First report of two species of scarab beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) inside nests of Azteca cf. chartifex Forel (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Brazilian Amazonian Rainforest

We report for the first time the occurrence of two species of scarab beetles, Phileurus carinatus declivis Prell, 1914 (Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) and Cyclidius elongatus (Olivier, 1789) (Cetoniinae: Cremastocheilini) inside nests of Azteca cf. chartifex Forel, 1896, a neotropical arboreal ant specie...

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Main Authors: João Rafael Alves-Oliveira, Diego Matheus de Mello Mendes, Douglas de Campos, Alberto Moreira da Silva-Neto, José Wellington de Morais, Paschoal Coelho Grossi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia 2016-10-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Entomologia
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0085562616301029