Published December 31, 2016
| Version v1
Journal article
Restricted
An annotated checklist of the New World pentodontine scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Pentodontini)
Description
López-García, Margarita M., Gasca-Álvarez, Héctor J., Cave, Ronald D., Amat-García, Germán (2016): An annotated checklist of the New World pentodontine scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Pentodontini). Zootaxa 4170 (3): 491-509, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4170.3.4
Files
Restricted
The record is publicly accessible, but files are restricted. Log in to check if you have access.
Linked records
Additional details
References
- Abadie, E.I. (2011) A new species of Hylobothynus Ohaus, 1910 from Rondonia state, Brazil. Lambillionea, 111, 159-160.
- Abadie, E.I., Grossi, P.C. & Wagner, P.S. (2008) A field guide of the Dynastidae family of the south of South America. Design & Digital Edition Javier Canete, Buenos Aires, 119 pp.
- Abdallah, M., Mwatawala, M.W. & Kudra, A.B. (2016) Abundance and dispersal of Heteronychus arator (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in maize fields under different fertilizer treatments. SpringerPlus, 5, 1-9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40064-016-1847-8
- Arrow, G.J. (1911) Notes on the coleopterous subfamily Dynastinae, with description of new genera and species. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 8, 8, 151-176.
- Arrow, G.J. (1913) Some new species of lamellicorn beetles from Brazil. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 11, 8, 456-466.
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222931308693338
- Arrow, G.J. (1914) Some further notes on lamellicorn beetles of the subfamily Dynastinae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 14, 8, 257-276, 360.
- Arrow, G.J. (1937) Coleopterorum Catalogus, pars 156. Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae. W. Junk, Berlin, 124 pp.
- Bates, H.W. (1888) Pectinicornia and Lamellicornia, Family Dynastinae. In: Godman, F.D. & Salvin, O. (Eds.), Biologia Centrali-Americana, Insecta, Coleoptera, 2 (Part 2), pp. 296-342.
- Beck, P. (1942) Description d'une variete nouvelle de Pucaya castanea. Bulletin de la Societe entomologique de France, 47, 47-48.
- Bell, N.L., Townsend, R.J., Popay, A.J., Mercer, C.F. & Jackson, T.A. (2011) Black beetle: lessons from the past and options for the future. Pasture persistence-Grassland Research and Practice Series, 15, 119-124.
- Blanchard, C.E. (1842) Insectes de l'Amerique Meridionale. In: d'Orbigny, A., Blanchard, C.E. and A. Brulle, A. (eds.) Voyage dans l'Amerique Meridionale, volume 6, part 2. P. Bertrand, Paris, France. Plates 11-12.
- Blatchley, W.S. (1922) Some new and rare Coleoptera from south western Florida. The Canadian Entomology, 54 (2), 27-33. http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/Ent5427-2
- Boheman, C.H. (1858) Coleoptera. Species novas descripsit. In: Kongliga svenska fregatten Eugenies resa omkring jorden under befal af C.A. Virgin; aren 1851-1853 Vetenskapliga Iakttagelser. II. Zoologi. 1. Insecta. P.A. Norstedt & Soner, Stockholm, pp. 1-112.
- Bousquet, Y., Bouchard, P., Davies A.E. & Sikes, D.S. (2013) Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition. ZooKeys, 360, 1-44.
- Burmeister, H. (1847) Handbuch der Entomologie. Coleoptera Lamellicornia, Xylophila et Pectinicornia. Band 5. Enslin, Berlin, VIII + 584 pp.
- Cartwright, O.L. (1944) New Scarabaeidae from the United States. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 37, 28-36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aesa/37.1.28
- Cartwright, O.L. (1959) Scarab beetles of the genus Bothynus in the United States (Coleoptera: Sacarabaeidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 108, 515-541.
- http://dx.doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.108-3409.515
- Carvajal, V., Villamarin, S. & Ortega, A.M. (2011) Escarabajos del Ecuador. Principales generos. Serie Entomologia 1. Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas, Escuela Politecnica Nacional, Quito, xviii + 350 pp.
- Casey, T.L. (1915) A review of the American species of Rutelinae, Dynastinae, and Cetoniinae. Memoirs on the Coleoptera, 6, 1-394.
