Le genre Eurysternus Dalman, 1824
Subtitle: (Scarabaeidae : Scarabaeinae : Oniticellini), revision taxonomique et cles de determination illustrees
Publisher: Pensoft Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Sofia, Bulgaria
Language: fre
Format: hardback
Number of pages: 430
ISBN-13: 9789546424723
First sentence: La première espèce du genre à être décrite, Eurysternus caribaeus, le fut par Herbst en 1789; à cette époque seuls les genres Scarabaeus Linnaeus, 1758, et Copris Müller, 1762 sont reconnus et Herbst place son caribaeus dans le genre Scarabaeus.
Description: Dung Beetles (Scarabaeinae) are recognized and used as one of the principal bioindicators of ecosystem health and classification. The genus Eurysternus is one of the dominant taxa of Scarabaeinae in the Neotropical region where they have a key impact on ecosystems.
This book will allow for the easy identification of the 53 currently recognized species of this important genus through multilingual identification keys (French, English, Spanish and Portuguese), an extensive collection of illustrations (drawings, scanning electron micrographs and photographs) and color distributional maps. A complete taxonomic treatment of the genus and information on collecting methods, habitat and phenology are provided for all species. Data were compiled by the author from over 16 500 specimens studied.
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