A study done in Southern Spain found that the DB Thorectes lusitanicus (Col.,
Scarabaeoidea, Geotrupidae) could detect the volatile compounds in acorns using its antennae's chemoreceptors (Verdu et al., 2007).
(2018) Miguel Angel Moron, la taxonomia de los Melolonthidae (Coleoptera:
Scarabaeoidea) de Mexico y la difusion de su conocimiento.
Dung Beetles (Coleoptera:
Scarabaeoidea) in tree landscapes in Mato Grosso do Sul Brazil.
Luego se destaca el trabajo de Blackwelder (1944), que recopila informacion de los coleopteros del neotropico (incluyendo Antillas mayores y menores), este autor registro 82 especies y finalmente Krajcik (2012) en su "checklist" de distribucion a nivel mundial sobre la superfamilia
Scarabaeoidea reporta 94 especies de escarabajos estercoleros para el pais.
Phytophagus and coprophagus species of
Scarabaeoidea contribute in burying and burrowing of dung in the soil thus performing important role of nutrient recycling, soil aeration, ameliorating soil properties and regulation of enteric parasites and dipteran pests breeding in the dung pats (Nasir et al., 2016; Chandra and Gupta, 2013).
New data and comments on Sacarabaeidae (Coleoptera:
Scarabaeoidea) associated with Attini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
2): Polyphaga:
Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea (eds.
Diversidad y distribucion del complejo "gallina ciega" (Coleoptera:
Scarabaeoidea), pp: 41-63.
For statistical analyses, insect prey items were categorized into seven groups: (1) Arachnida-spiders and harvestmen; (2)
Scarabaeoidea larvae-larval stages of scarabaeid beetles; (3) Other Coleoptera-all beetles of all developmental stages with the exception of previous category; (4) Lepidoptera-butterflies and moths of all developmental stages; (5) Orthoptera-grasshoppers and crickets; (6) Other taxa-all other invertebrates; and (7) Unidentified prey items.
& CAMPBELL J.M., 1974.-Observations on some
Scarabaeoidea in the Colombia Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.