- Casey, T.L. (1909) Studies in the Carabaeoidea and Lamellicornia. Canadian Entomologist, 41, 253-284. http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/Ent41253-8
- Casey, T.L. (1924) Additions to the known Coleoptera of North America. Memoirs of the Coleoptera, 11, 1-347.
- Cave, R.D. & Ratcliffe, B.C. (2012) The Dynastinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of Peru. Available from: http:// museum.unl.edu/research/entomology/Scarab-Course/Peru-2012/Resources/Dynastinae%20Poster%202012.pdf (accessed 8 March 2016)
- Chalumeau, F. (1981) Expeditions biospeologiques Cubano-Roumaines ii Cuba (1969 et 1973). Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) recoltes par V. Decu. Res. Exp. Biospeol. Cubano-Roumaines Cuba, 3, 173-180.
- Chalumeau, F. (1983) Les Coleopteres Scarabaeides des Petites Antilles (Guadeloupe a Martinique). Editions Lechevalier, Paris, 259 pp.
- Cook, J., Howden, H.F. & Peck, S.B. (1995) The Galapagos Islands' genus Neoryctes Arrow (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). The Canadian Entomologist, 127, 177-193.
- http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/Ent127177-2
- Dechambre, R.-P. (1979) Nouveaux Dynastidae Pentodontini americains (Coleoptera Scarabaeoidea). Revue francaise d ´entomologie, New Series, 1, 101-105.
- Dechambre, R.-P. (1981) Nouvelles especes de Dynastidae de la Region Neotropicale. Revue Francaise d'Entomologie, New Series, 3, 123-128.
- Dechambre, R.-P. (1986) Insectes coleopteres Dynastidae. Fauna de Madagascar, 65, 1 -215.
- Dechambre, R.-P. (1991) Mise au point taxonomique sur le genre Neoryctes Arrow (Coleoptera. Dynastidae). Bulletin de la Societe Sciences Naturelles, 69, 7-8.
- Dechambre, R.-P. (1993) Un nouvelle espece du Orizabus du Mexique (Coleoptera, Dynastidae). Bulletin de la Societe entomologique de France, 98, 342.
- Dechambre, R.-P. (2006) Nouveaux dynastides neotropicaux (Coleoptera, Dynastidae). Coleopteres, 12 (17), 227-233.
- Dechambre, R.-P. (2009) Une seconde espece de Tehuacania Endrodi, 1975, T. porioni n. sp. du Costa-Rica (Coleoptera, Dynastidae). Coleopteres, 15 (5), 123-126.
- Dechambre, R.-P. & Lumaret, J.-P. (1985) Un Ligyrus nouveau (Coleoptera, Dynastidae). Description de l'imago, de la lame et indications ethologiques. Revue Francaise d'Entomologie, New Series, 7, 107-110.
- De Geer, C. (1774) Memories pour Servir a l ´Historie des Insectes. Vol. 4. L.L. Grefing, Stockholm, 456 pp.
- Delgado, L. (2008) A new species of Orizabus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Mexico, new records, and a revised key to the species. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 101, 53-57.
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2008)101[53:ANSOOC]2.0.CO;2
- Delgado, L. & Deloya, C. (1990) Una especie nueva de Orizabus Fairmaire, 1878 de Mexico (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae: Dynastinae). Anales del Instituto de Biologia. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. Serie zoologia, 61, 301-306.
- Dupuis, F. (2010) Un nouvel Oxyligyrus Arrow, 1908 du Perou (Coleoptera, Dynastidae). Coleopteres, 16, 121-124.
- Dupuis, F. (2014) Tomarus rostratus nouvelle espece du Perou (Coleoptera, Dynastidae). Coleopteres, 20, 1-4.
- Dupuis, F. & Dechambre, R.-P. (2008) Heteroglobus obesus, nouveau genre et nouvelle espece de Pentodontini du Perou. Coleopteres, 14 (15), 159-162.
- Endrodi, S. (1961) Neue afrikanische Formen der Unterfamilien Dynastinae und Hybosorinae (Coleoptera Scarabaeidae). Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines, 63, 378-386.
- Endrodi, S. (1966) Monographie der Dynastinae (Coleoptera, Lamellicornia). I. Teil. Entomologische Abhandlungen, 33, 1- 460.
- Endrodi, S. (1968) Neue Arten der Pentodontini. (Col. Dynastinae). Folia Entomologica Hungarica, 21, 161-177.
