B. Ratcliffe

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The Dynastine Scarab Beetlesof Costa Rica and Panama(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae)
The 157 species of dynastine scarab beetles that occur in Costa Rica and Panama are comprehensively reviewed. Keys, descriptions, distributions, and notes on biology are provided for all species as…
The scarab beetles of Nebraska
Distribution, Ecology and Population Dynamics of the American Burying Beetle [Nicrophorus Americanus Olivier (Coleoptera, Silphidae)] in South-central Nebraska, USA
TLDR
Estimates of population size and range, and novel data on seasonal and daily activity, sex ratio, age-grading and foraging distances are presented to allow future work on captive breeding, re-introduction and genetic studies.
Manu: The Biodiversity of Southeastern Peru
A checklist of the Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) of Panama
TLDR
The 541 species of Scarabaeoidea known to occur in Panama are listed and all taxa are accompanied by an abbreviated reference to the original literature citation wherein they were described.
Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3. Scarabaeoidea, Scirtoidea, Dascilloidea, Buprestoidea, Byrrhoidea
A New Sampling Protocol for the Endangered American Burying Beetle, Nicrophorus americanus Olivier (Coleoptera: Silphidae)
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This work offers more effective sampling procedures for N. americanus and suggests the current USFWS sampling protocol should be modified, which will also improve sampling for other silphid species.
INVERTEBRATE LEBENSSPUREN OF HOLOCENE FLOODPLAINS: THEIR MORPHOLOGY, ORIGIN AND PALEOECOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE
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Although rocks of floodplain origin are volumetrically important, they contain relatively few trace fossils and identification of tracemakers for rocks of Floodplain origin is as difficult as for marine rocks.
Beetles (Coleoptera) of Peru: a survey of the families. Scarabaeoidea
The 1042 species of Scarabaeoidea known to occur in Peru are listed with their taxonomic placement in families, subfamilies, and tribes.
Scarab Beetles in Human Culture
TLDR
The predominant utilization of these beetles today, and probably in the past as well, is as food with emphasis on the larval stage and particularly large or brightly colored scarabs are used to adorn the body or as regalia.
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