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A Case of Gynandromorphy in Golofa tersander Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

scientific article published in 1989

A Comparison of Silphids Taken from Covered and Uncovered Carrion (Coleoptera: Silphidae)

A Monographic Revision of the GenusHoplopygaThomson, 1880 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini)

scientific article published in December 2015

A New BolivianBothynusHope, 1837 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Pentodontini), with a Key to the Species in Bolivia

scholarly article by Brett C. Ratcliffe published in June 2010

A New Genus and Species of Dynastinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, other New Species of Cyclocephalini, Pentodontini, and Phileurini from South America, and a Revised Key to the Genera of New World Pentodontini

scholarly article by Brett C. Ratcliffe published in December 2014

A New Species of Ancognatha from Panama (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae)

A New Species of Golofa Hope, 1837(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) from Peru

scientific article published on 22 December 2017

A New Species of Megaceras Hope, 1837 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Oryctini) from Peru

scholarly article published in 2021

A New Species of Pelidnota (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) from Panama

scientific article published in 1989

A New Species ofAncognathaErichson (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Cyclocephalini) from Peru, with Distributions of PeruvianAncognathaSpecies

scientific article published in March 2016

A New Species ofHemiphileurusKolbe (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Phileurini) from Colombia, with Description of Its Larva and Pupa

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A New Species ofHemiphileurusKolbe (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Phileurini) from Panama, with a Revised Key to the Panamanian Species

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A New Species ofPalaeophileurusKolbe (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Phileurini) from Peru

scientific article published in September 2012

A New Subspecies of Inca clathrata (Olivier) from Trinidad, West Indies, and Range Extensions for Inca clathrata sommeri Westwood (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Trichiinae)

scientific article published in 1985

A Remarkable New Species of Megaceras from Peru (Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Oryctini). The "Dim Effect": Nature Mimicking Art

scholarly article in The Coleopterists Bulletin, vol. 61 no. 3, October 2007

A Review of the Biology of Pericoptus truncatus(Fabr.) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Pentodontini) from New Zealand and a Revised Description of the Third Instar

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A Review of the Genus Hylamorpha Arrow (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Anoplognathini: Brachysternina)

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A Review of the Neotropical Genera Badelina Thomson, 1880, Balsameda Thomson, 1880, Guatemalica Neervoort van de Poll, 1886, and Heterocotinis Martínez, 1948 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini)

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A Review of the Neotropical GenusMarmarinaKirby, 1827 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini), with Description of a New Species from Argentina

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A Review of the Neotropical GenusNeocorvicoanaRatcliffe and Micó, New Genus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini)

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A Review of the Species ofPhileurusLatreille (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Phileurini) with Quadridentate Protibiae and Description of a New Species from Panama

scholarly article by Brett C. Ratcliffe published in June 2011

A Revised Catalog of the Species ofStenocratesBurmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Cyclocephalini), with Descriptions of Three New Species from Peru and Brazil andStenocrates inpaiRatcliffe, 1978 Placed in Junior Synonymy…

scientific article published in December 2015

A Revision of the Neotropical GenusAllorrhinaBurmeister, 1842 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini)

scholarly article by Brett C. Ratcliffe published in March 2015

A Revision of the Neotropical GenusAmithaoThomson, 1878 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini)

scholarly article by Brett C. Ratcliffe published in September 2013

A Revision of the Neotropical GenusDesicastaThomson (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini)

scientific article published in December 2013

A Synopsis of the American Goliathini with Description of a New Neoscelis from Mexico (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae)

A Synopsis of the Genus Areoda (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae)

scientific article published in 1989

A biotic survey and inventory of the dynastine scarab beetles of Mesoamerica, North America, and the West Indies: review of a long-term, multicountry project

scientific article published in 2008

A checklist of the Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) of Panama

scientific article (publication date: 8 May 2002)

A monographic revision of the genus Gymnetis MacLeay, 1819 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae)

monograph published in August 2018

A new South American species of Palaeophileurus Kolbe (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Phileurini)

scientific article published on 4 July 2017

A new species Cyclocephala Dejean, 1821 from Bolivia (Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Cyclocephalini)

scholarly article published in 2021

A new species of Chalepides Casey, 1915 (Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae, Cyclocephalini) from the Pantanal of Brazil