- Endrodi, S. (1969) Monographie der Dynastinae. 4. Tribus: Pentodontini (Coleoptera, Lamellicornia). Entomologische Abhandlungen. Museum fur Tierkunde, Dresden, 37, 1-145.
- Endrodi, S. (1970) Drei neue Dynastinen (Coleoptera, Melolonthidae) aus Amerika. Mitteilungen aus dem Museum fur Naturkunde in Berlin. Zoologisches Museum und Institut fur Spezielle Zoologie (Berlin), 46, 105-108. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mmnz.19700460113
- Endrodi, S. (1972) Weitere neue Pentodontini-Arten aus Sud-Amerika und Africa. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 18, 23-29.
- Endrodi, S. (1978) Neue Dynastinen aus Amerika. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 54, 79-82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mmnz.19780540103
- Endrodi, S. (1981) Neue und seltene Dynastinen aus Sudamerika und eine synonymische Bemerkung Annales historiconaturales Musei nationalis hungarici, Budapest, 73, 197-202.
- Endrodi, S. (1985) The Dynastinae of the World. W. Junk, Dordrecht, 800 pp.
- Escalona, H.E. & Joly, L.J. (2006) El genero Ligyrus Burmeister, 1847 en Venezuela (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Pentodontini). Boletin Sociedad Entomologica Aragonesa, 39, 111-137.
- Erichson, W.F. (1847) Conspectus insectorum coleopterorum quae in Republica Peruana observata sunt. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, 13, 67-185.
- Erichson, W.F. (1848) Die Insekten. In: Schomburg, R. (Ed.), Reisen in British-Guiana in den Jahren 1840-1844. Vol. 3. J.J. Weber, Leipzig, pp. 553-617.
- Fabricius, J.C. (1775) Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorvm classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibvs, observationibvs. Korte, Flensburg and Leipzig, [31] + 832 pp.
- http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.36510
- Fabricius, J.C. (1792) Entomologia Systematica. Vol. 1. Part 2. C.G. Proft et Storch, Copenhagen, 538 pp.
- Fabricius, J.C. (1801) Systema eleutheratorum secundum ordines, genera, species adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Tomus II. Bibliopoli Academici, Kiel, 687 pp.
- Fairmaire, L. (1878) Description of coleopteres nouveaux d'Amerique. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquee, Series 3 (6), 260-270.
- Fairmaire, L. (1892) Descriptions de quelques coleopteres argentins. Annales de la Soxiete entomologique de Belgique, 36, 242-253.
- Garcia-Morales, J. & Reyes-Castillo, P. (2004) Nuevo registro de Gillaspytes janzeni Howden, 1980 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Melolonthidae, Dynastinae). Acta Zoologica Mexicana, New Series, 20, 291-292.
- Gasca, H.J. & Ratcliffe, B.C. (2011) An annotated checklist of the oryctine rhinoceros beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Oryctini) of the Neotropical and Nearctic realms. Zootaxa, 3090, 21-40.
- Gasca, H.J., Fonseca, C.R.V. & Ratcliffe, B.C. (2008) Synopsis of the Oryctini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) from the Brazilian Amazon. Insecta Mundi, 61, 1-62.
- Germar, E. (1824) Coleopterorum Species Novae aut Minus Cognitae, descriptionibus Illustratae. J.C. Hendelii et Fillii, Halle, 624 pp.
- Gill, B.D. & Howden, H.F. (1985) A review of the North American genus Aphonus LeConte (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin, 39, 119-129.
- Grossi, P.C. & Abadie, E.I. (2008) A new species of Eremobothynus Ohaus from Argentina, with notes on Eremobothynus cornutus (Steinheil). Zootaxa, 1733, 57-60.
- Guerin-Meneville, F.E. (1841) Iconographie du Regne Animal de G. Cuvier. Ou representation d'apres nature de l'une des especes les plus remarquables, et souvent non encore figurees, de chaque genre d'animaux. Tome II. J. B. Bailliere, Paris, 23 pls.
- Hardy, A.R. (1991) A catalog of the Coleoptera of America north of Mexico. Family Scarabaeidae, subfamilies: Rutelinae and Dynastinae. United States Department of Agricultural Agriculture Handbook, 529-34b, 1-56.
- Harington, J.S. (1964) The geographical distribution of the black maize beetle, Heteronychus sanctae-helenae Blanchard (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Journal of Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 26, 438-440.
