Eurysternus

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Eurysternus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Infraorder:
Scarabeiformia
Superfamily:
Scarabaeoidea
Family:
Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:
Scarabaeinae
Tribe:
Oniticellini
Genus:
Eurysternus

Dalman, 1824

Eurysternus is a genus of Scarabaeinae or dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. It is normally placed in the Oniticellini, although some authors consider it the single genus in the tribe Eurysternini (e.g. [1] ). It is restricted to the Neotropics and includes 53 recognized species. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Copulation of Eurysternus caribaeus Copulation of Eurysternus caribaeus.jpg
Copulation of Eurysternus caribaeus

They have a characteristic nesting strategy among dung beetles, with brood ball elaboration but no ball rolling behaviour. [6] [7]

The species in the genus are present from México to Argentina, but highest diversity is found the Amazon basin, the Andes and Central America. Species distribution is affected primarily by annual mean temperature and annual precipitation. The species with wide climatic niches would primarily inhabit the rainiest and coldest locations in the continent. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Tarasov, Sergei; Génier, François (17 March 2015). "Innovative Bayesian and Parsimony Phylogeny of Dung Beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae) Enhanced by Ontology-Based Partitioning of Morphological Characters". PLOS ONE. 10 (3): e0116671. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1016671T. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116671 . PMC   4363793 . PMID   25781019.
  2. ↑ Génier, F. (2009). Le genre Eurysternus Dalman, 1824 (Scar abaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Oniticellini) révision taxonomique et clés de détermination illustrées. Sofia, Bulgaria: Pensoft Press. p. 430.
  3. ↑ "ITIS Standard Report - Error". Archived from the original on March 12, 2009. Retrieved February 4, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Eurysternus - Nomen.at - animals and plants".
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 27, 2015. Retrieved April 21, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ↑ Halffter, Gonzalo; Halffter, Violeta; Huerta, Carmen (1980). "Mating and nesting behavior of Eurysternus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae)". Quaestiones Entomologicae. 16 (3/4): 597–620. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  7. ↑ Halffter, Gonzalo (1977). "Evolution of Nidification in the Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae)". Quaestiones Entomologicae. 13 (3): 231–254. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  8. ↑ Camero - R, E.; Lobo, J. M. (2012). "The distribution of the speci es of Eurysternus Dalman , 1824 ( Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae ) in America : potential distributions and the locations of areas to be surveyed" (PDF). Tropical Conservation Science. 5 (2): 225–244. doi: 10.1177/194008291200500210 . Retrieved 5 May 2016.


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