This online series present publications of the faculty, staff, and students of the Entomology Division of the University of Nebraska State Museum, as well as publications derived from research funded through grants administered by the UNSM, including the National Science Foundation's PEET (Partnerships to Enhance Expertise in Taxonomy) program.

Other papers in entomology may be found in this repository at http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/divplantindfdacs/, http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/entomology/, and http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/

2008

Review of the genus Microchilus Blanchard (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Geniatini), Mary Liz Jameson

The Dynastinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of the Bahamas with a description of a new species of Cyclocephala from Great Inagua Island, Brett C. Ratcliffe and Ronald D. Cave

2007

Evolution and phylogeny of the scarab subtribe Anisopliina (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Anomalini), Mary Liz Jameson, Estefania Mico, and Eduardo Galante

Nomenclatural changes in the Nearctic Ochodaeinae and description of two new genera (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Ochodaeidae), M J. Paulsen

A REMARKABLE NEW SPECIES OF MEGACERAS FROM PERU (SCARABAEIDAE: DYNASTINAE: ORYCTINI). THE ‘‘DIM EFFECT’’: NATURE MIMICKING ART, Brett C. Ratcliffe

Book Review: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3. Scarabaeoidea, Scirtoidea, Dascilloidea, Buprestoidea, Byrrhoidea (Lobl, I. and A Smetana [EDS.] 2006), Brett C. Ratcliffe

Bothynus Hope, 1837 (Insecta, Coleoptera, SCARABAEIDAE): proposed conservation of usage by designation of Scarabaeus ascanius Kirby, 1819 as the type species, Brett C. Ratcliffe and Andrew B. T. Smith

Generic limits of the Rhyparini with respect to the genus Termitodius Wasmann, 1894 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae), Paul E. Skelley

New South American taxa of Odontolochini Stebnicka and Howden (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae), Paul E. Skelley

Ozodius, n. gen., for the Australian members of the genus Drepanocanthoides Schmidt (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae), Paul E. Skelley

Checklist of the Aphodiini of Mexico, Central and South America (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae), Paul E. Skelley, Marco Dellacasa, Giovanni Dellacasa, and Robert D. Gordon

Disproportionate Relative Importance of a Terrestrial Beetle Family (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) as a Prey Source for Central Appalachian Brook Trout, Ryan M. Utz, Brett C. Ratcliffe, Brett T. Moore, and Kyle J. Hartman

2006

A new species and new records of Aphodius Illiger (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) from mammal burrows in Nebraska, M. J. Paulsen

Review of KAWAI, HORI, KAWAHARA, & INAGAKI, Atlas of Japanese Scarabaeoidea. Volume 1. Coprophagous Group., Brett C. Ratcliffe

SCARAB BEETLES IN HUMAN CULTURE, Brett C. Ratcliffe

A revision of the genus Geopsammodius Gordon and Pittino, 1992 (Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae: Psammodiini), Paul E. Skelley

A REVIEW OF THE FAMILY-GROUP NAMES FOR THE SUPERFAMILY SCARABAEOIDEA (COLEOPTERA) WITH CORRECTIONS TO NOMENCLATURE AND A CURRENT CLASSIFICATION, Andrew B. T. Smith

AN OVERVIEW OF THE CLASSIFICATION AND EVOLUTION OF THE MAJOR SCARAB BEETLE CLADES (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEOIDEA) BASED ON PRELIMINARY MOLECULAR ANALYSES, Andrew B. T. Smith, David C. Hawks, and John M. Heraty

Four new Aphodius Illiger from pocket gopher burrows in Arizona, Utah, Kansas and Nebraska (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae), William B. Warner and Paul E. Skelley

2005

An electronic checklist of the New World chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae), Arthur V. Evans and Andrew B. T. Smith

Synopsis of Scarab Beetle Tribe Valgini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) in the New World, Mary Liz Jameson and Katharine A. Swoboda

Revision of the southern South American endemic genus Anomiopsoides Blackwelder, 1944 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Eucraniini) and description of its food relocation behavior, Federico C. Ocampo

A REVIEW OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN GENUS HOPLOPYGOTHRIX SCHÜRHOFF (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE: CETONIINAE: GYMNETINI), Brett C. Ratcliffe

VI Reunión Latinoamericana De Scarabaeoidologia, Brett C. Ratcliffe

COLLAGENUS DASYSTERNUS, A NEW GENUS AND SPECIES OF DYNASTINAE FROM EASTERN VENEZUELA WITH A KEY TO THE NEW WORLD GENERA OF PENTODONTINI (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE: DYNASTINAE), Brett C. Ratcliffe and Martin Hardy

