NEW SPECIES OF COPRINI (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE: SCARABAEINAE) TAKEN FROM THE PELAGE OF THREE TOED SLOTHS (BRADYPUS TRIDACTYLUS L.) (EDENTATA: BRADYPODIDAE) IN CENTRAL AMAZONIA WITH A BRIEF COMMENTARY ON SCARAB-SLOTH RELATIONSHIPS

Authors

Brett C. Ratcliffe, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

January 1980

Comments

Published in THE COLEOPTERISTS BULLETIN 34(4),1980. Copyright © 1980 Brett C. Ratcliffe. Used by permission.

Abstract

Two of three species of Scarabaeidae associated with the three toed sloth in the vicinity of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil are described as new: Trichillum adisi and Uroxys besti. The pupa and third stage larva of T. adisi are described. Ecological aspects of the sloth-scarab associations are discussed.