- Hope, F.W. (1837) The Coleopterists Manual, Containing the Lamellicorn Insects of Linnaeus and Fabricius. Henry G. Bohn, London, 121 pp.
- Horn, G. H. (1885) Descriptions of new North American Scarabaidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 12, 117-128
- Howden, H. (1980) Gillaspytes janzeni, a new genus and species of North American Dynastinae. The Canadian Entomologist, 112, 89-92.
- http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/Ent11289-1
- Kirby, W. (1819) A description of several new species of insects collected in New Holand by Robert Brown. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 12, 375-482.
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8339.1817.tb00239.x
- Kirsch, T. (1873) Beitrage zur Kenntniss der peruanische Kaferfauna I-II. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift, 17, 121-152, 339-418.
- Krajcik, M. (2005) Dynastinae of the world. Checklist. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). Animma.x, Supplement 2, 1- 122.
- Latreille, P.A. (1813) Insectes de l'Amerique equinoxiale recueillis pendant le voyage de Humboldt et Bonpland, Seconde partie. In: Smith, C.J. & Gide, E.C. (Eds.), Voyage de Humboldt et Bonpland, Deuxieme Partie. Observations de Zoologie et d'Anatomie Comparee. Schoell et Dufour, Paris, pp. 1-64.
- LeConte, J.L. (1847) Fragmenta entomologica. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Series 2, 1, 71-93.
- LeConte, J.L. (1856) Notice of three genera of Scarabaeidae found in the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 8, 19-25.
- LePeletier, A.L.M. & Serville, J.G.A. (1828) Scarabe, Scarabaeus. In: Latreille, P.A., LePeletier, A.L.M., Serville, J.G.A., and Guerin-Meneville, F.E. (eds.) Encyclopedie Methodique. Histoire Naturelle. Entomologie, ou Histoire Naturelle des Crustaces, des Arachnides et des Insectes. Vol. 10. Part 2. Mme veuve Agasse, Paris, pp. 345-832.
- Lopez-Garcia, M.M., Gasca-Alvarez, H.J. & Amat-Garcia, G. (2014) A new species of Tomarus Erichson, 1847 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Dynastinae: Pentodontini), with a key to the species in Colombia. Zootaxa, 3869 (5), 579-584. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3869.5.8
- Lopez-Garcia, M.M., Gasca-Alvarez, H.J. & Amat-Garcia, G. (2015) The scarab beetle tribe Pentodontini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) of Colombia: taxonomy, natural history, and distribution. Zootaxa, 4048 (4), 451-492. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4048.4.1
- Lopez-Garcia, M.M., Deloya, C. & Gasca-Alvarez, H.J. (2016) Rediscovery of Tomarus cuniculus (Fabricius, 1801) in Mexico. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, New Series, 51, 494-498.
- Mannerheim, C.G. (1829) Description de quarante nouvelles especes de Scarabaeides du Bresil. Nouveaux Memoires de la Societe Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou, 1, 31-80.
- Martinez, A. (1983) Nueva especie de Bothynus de Brasil (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae, Pentodontini). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 27, 297-300.
- Melsheimer, F.E. (1845) Descriptions of new species of Coleoptera of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 2, 134-160.
- Moron, M.A. (1981) Una nueva especie mexicana de Orizabus Fairmaire, 1878 (Coleoptera, Melolonthidae, Dynastinae). Folia Entomologica Mexicana, 47, 129-138.
- Moron, M.A. & Grossi, P.C. (2015) Revision of Philoscaptus Brethes, 1919 and description of a new genus (Coleoptera, Melolonthidae, Dynastinae). Entomotropica, 30, 1-11.
- Moron, M.A. & Ratcliffe, B.C. (1996) New tribal placement of the genus Coscinocephalus Prell 1936, with description of the larva, pupa, and adult of a new species from Mexico (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Dynastinae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 104, 48-61.
- Moron, M.A., Tapia, A.M. & Aragon, A. (2003) Two new species of the genus Orizabus Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) from southern and central Mexico. Zootaxa, 176, 1-8.
- Mutchler, A.J. (1938) Coleoptera from the Galapagos Islands. American Museum Novitates, 981, 1-19.
- Ohaus, F. (1910a) Neue coleoptera lamellicornia aus Argentinien. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 1910, 173-186.
- Ohaus, F. (1910b) Neue sudamericanische Dynastiden (Col.) Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 1910, 671-690.