LARVAL DESCRIPTIONS OF EIGHT SPECIES OF MEGASOMA KIRBY (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE: DYNASTINAE) WITH A KEY FOR IDENTIFICATION AND NOTES ON BIOLOGY, Brett C. Ratcliffe and Miguel Angel Morón

ORYCTOANTIQUUS BOREALIS, NEW GENUS AND SPECIES FROM THE EOCENE OF OREGON, U.S.A., THE WORLD’S OLDEST FOSSIL DYNASTINE AND LARGEST FOSSIL SCARABAEID (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE: DYNASTINAE), Brett C. Ratcliffe, Dena M. Smith, and D Erwin

Case 3314: Stegopterus Burmeister & Schaum, 1840 and Trichiotinus Casey, 1915 (Insecta, Coleoptera, SCARABAEIDAE): proposed conservation, Andrew Smith

Bibliography of literature published on scarab beetles since 1 January 2001 (worldwide coverage), Andrew B. T. Smith

2004

A NEW SAMPLING PROTOCOL FOR THE ENDANGERED AMERICAN BURYING BEETLE, NICROPHORUS AMERICANUS OLIVIER (COLEOPTERA: SILPHIDAE), Jon C. Bedick, Brett C. Ratcliffe, and Leon G. Higley

Larvae of Ceratocanthidae and Hybosoridae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea): study of morphology, phylogenetic analysis and evidence of paraphyly of Hybosoridae, Vasily V. Grebennikov, Alberto Ballerio, Federico C. Ocampo, and Clarke E. Scholtz

Book Review: Revision of the genera Odontotrypes and Phelotrupes (KRA L, D., V. MALY, AND J. SCHNEIDER, 2001), Federico C. Ocampo

FOOD RELOCATION BEHAVIOR AND SYNOPSIS OF THE SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICAN GENUS GLYPHODERUS WESTWOOD (SCARABAEIDAE: SCARABAEINAE: EUCRANIINI), Federico C. Ocampo

Book Review: Scarab Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of South Carolina (HARPOOTLIAN, PHILLIP J. 2001), M. J. Paulsen

Comments on the proposed precedence of Bolboceras Kirby, 1819 (July) (Insecta, Coleoptera) over Odonteus Samouelle, 1819 (June), Brett C. Ratcliffe

The Revised Classification for Scarabaeoidea: What the Hell is Going On?, Brett C. Ratcliffe and Mary Liz Jameson

CLARIFICATION ON THE NOMENCLATURAL STATUS OF SIX GENUS-GROUP NAMES IN THE TRIBE TRICHIINI (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE: CETONIINAE), Andrew Smith

Comments on the proposed precedence of Bolboceras Kirby, 1819 (July) (Insecta, Coleoptera) over Odonteus Samouelle, 1819 (June), Andrew Smith

2003

Synopsis of the New World Genera of Anomalini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) and Description of a New Genus from Costa Rica and Nicaragua, Mary Liz Jameson, Aura Paucar-Cabrera, and Angel Solis

A new species of Neoscelis from Jalisco, Mexico (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae), Alan D. Mudge, Brett C. Ratcliffe, Richard L. Westcott, and Felipe A. A. Noguera

Replacement Names for the Genera Batesiana Erwin (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and Metabolus Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae), M. J. Paulsen and Andrew Smith

NEW SPECIES OF HEMIPHILEURUS KOLBE FROM HONDURAS AND GUATEMALA, Brett C. Ratcliffe

Ataeniopsis edistoi (Cartwright) in Florida (Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae), Paul E. Skelley

Review of the tribe Melolonthini in the southeastern United States (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae), Paul E. Skelley

The genus Dacne Latreille (Coleoptera: Erotylidae) in tropical America, Paul E. Skelley

Synonymy of Rhamphidera Skelley with Bancous Pic, termitophilous fungus beetles (Coleoptera: Erotylidae), Paul E. Skelley and Miguel A. Alonso-Zarazaga

A new species of Lomanoxia Martínez from Costa Rica (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae), Paul E. Skelley and Henry F. Howden

A new species of Phalangogonia Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Anoplognathini) from Costa Rica, Andrew Smith

Book Review: Aphodiinae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Fauna of New Zealand (Stebnicka, Z. T. 2001), Andrew B. T. Smith

Book Review: Insecta Coleoptra Chironidae (Huchet, J.-B. 2003), Andrew B. T. Smith

Checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of the Nearctic Realm, Andrew B. T. Smith