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A new species of Coelosis Hope, 1837 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Oryctini) from Paraguay

scholarly article published in 2021

A new species of Trox from the Amazon Basin with new distributional records for Central American Trox (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

scientific article published in June 1978

A review of the Blaesiina (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae, Gymnetini)

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A review of the genus Argyripa (Coleoptera: Scarbaeidae)

AN UNUSUAL NEW SPECIES OF TRIGONOPELTASTES BURMEISTER FROM CHIAPAS, MEXICO (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE: TRICHIINAE)

scientific article published in February 1990

American Oryctini: Strategus verrilli Ratcliffe Rediscovered and Described, and New Records and Comments for Other Strategus and Hispanioryctes (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae)

article by Brett C Ratcliffe published 1982 in The Coleopterists Bulletin

An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles by A. V. Evans, C. L. Bellamy

An Unusual New Unicorn Species of Copris from Nicaragua (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae, Coprini)

An annotated checklist of the oryctine rhinoceros beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Oryctini) of the Neotropical and Nearctic realms

scientific article published on 3 November 2011

BOOK REVIEW

scholarly article in The Coleopterists Bulletin, vol. 55 no. 1, March 2001

Barutus hartmanni, a New Genus and Species from Panama with a Key to the Genera of New World Pentodontini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae)

scientific article published in 1981

Book Review. Atlas of Japanese Scarabaeoidea. Volume 2. Phytophagous Group I K. Sakai, M. Fujioka . Roppon-Ashi Entomological Books. Tokyo, Japan. 173ISBN: # 978‐4‐902649‐03‐1. Hard cover. Available from: roppon-ashi@kawamo.co.jp . Y19,000 (about…

scholarly article in The Coleopterists Bulletin, vol. 62 no. 1, March 2008

COLEOPTERA: A review of the distribution of Harposcelis paradoxus Burmeister, 1847 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Cyclocephalini) with a new country record for Peru

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COLEOPTERA: Correction to distribution of Harposcelis paradoxus Burmeister, 1847 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Cyclocephalini)

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Case 3733 — Cetonia marmorea Olivier, 1789 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini): proposed conservation by reversal of precedence with Scarabaeus pulcher Swederus, 1787

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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)

scholarly article in The Coleopterists Bulletin, vol. 59 no. 1, March 2005

Comments on the proposed amendment to article 51 c of the code Z. N. (S.) 2474

scientific article published in 1985

Corrections and Clarifications to Endrödi's ""The Dynastinae of the World"" (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

scientific article published in 1989

Description of a New Species of Gymnetis MacLeay (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini) from Colima, Mexico

scientific article published on 25 March 2020

Description of a New Species of Stenocrates Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Cyclocephalini) from Peru

scholarly article in The Coleopterists Bulletin, vol. 72 no. 4, December 2018

Description of the Female of Hologymnetis reyesi Gasca and Deloya (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini), with New State Records for Mexico and a Bilingual Key to the Species of Hologymnetis Martínez

Description of the Larva ofHomophileurus integer(Burmeister, 1847) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Phileurini), with Notes on Biology and a Key to the Known Larvae of New World Phileurini

scholarly article in The Coleopterists Bulletin, vol. 65 no. 3, September 2011

Description of the adult female, larva, pupa, and distribution of Strategus fascinusBurmeister (Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Oryctini)

scholarly article in The Coleopterists Bulletin, vol. 63 no. 3, September 2009

Description of the immature stages of Stenocrates agricola Dechambre & Hardy (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Cyclocephalini) with redescription of the adult and discussion of its tribal position

scientific article published on 23 October 2020

Descriptions of the Larva and Pupa of Osmoderma subplanata (Casey) and Cremastocheilus wheeleri LeConte (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

