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'Fauna Ibérica' Series
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Volume 14 -Coleoptera
Scarabaeoidea I
Author(s):
I.
Fermín Martín Piera and José Ignacio López Colón
ISBN:
Madrid,
2000 526 pp .+ 7 h. lam.
ISBN: 84-00-07997-31. Price: 34,67€ + 4% IVA
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Description
This monograph is the first volume of the "Fauna Iberica" Series that
is devoted to the huge superfamily Scarabaeoida (order Coleoptera). The aim
of this book is to provide an updated picture of the Ibero-Balearic scarabaeid
fauna belonging to the families Lucanidae, Glaresidae, Trogidae, Ochodaeidae,
Geotrupidae, Hybosoridae, Orphnidae and Scarabaeidae. Except for the Lucanidae,
which show a phytophagous and sapro-xilophagous feeding behaviour, the remaining
groups are detritivorous beetles. They take part in the decay and mineralization
of organic matter, thus accelerating the nutrient and energy recycling. The
book provides a com prehensive
synthesis of the main advances on the taxonomy, phylogeny, biogeography, ecology
and biology of scarabaeid beetles during the second half of the XX century.
Detailed information is provided for each species. The reader will be able
to identify the adults of all species using dichotomous keys based mainly on
easily observable morphological characters. Complete references of the described
larval stages are given as well as keys for the identification of inmatures
of all families, some subfamilies (Lucanidae), genera (Trogidae, Bolboceratinae,
Scarabaeidae) and, in some cases, especies (Copris). The book is richly illustrated
with 116 plates and completed with an up-to-date and comprehensive literature
-more than 750 references- and a nomenclatural appendix.
Contents
- • Superfamily Scarabaeoidea. General Introduction
- • The Scarabaeoidea in the Iberian Fauna series
- • Superfamily Scarabaeoidea Latreille, 1802
- • Origin, evolution and phylogeny of Scarabaeoidea
- • The fossil record of Scarabaeoidea
- • Systematics and classifications of Scarabaeoidea: brief
- historical summary
- •Scarabaeoidea classifications in the Iberian Fauna series
- Family key (adults)
- Family key (larvas)
- • Family Glaresidae
- • Introduction
- • Systematic position and geographical distribution of Glaresidae
- • Morphology and adult anatomy
- • Characteristics of non-adult phases
- • Natural history of Glaresidae
- • Collection, preservation and study methods
- • The Iberian Glaresidae
- • Family Trogidae
- • Introduction
- • Systematic position and geographical distribution of Trogidae
- • Morphology and adult anatomy
- • Characteristics of non-adult phases
- • Natural history of Glaresidae
- • Collection, preservation and study methods
- • The Iberian Trogidae
- • Family Trogidae
- Genera key (adultos)
- • Family TrogidaeGenera key(larvas)
- • Family Ochodaeidae
- • Introduction
- • Systematic position and geographical distribution of Ochodaeidae
- • Morphology and adult anatomy
- • Characteristics of non-adult phases
- • Natural history of Ochodaeidae
- • Collection, preservation and study methods
- • The Iberian Ochodaeidae
- • Family Geotrupidae
- • Introduction
- • Systematic position and geographical distribution of Geotrupidae
- • Morphology and adult anatomy
- • Characteristics of non-adult phases
- • Natural history of Geotrupidae
- • Collection, preservation and study methods
- • The Iberian Geotrupidae
- Subfamily key
- Subfamily Geotrupinae
- Tribe key
- Tribe Chromogeotrupini
- Tribe Geotrupini
- Subfamily Bolboceratinae
- • Family Hybosoridae
- • Introduction
- • Systematic position and geographical distribution of Hybosoridae
- • Morphology and adult anatomy
- • Characteristics of non-adult phases
- • Natural history of Hybosoridae
- • Collection, preservation and study methods
- • The Iberian Hybosoridae
- • Family Orphnidae
- • Introduction
- • Systematic position and geographical distribution of Orphnidae
- • Morphology and adult anatomy
- • Characteristics of non-adult phases
- • Natural history of Orphnidae
- • Collection, preservation and study methods
- • The Iberian Orphnidae
- • Family Scarabaeidae
- • Introduction
- • Systematic position and geographical distribution of Scarabaeidae
- • Morphology and adult anatomy
- • Characteristics of non-adult phases
- • Natural history of Scarabaeidae
- • Collection, preservation and study methods
- • The Iberian Scarabaeidae
- Tribe key (adults)
- Genera key (larvae)
- Tribe Scarabaeini
- Tribe Onitini
- Tribe Coprini
- Tribe Oniticellini
- Tribe Onthophagini
- • Bibliography
- • Appendix 1. Nomenclature: List of synonyms and combinations
- • Appendix 2. List of host plants on the Iberian Peninsula
and in the Balearic Islands
- • Alphabetic index of taxonomic names of Iberian-Balearic
Scarabaeoidea
- • Annex
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