- Olivier, G.A. (1789) Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des insectes, avec leurs caracteres generiques et specifiques, leur description, leur synonymie et leur figure enluminee. Coleopteres. Tome premier. Baudouin, Paris, 190 pp.
- Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. (1811) Insectes Recueillis en Afrique et em Amerique, dans les Royaumes d ´Oware et de Benin, a Saint-Dominigue et dans les Etats-Unis, pendant les Anees 1786-1797. Livraison 7. Levrault, Schoell, et Cie, Paris, 20 pp. [pp. 101-120]
- Perty, M. (1830) Delectus animalium articulatorum, quae in iterene per Brasilian annis MDCCCXVIIMDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae Regis Augustissimi Peracto Collegerunt Dr. J. B. de Spix et Dr. C. F. Ph. De Martins. Fascicle 1. Impensis editoris, Munich, 60 pp.
- Ponchel, Y. (2011) Liste actualisee des Dynastinae de Guyane (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Le Coleopteres, Supplement 4, 60- 61.
- Prell, H. (1914) Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Dynastinen X (Col.) Entomologische Mitteilungen, 3, 197-226. http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.5084
- Prell, H. (1934) Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Dynastinen (XII). Beschreibungen und bemerkungen. Entomologische Zietschrift, 47, 162-164, 186-188, 194-195.
- Prell, H. (1937) Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Dynastiden. XV. Neue Arten und Rassen. Entomologische Zeitschrift, 51, 89-90.
- Ratcliffe, B.C. (1981a) Barutus hartmanni, a new genus and species from Panama with a key to the genera of New World Pentodontini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin, 35, 463-472.
- Ratcliffe, B.C. (1981b) The fourth Hylobothynus: spanning the Amazonian gap (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin, 35, 303-306.
- Ratcliffe, B.C. (1994) Orizabus subaziro, a new species from Mexico (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin, 48, 91-93.
- Ratcliffe, B.C. (2003) The dynastine scarab beetles of Costa Rica and Panama. Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum, 16, 1-506.
- Ratcliffe, B.C. (2007) Key to the New World genera of adult Oryctini. Available from: http://museum.unl.edu/research/ entomology/Guide/Scarabaeoidea/Scarabaeidae/Dynastinae/Dynastinae-Tribes/Oryctini/Oryctini-Key/Oryctini-key.pdf (accessed 10 March 2016)
- Ratcliffe, B.C. (2010a) A new Bolivian Bothynus Hope, 1837 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Pentodontini), with a key to the species in Bolivia. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 64, 105-108.
- Ratcliffe, B.C. (2010b) Gorditus rotundus, a new genus and species of Pentodontini from Cuba. Zootaxa, 2683, 56-60.
- Ratcliffe, B.C. (2014) A new genus and species of Dynastinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, other new species of Cyclocephalini, Pentodontini, and Phileurini from South America, and a revised key to the genera of New World Pentodontini. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 68, 663-680.
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-68.4.663
- Ratcliffe, B.C. & Cave, R.D. (2006) The dynastine scarab beetles of Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador. Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum, 21, 1-424.
- Ratcliffe, B.C. & Cave, R.D. (2010a) New species of Orizabus Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Pentodontini) from Mexico and Guatemala, with a revised key and checklist of the species in the genus. Insecta Mundi, 0127, 1-16.
- Ratcliffe, B.C. & Cave R.D. (2010b) The Dynastinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of the Cayman Islands (West Indies), with descriptions of Tomarus adoceteus, new species (Pentodontini) and Caymania nitidissima, new genus and species (Phileurini). Insecta Mundi, 139, 1-15.
- Ratcliffe, B.C. & Cave, R.D. (2011) Revisions of the genera Endroedianibe Chalumeau and Hispanioryctes Howden and Endrodi (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) from Hispaniola, with descriptions of new species. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 65, 1-14.
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-65.1.1
- Ratcliffe, B.C. & Cave, R.D. (2015) The dynastine scarab beetles of the West Indies (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum, 28, 1-346.
- Ratcliffe, B.C. & Dechambre, R.-P. (1983) New combinations, synonymy and distribution records for Neotropical Pentodontini and Oryctini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin, 37, 267-272.
- Ratcliffe, B.C. & Giraldo, A.E. (2014) Piscoperus paracanicola Ratcliffe and Giraldo, a new genus and new species of Pentodontini from Peru, with a revised key to the New World genera of Pentodontini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin, 68, 103-110.
