius, Uroxys and Onthophagus has limited the identification to specific level in Colombia; a reason for the incomplete and imprecise species list that had been published. This data set supports the most complete and verified species list of dung beetles of the dry forests of Colombia.
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spelling doaj.art-d3bce2e979d4450ea9a528d0225ade702022-12-22T01:43:31ZengInstituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von HumboldtBiota Colombiana0124-53762539-200X2015-12-0116110.21068/bc.v16i1.370370Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from dry Colombian forests in the Entomological Collection in the Instituto Alexander von HumboldtArturo González-AlvaradoEdwin TorresClaudia Alejandra MedinaThis reports includes the records of dung beetles associated with the dry forests of Colombia present at the Entomological Collection of the Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt. The data set includes 11686 records, 19797 specimens belonging to 18 genera and 68 species. The species sorting included an exhaustive study of the external morphology and male genitalia. For species identification, updated taxonomic revisions, original descriptions, re-descriptions, and regional revisions were used. It was possible to identify 35 to species (genus and species names), and another 33 species were assigned a unique morpho-species code identifier after the generic name was determined (morph-species code). The lack of recent taxonomic revisions in genera such as Canthon, Canthidium, Dichotomius, Uroxys and Onthophagus has limited the identification to specific level in Colombia; a reason for the incomplete and imprecise species list that had been published. This data set supports the most complete and verified species list of dung beetles of the dry forests of Colombia.http://revistas.humboldt.org.co/index.php/biota/article/view/370ColeópterosEcosistema amenazadoRegistros biológicosColección de referenciaColombia
spellingShingle Arturo González-Alvarado
Edwin Torres
Claudia Alejandra Medina
Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from dry Colombian forests in the Entomological Collection in the Instituto Alexander von Humboldt
Biota Colombiana
Coleópteros
Ecosistema amenazado
Registros biológicos
Colección de referencia
Colombia
title Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from dry Colombian forests in the Entomological Collection in the Instituto Alexander von Humboldt
title_full Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from dry Colombian forests in the Entomological Collection in the Instituto Alexander von Humboldt
title_fullStr Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from dry Colombian forests in the Entomological Collection in the Instituto Alexander von Humboldt
title_full_unstemmed Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from dry Colombian forests in the Entomological Collection in the Instituto Alexander von Humboldt
title_short Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from dry Colombian forests in the Entomological Collection in the Instituto Alexander von Humboldt
title_sort dung beetles coleoptera scarabaeidae scarabaeinae from dry colombian forests in the entomological collection in the instituto alexander von humboldt
topic Coleópteros
Ecosistema amenazado
Registros biológicos
Colección de referencia
Colombia
url http://revistas.humboldt.org.co/index.php/biota/article/view/370
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