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)

scholarly article in The Coleopterists Bulletin, vol. 55 no. 2, June 2001

Escarabajos. 200 Millones Años de Evolución by Miguel Angel Morón Ríos

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First Reported Occurrence ofHoplopygaThomson, 1880 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini) from the West Indies, with Description of a New Species

scholarly article by Brett C. Ratcliffe published in June 2012

First come, first serve: "sit and wait" behavior in dung beetles at the source of primate dung

scientific article published in November 2008

Ganganomala Saltini Ratcliffe, Jameson, and Zorn, a New Genus and Species of Anomalini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) from Bangladesh and Nepal, with a Revised Circumscription of the Tribe

scientific article published on 28 December 2018

Gorditus rotundus, a new genus and species of Pentodontini from Cuba (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae)

scientific article published on 22 November 2010

Heterogomphus effeminatus, an unusual new species of rhinoceros beetle from French Guiana (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Oryctini)

scientific article published in June 2006

Hoplopygothrix Schürhoff (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini) Revisited: A New Species and Country Record for Bolivia

scholarly article by Brett C. Ratcliffe published in March 2011

Immature stages of Homophileurus tricuspis Prell (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Phileurini) with notes on natural history and distribution in Colombia

scientific article published on 13 June 2011

Important Notice to Members

Keys to Adults of all Genera and Larvae of 19 Species of Gymnetini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) in the New World, with a Species Checklist and Descriptions of Two New Genera and Species from Mexico and Martinique

scholarly article in The Coleopterists Bulletin, vol. 73 no. 1, March 2019

Larval Descriptions of Eight Species of Megasoma Kirby (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) with a Key for Identification and Notes on Biology

scholarly article in The Coleopterists Bulletin, vol. 59 no. 1, March 2005

Lectotype designations in the New World Gymnetini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae)

scientific article published on 18 November 2004

Minutes of the 2009 Annual Meeting

scholarly article in The Coleopterists Bulletin, vol. 64 no. 1, March 2010

Minutes of the Annual Meeting

Minutes of the Annual Meeting

Minutes of the Annual Meeting San Diego, California, 11 December 2007

scholarly article in The Coleopterists Bulletin, vol. 62 no. 1, March 2008

More New Species ofCyclocephalaDejean, 1821 from South America (Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Cyclocephalini)

scholarly article in The Coleopterists Bulletin, vol. 62 no. 2, June 2008

New Combinations, Synonymy and Distribution Records for Neotropical Pentodontini and Oryctini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae)

New Nebraska Occurrences of the Endangered American Burying Beetle (Coleoptera: Silphidae)

New Species and Distribution Records of Surutu from Amazonian Brazil (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae)

scientific article published in 1981

New Species and Distributions of Neotropical Phileurini and a New Phileurine from Burma (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae)

scientific article published in 1988

New Species of Canthonella Chapin (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from Amazonian Brazil

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

scientific article published in 1980

New Species of CyclocephalaDejean, 1821 from Guatemala (Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Cyclocephalini)

scholarly article in The Coleopterists Bulletin, vol. 63 no. 3, September 2009

New Species of Hemiphileurus Kolbe (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) from the Dominican Republic with a Key to the West Indian Species of Hemiphileurus

scholarly article by Brett C Ratcliffe & Michael A Ivie published 1998 in The Coleopterists Bulletin

New Species of Hemiphileurus Kolbe from Honduras and Guatemala (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Phileurini)

scholarly article in The Coleopterists Bulletin, vol. 57 no. 3, September 2003

New Species ofCyclocephalafrom Honduras and El Salvador (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Cyclocephalini)

scholarly article by Brett C. Ratcliffe & Ronald D. Cave published March 2002 in The Coleopterists Bulletin

New Species ofHemiphileurusKolbe (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) From Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, and Brazil

scholarly article by Brett C. Ratcliffe published December 2001 in The Coleopterists Bulletin

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)

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New species of Stenocrates from Brazil (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

scholarly article by Brett C. Ratcliffe published September 1978 in Acta Amazonica

Nine New Species and 11 Country Records of Cyclocephala (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) from Panama and Costa Rica

scholarly article by Brett C Ratcliffe published 1992 in The Coleopterists Bulletin