Checklist of the world Anoplognathini, Andrew B. T. Smith

Revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Central American endemic genus Phalangogonia Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Anoplognathini), Andrew Smith and Miguel Angel Morón

Review of New World Aegialiini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae), with descriptions of two new genera from South America, Zdzislawa Stebnicka, Marco Dellacasa, and Paul E. Skelley

2002

Bolboceras Kirby, 1819 (July) (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed precedence over Odonteus Samouelle, 1819 (June), Mary Liz Jameson and H. F. Howden

Series Scarabaeiformia Crowson 1960, Superfamily Scarabaeoidea Latreille 1802, Mary Liz Jameson and Brett C. Ratcliffe

Review of the genus Acrobolbia with remarks on its classification, and a key to the world genera of Cyclocephalini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae), Mary Liz Jameson, Brett C. Ratcliffe, and Vladislav Maly

REVISION OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN GENUS BRACHYSTERNUS Guérin-Méneville (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE: RUTELINAE: ANOPLOGNATHINI: BRACHYSTERNINA), Mary Liz Jameson and Andrew Smith

A New Species of Hybochaetodus Arrow (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Hybosoridae: Anaidini) From Peru, Federico C. Ocampo

Hybosorids of the United States and Expanding Distribution of the Introduced Species Hybosorus illigeri (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Hybosoridae), Federico C. Ocampo

Procoilodes adrastus Ocampo, a New Genus and Species of Miocene Hybosorid in Amber from the Dominican Republic (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Hybosoridae), Federico C. Ocampo

LARVAL DESCRIPTIONS FOR THE NEOTROPICAL GENUS PLATYCOELIA (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE: RUTELINAE: ANOPLOGNATHINI), Aura Paucar C. and Andrew Smith

Observations on Possible Myrmecophily in Stephanucha pilipennis Kraatz (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) in Western Nebraska, M. J. Paulsen

Review of the Genus Palaeophileurus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Phileurini) with Description of Two New Species from Peru, Brett C. Ratcliffe

NEW SPECIES OF CYCLOCEPHALA FROM HONDURAS AND EL SALVADOR, Brett C. Ratcliffe and Ronald D. Cave

INSECTS AND THE NATIVE VEGETATION OF NEBRASKA, Brett C. Ratcliffe and Paul C. Hammond

A REVIEW OF THE GENUS HYLAMORPHA ARROW (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE: RUTELINAE: ANOPLOGNATHINI: BRACHYSTERNINA), Brett C. Ratcliffe and Federico Carlos Ocampo

Case 3237: Leucopelaea albescens Bates, 1891 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed validation of the lectotype designation, Andrew Smith

REVISION OF THE SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICAN ENDEMIC GENUS AULACOPALPUS Guérin-Méneville WITH PHYLOGENETIC AND BIOGEOGRAPHIC ANALYSES OF THE SUBTRIBE BRACHYSTERNINA (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE: RUTELINAE: ANOPLOGNATHINI), Andrew Smith

2001

Descriptions of the Larvae of Chlorota cincticollis Blanchard and Chasmodia collaris (Blanchard) (Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Rutelini) with a Key to the Larvae of the American Genera of Rutelini, Mary Liz Jameson and Miguel Angel Moron

DESCRIPTIONS OF THE LARVAE OF HOPLOPYGA SINGULARIS (GORY AND PERCHERON) AND HOLOGYMNETIS CINEREA (GORY AND PERCHERON) WITH A REVISED KEY TO THE LARVAE OF NEW WORLD GYMNETINI (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE: CETONIINAE), Estefanía Micó, W. Eugene Hall, and Brett C. Ratcliffe

Cladistic analysis of the pennatulacean genus Renilla Lamarck, 1816 (Coelenterata, Octocorallia), Carlos D. Pérez and Federico C. Ocampo

Book Review: Fauna Iberica, Volume 14: Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea I. (Martin-Piera, F. and J. I. Lopez-Colon), Brett C. Ratcliffe

NEW SPECIES OF HEMIPHILEURUS KOLBE (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE: DYNASTINAE) FROM MEXICO, GUATEMALA, COLOMBIA, AND BRAZIL, Brett C. Ratcliffe

Review of Cetoniimania, a publication devoted to Cetoniinae, Valginae, and Trichiinae., Brett C. Ratcliffe

Review of HAZEL RUE, Bomby the Bombardier Beetle, Brett C. Ratcliffe

A REVIEW OF THE NEOTROPICAL GENUS NEOCORVICOANA RATCLIFFE AND MICÓ, NEW GENUS (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE: CETONIINAE: GYMNETINI), Brett C. Ratcliffe and Estefanía Micó

