00943nas a2200193   4500008004100000245012000041210006900161300001200230490000800242520024700250653001500497653001100512653001600523653001400539653001700553100002200570700001900592856013800611       2001                        eng d00aA new species and two subspecies of Copris from Mexico and Central America (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae; Scarabaeinae)0 anew species and two subspecies of Copris from Mexico and Central  a344-3530 v1093 aOne new species of Copris Geoffroy with two subspecies is described from the mountains of Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador. Copris boucardi Harold is redescribed. Drawings of the dorsal habitus, pronotum and a distribution map are provided. 10aCOLEOPTERA10aCopris10anew species10aNew World10aScarabaeidae1 aDelgado, Leonardo1 aKohlmann, Bert  uhttps://scarabnet.myspecies.info/new-species-and-two-subspecies-copris-mexico-and-central-america-coleoptera-scarabaeidae-scarabaeina01863nas a2200133   4500008004100000245012000041210006900161300001200230490000800242520130400250100002401554700001701578856013401595       2002                        eng d00aA checklist and commentary on the scarabaeid fauna of the Massachusetts offshore islands (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)0 achecklist and commentary on the scarabaeid fauna of the Massachu  a389-4010 v1103 aRecords of seventy four species of scarab beetles are summarized from nine of Massachusetts’ offshore islands. The scarab fauna of these areas is characterized through a combination of recent collections from over 30 locations on eight of the islands, museum specimens and the literature. Though the bulk of recent collecting effort has been devoted to the islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket, scattered species records are also collated from Naushon, Nashawena, Pasque, Tuckernuck, Muskeget, Penikese, and Cuttyhunk Islands. With 56 documented species, Martha’s Vineyard, the largest of the islands, appears despite sampling bias to support the most diverse scarab fauna, followed by Nantucket, with 46 species. These two faunas account for 71 of the 74 species known from all the islands. A subset of these data consisting of scarabs from 2,700 pitfall trap samples is used to compare species richness and relative abundance at five sites on the two islands under var ying degrees of conser vation man- agement. Although recent conser vation has focused on grassland habitats, these represent a minority of the communities that occurred historically on these landscapes, and shrubbier habitats appear to support greater species richness than the less structurally complex grasslands. 1 aGoldstein, Paul, Z.1 aSimmons, Tim  uhttps://scarabnet.myspecies.info/checklist-and-commentary-scarabaeid-fauna-massachusetts-offshore-islands-coleoptera-scarabaeidae01372nas a2200217   4500008004100000245012400041210006900165300001200234490000800246520061900254653002500873653001200898653001700910653000900927653001400936653001300950653001700963653001500980100002100995856013801016       2006                        eng d00aLaboratory studies on the feeding behavior of the putative dung beetle, Ateuchus histeroides (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)0 aLaboratory studies on the feeding behavior of the putative dung   a157-1690 v1143 aAbstract.—Through a series of laboratory feeding trials, it was demonstrated that the putative dung beetle, Ateuchus histeroides Weber (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), is a consumer of both vertebrate dung and insect carrion, and that it can produce progeny reared on either of those foods. There was no significant difference between the survival periods of adults maintained on either cow dung or dead insects, but both groups survived significantly longer than a group deprived of food. This is the first documentation of both dung and carrion feeding and subsequent progeny production for a member of this genus. 10aAteuchus histeroides10acarrion10adead insects10aDung10alongevity10aprogeny.10aScarabaeidae10astarvation1 aYoung, Orrey, P.  uhttps://scarabnet.myspecies.info/laboratory-studies-feeding-behavior-putative-dung-beetle-ateuchus-histeroides-coleoptera-scarabaeida