Notes on the Biology of Euphoriaspis hirtipes (Horn) and Descriptions of the Larva and Pupa (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Obituary and bibliography of Norm Penny (1946–2016), an “Entomologist's Entomologist”

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Orizabus subaziro, a New Species from Mexico (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae)

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)

scholarly article in The Coleopterists Bulletin, vol. 59 no. 1, March 2005

Piscoperus paracanicolaRatcliffe 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)

scholarly article in The Coleopterists Bulletin, vol. 68 no. 1, March 2014

Review of the Genus Palaeophileurus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Phileurini) with Description of Two New Species from Peru

Revision of the genusChalcasthenesArrow (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Oryctoderini) from the Solomon Islands

scientific article published in May 2009

Revisions of the GeneraEndroedianibeChalumeau andHispanioryctesHowden and Endrödi (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) from Hlspaniola, with Descriptions of New Species

scholarly article by Brett C. Ratcliffe published in March 2011

Scarab Beetles in Human Culture

scholarly article in The Coleopterists Bulletin, vol. 60 no. sp5, December 2006

Silkworm Moths (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae)

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Sondeo biótico e inventario de los escarabajos dinastinos de Mesoamérica, Norteamérica y las Antillas: un proyecto multinacional a largo plazo

scientific article published in 2009

Strategus Syphax (Fabr.): A Description of the Third Instar Larva and Pupa (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae)

article published in 1980

Synonymic note on the genus Palaeophileurus Kolbe, 1910 (Col., Dynastidae)

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THE COLEOPTERISTS SOCIETY MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL MEETING MONTREAL, CANADA, 5 DECEMBER 2000

scholarly article by Brett C. Ratcliffe published March 2001 in The Coleopterists Bulletin

THE COLEOPTERISTS SOCIETY MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL MEETING SAN DIEGO, CA, 11 DECEMBER 2001

scholarly article in The Coleopterists Bulletin, vol. 56 no. 1, March 2002

The Ancognatha Erichson (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Cyclocephalini) of Ecuador, with Description of a New Species

scientific article published on 28 December 2018

The Beetles of the World. Vol. 10 by M. A. Morón

The Biogeography and Phylogeny of Hologymnetis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) with a Revision of the Genus

scholarly article by Brett C Ratcliffe & A Cuauhtemoc Deloya published 1992 in The Coleopterists Bulletin

The Cetoniine Beetles of the World by K. Sakai, S. Nagai

The Dynastine Scarab Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) of Chile

scholarly article published in 2021

The Fourteenth Amithao Thomson, 1878 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini): A Remarkable New Species from Ecuador

scientific article published on 22 December 2017

The Fourth Hylobothynus: Spanning the Amazonian Gap (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae)

scientific article published in 1981

The Genera of Agaocephalini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) of Colombia, with Description of a New Species of Lycomedes Brême

scholarly article by Jhon C. Neita-Moreno & Brett C. Ratcliffe published 19 December 2019 in The Coleopterists Bulletin

The Natural History of Necrodes Surinamensis (Fabr.) (Coleoptera: Silphidae)

scientific article published in 1972

The Nesting Behavior of Dung Beetles (Scarabaeinae). An Ecological and Evolutive Approach by Gonzalo Halffter, W. D. Edmonds

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The Scarab Beetles of Florida (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Part II. The May or June Beetles (Genus Phyllophaga) by Robert E. Woodruff, Brenda M. Beck

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Three new species of Cyclocephala (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) from Amazonian Peru and a checklist of Cyclocephala species in Peru

scholarly article published in 2022

Two Additional Invasive Scarabaeoid Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) in Hawaii

scholarly article in Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society, vol. 41, December 2009

Two New Species of Cyclocephala from Arizona and Mexico and a Note on Melanistic C. melanocephala (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae)

Two New Species of Dyscinetus from the West Indies and South America (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae)

Tyrannasorus Rex Ratcliffe and Ocampo, a New Genus and Species of Miocene Hybosorid in Amber from the Dominican Republic (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Hybosoridae)

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