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

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

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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
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Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia 2016-10-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Entomologia
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0085562616301029
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spelling doaj-e8fe8af5085c4fb49fefe537dc805ab92020-11-25T02:16:32ZengSociedade Brasileira de EntomologiaRevista Brasileira de Entomologia0085-56262016-10-01604359361First report of two species of scarab beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) inside nests of Azteca cf. chartifex Forel (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Brazilian Amazonian RainforestJoão Rafael Alves-Oliveira0Diego Matheus de Mello Mendes1Douglas de Campos2Alberto Moreira da Silva-Neto3José Wellington de Morais4Paschoal Coelho Grossi5Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Manaus, AM, Brazil; Corresponding author.Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Manaus, AM, BrazilInstituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Manaus, AM, BrazilInstituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Manaus, AM, BrazilInstituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Manaus, AM, BrazilUniversidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Laboratório de Taxonomia de Insetos, Departmento de Agronomia/Proteção de Plantas, Recife, PE, BrazilWe 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 species. This report indicates that these two beetle species are associated, at least as inquilines, to this ant species, although the nature of this relationship remains unclear. Keywords: Central Amazonia, Flower chafer, Myrmecophily, Rhinoceros beetlehttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0085562616301029
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author João Rafael Alves-Oliveira
Diego Matheus de Mello Mendes
Douglas de Campos
Alberto Moreira da Silva-Neto
José Wellington de Morais
Paschoal Coelho Grossi
spellingShingle João Rafael Alves-Oliveira
Diego Matheus de Mello Mendes
Douglas de Campos
Alberto Moreira da Silva-Neto
José Wellington de Morais
Paschoal Coelho Grossi
First report of two species of scarab beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) inside nests of Azteca cf. chartifex Forel (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Brazilian Amazonian Rainforest
Revista Brasileira de Entomologia
author_facet João Rafael Alves-Oliveira
Diego Matheus de Mello Mendes
Douglas de Campos
Alberto Moreira da Silva-Neto
José Wellington de Morais
Paschoal Coelho Grossi
author_sort João Rafael Alves-Oliveira
title First report of two species of scarab beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) inside nests of Azteca cf. chartifex Forel (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Brazilian Amazonian Rainforest
title_short First report of two species of scarab beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) inside nests of Azteca cf. chartifex Forel (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Brazilian Amazonian Rainforest
title_full First report of two species of scarab beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) inside nests of Azteca cf. chartifex Forel (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Brazilian Amazonian Rainforest
title_fullStr First report of two species of scarab beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) inside nests of Azteca cf. chartifex Forel (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Brazilian Amazonian Rainforest
title_full_unstemmed First report of two species of scarab beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) inside nests of Azteca cf. chartifex Forel (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Brazilian Amazonian Rainforest
title_sort first report of two species of scarab beetles (coleoptera, scarabaeidae) inside nests of azteca cf. chartifex forel (hymenoptera, formicidae) in brazilian amazonian rainforest
publisher Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia
series Revista Brasileira de Entomologia
issn 0085-5626
publishDate 2016-10-01
description 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 species. This report indicates that these two beetle species are associated, at least as inquilines, to this ant species, although the nature of this relationship remains unclear. Keywords: Central Amazonia, Flower chafer, Myrmecophily, Rhinoceros beetle
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0085562616301029
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