TYRANNASORUS REX RATCLIFFE AND OCAMPO, A NEW GENUS AND SPECIES OF MIOCENE HYBOSORID IN AMBER FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEOIDEA: HYBOSORIDAE), Brett C. Ratcliffe and Federico Carlos Ocampo

Revision of the genus Holocephalus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Coprini), Andrew Smith and François Génier

EREMOPHYGUS BICOLOR (GUTIÉRREZ) (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE: RUTELINAE: RUTELINI): A NEW TRIBAL AND GENERIC PLACEMENT FOR THE BOLIVIAN SCARAB PLATYCOELIA BICOLOR (GUTIÉRREZ) (ANOPLOGNATHINI), Andrew Smith and Mary Liz Jameson

Xenogeniates, a New and Unusual Genus of Geniatine Scarab (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Geniatini) from Brazil, Karla Villatoro and Mary Liz Jameson

2000

The use of live-bait traps for the study of sylvatic Rhodnius populations (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) in palm trees, F. Abad-Franch, F. Noireau, A. Paucar C., H. M. Aguilar V., C. Carpio C., and J. Racines V.

New larval descriptions for two species of Euphoria Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Cetoniini: Euphoriina) with a key to the known larvae and a review of the larval biology for species in the genus. , Estefanía Micó, Andrew Smith, and Miguel Angel Morón

Taxonomic review of Platycoelia lutescens Blanchard (Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Anoplognathini) and a description of the use of this species as food by the people of the Ecuadorian highlands. , Andrew B. T. Smith and Aura Paucar C.

1999

Distribution, ecology, and population dynamics of the American burying beetle [Nicrophorus americanus Olivier (Coleoptera, Silphidae)] in south-central Nebraska, USA, Jon C. Bedick, Brett C. Ratcliffe, W. Wyatt Hoback, and Leon G. Higley

A New Species of Viridimicus Jameson from Honduras (Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae), Mary Liz Jameson

Book Review: The Cetoniine Beetles of the World (Sakai, K. and S. Nagai), Brett C. Ratcliffe

NEW SPECIES OF CANTHONELLA CHAPIN (SCARABAEIDAE: SCARABAEINAE) FROM AMAZONIAN BRAZIL, Brett C. Ratcliffe and Andrew Smith

1998

An Unusual New Unicorn Species of Copris From Nicaragua (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae, Coprini), Brett C. Ratcliffe

"Insects" from Atlas of the Sand Hills, Brett C. Ratcliffe

NEW SPECIES OF HEMIPHILEURUS Kolbe (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) from the Dominican Republic with a Key to the West Indian Species of HEMIPHILEURUS, Brett C. Ratcliffe and Michael A. Ivie

1997

FAUNA ENTOMOLOGICA DE LA RESERVA NATURAL BOSAWAS, NICARAGUA. XI.
ESCARABAJOS (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE) NUEVOS PARA LA FAUNA DE NICARAGUA., Jean-Michel Maes, Brett C. Ratcliffe, and Mary Liz Jameson

Book Review: An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles (Evans, A.V. and C.L. Bellamy), Brett C. Ratcliffe

1996

Revision and Phylogeny of the Neotropical genus Cnernida (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae), Mary Liz Jameson

1994

ORIZABUS SUBAZZRO, A NEW SPECIES FROM MEXICO (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE: DYNASTINAE), Brett C. Ratcliffe

1992

A NEW SPECIES OF ANCOGNATHA FROM PANAMA (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE: DYNASTINAE), Brett C. Ratcliffe

NINE NEW SPECIES AND 11 COUNTRY RECORDS OF CYCLOCEPHALA (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE: DYNASTINAE) FROM PANAMA AND COSTA RICA, Brett C. Ratcliffe

TWO NEW SPECIES OF CYCLOCEPHALA FROM ARIZONA AND MEXICO AND A NOTE ON MELANISTIC C. MELANOCEPHALA (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE: DYNASTINAE), Brett C. Ratcliffe

THE BIOGEOGRAPHY AND PHYLOGENY OF HOLOGYMNETIS (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE: CETONIINAE) WITH A REVISION OF THE GENUS, Brett C. Ratcliffe and A. Cuauhtemoc Deloya

NEW NEBRASKA OCCURRENCES OF THE ENDANGERED AMERICAN BURYING BEETLE (COLEOPTERA: SILPHIDAE), Brett C. Ratcliffe and Mary Liz Jameson