Diagnosis and key of the main families and species of South American Coleoptera of forensic importance
The objective of this paper is to provide diagnosis and keys of the families and species, with illustrations of the main groups. A table of all related species recorded from South America is presented, including the substrate in which they were collected and their geographical distribution. The list comprises 221 species included in 15 families, of which 70% of the species are from Brazil. Scarabaeidae is the most diverse family with 121 species, followed by Staphylinidae with 68. Also we provide one database of Coleoptera species associated with carcasses in South America.
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Main Authors: | Almeida,Lúcia M., Mise,Kleber M. |
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Format: | Digital revista |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira De Entomologia
2009
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Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262009000200006 |
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