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-68.1.103
- Ratcliffe, B.C. & Hardy, M. (2005) 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). The Coleopterists Bulletin, 59, 143-150.
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X(2005)059[0143:CDANGA]2.0.CO;2
- Ratcliffe, B.C. & Moron, M.A. (1997) Dynastinae. In: Moron, M.A., Ratcliffe, B.C. & Deloya, C. (Eds.), Atlas de los escarabajos de Mexico. Coleoptera: Lamellicornia. Vol. I. Familia Melolonthidae. Subfamilias Rutelinae, Dynastinae, Cetoniinae, Trichinae, Valginae y Melolonthinae. Comision Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO), Mexico City, pp. 53-98.
- Ratcliffe, B.C. & Solis, A. (2013) The southernmost Orizabus Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Pentodontini): description of a new species from Costa Rica. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 67, 1-6.
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/072.067.0101
- Ratcliffe, B.C., Jameson, M.L. & Smith, A.B.T. (2002) Scarabaeidae Latreille 1802. In: Arnett, R.H., Thomas, M.C., Skelley, P.E. & Frank, J.H. (Eds.), American Beetles. Vol. II. Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, 861 pp.
- Ratcliffe, B.C., Cave, R.D. & Cano, E.B. (2013) The dynastine scarab beetles of Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum, 27, 1-666.
- Ratcliffe, B.C., Jameson, M.L., Figueroa, L., Cave, R.D., Paulsen, M.J., Cano, E.B., Beza-Beza, C., Jimenez-Ferbans, L. & Reyes-Castillo, P. (2015) Beetles (Coleoptera) of Peru: a Survey of the Families. Scarabaeoidea. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 88, 186-207.
- http://dx.doi.org/10.2317/kent-88-02-186-207.1
- Restrepo-Giraldo, H. & Lopez-Avila, A. (2000) Especies de chisas (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae) de importancia agricola en Colombia. Corporacion Colombiana de Investigacion Agropecuaria-Corpoica, Programa Nacional de Manejo Integrado de Plagas MIP, Bogota, 62 pp.
- Rivers, J.J. (1888) A new genus and species of N.A. Scarabaeidae. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 1, 100- 102.
- Rivers, J.J. (1891) New species of Scarabaeidae. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 3, 97-98.
- Sanabria-Garcia, R., Gasca-Alvarez, H.J. & Amat-Garcia, G. (2012) Sinopsis de la tribu Oryctini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) de Colombia. Insecta Mundi, 276, 1-64.
- Say, T. (1823) Descriptions of Coleopterous insects collected in the late expedition to the Rocky Mountains, performed by order of Mr. Calhoun, Secretary of War, under command of Major Long. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 3, 9-54, 73-104, 139-216.
- Say, T. (1825) Descriptions of new species of coleopterous insects inhabiting the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 5, 160-204.
- Schaeffer, C. (1906) On Bradycinetus and Bolboceras of North America, with notes on other Scarabaeidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 32, 249-260.
- Schaeffer, C. (1909) New Coleoptera chiefly from Arizona. Science Bulletin of the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1, 375-386.
- Steinheil, E. (1872) Symbolae ad historiam Coleopterorum Argentinae meridionalis, ossia enumerazione dei coleotteri raccolti dal Prof. Strobel, durante il suo soggiorno in Buenos Aires e nei viaggi de la intrapresi a Mendoza e nal Chili, indi a Bahia Blanca ed al Carmen de los Patagones; e descrizione delle specie nuove. Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali, 15, 554-578.
- Sturm, J. (1826) Catalog meiner Insecten-Sammlung. Erster Theil. Kafer. Jacob Sturm, Nurnberg, VIII + 208 + 16 pp. + 4 pls.
- Taschenberg, E.L. (1870) Neue Kafer aus Columbien und Ecuador. Zeitschrift fur die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften, 35, 177-199.
- Todd, D.H. (1964) Biology and control of black beetle. Proceedings of the 17th New Zealand Weed and Pest Control Conference. The New Zealand Weed and Pest Control Conference, Auckland, pp. 119-124.
- Warner, W.B. (2011) Review of the genus Orizabus Fairmaire in the United States of America (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). Insecta Mundi, 174, 1-42.
- Waterhouse, G.R. (1845) Descriptions of coleopterous insects collected by Charles Darwin, Esq., in the Galapagos Islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 16, 19-41.