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Uroxys Westwood, 1842

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Westwood, J. O. (1842). Descriptions of some new exotic genera belonging to the family of the sacred beetles. Proceedings of the Entomological Society London. Proceedings (1841) :58-59. http://books.google.com/books/pdf/Transactions_of_the_Royal_Entomological_.pdf?id=Qm96yhz36TQC&hl=fr&output=pdf&sig=ACfU3U0SrylEntaxkLLLeahjKy- QwaoLPQ&source=gbs_summary_r&cad=0

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Coleoptera
family
Scarabaeidae
genus
Uroxys

Name

Synonyms
Pseuduroxys Balthasar, 1938
Pygurus Dejean, 1833
Homonyms
Uroxys Westwood, 1842
Uroxys Rafinesque, 1815

Bibliographic References

  1. Arrow GJ (1933) The genus Uroxys (Coleoptera, Copridae), with descriptions of some new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10, (11), 385-399.
  2. Chamorro, W.; Marin-Armijos, D.; Asenjo, A.; Vaz-De-Mello, F. Z. (2019). Scarabaeinae dung beetles from Ecuador: a catalog, nomenclatural acts, and distribution records. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 826: 1-343.
  3. Cultid-Medina CA, Medina CA, Martínez BG, Escobar AF, Constantino LM, Betancur NJ (2012) Escarabajos coprófagos (Scarabaeinae) del eje cafetero: Guía para el estudio ecológico. Villa María, Caldas - Colombia: WCS - Colombia, CENICAFÉ y Federación Nacional de Cafeteros. 197p.
  4. Escobar F (2000) Diversidad y distribución de los escarabajos del estiércol (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) de Colombia. p.197–210. En: F. Martín - Piera. J. J. Morrone, A. Melic (eds.). Hacia un proyecto CYTED para el inventario y estimación de la Diversidad Entomológica en Ibero América: PrIBES 2000. Monografías Tercer Milenio Vol. 1. Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa, Zaragoza.
  5. Hallan, J. (2000-2017). Biology Catalog (2012 version), http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (as at 2012).
  6. Harold E (1868) Die arten der gattung Choeridium, Uroxys und Trichillum. Coleopterologische Hefte 3: 35–55.
  7. Howden HF, Young O (1981) Panamanian Scarabaeinae: taxonomy, distribution, and habits (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 18: 1-204
  8. Lacordaire JT (1856) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Genera des coléoptères, ou exposé méthodique et critique de tous les genres proposés jusqu’ici dans cet ordre d’insectes. Tome troisième. Librairie Encyclipédique de Roret, Paris, 594 pp.
  9. Medina CA, Lopera-Toro A (2000) Clave ilustrada para la identificación de géneros de escarabajos coprófagos (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) de Colombia. Caldasia, 22(2), 209–315. Recuperado a partir de https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/cal/article/view/17603
  10. Medina CA, Lopera-Toro A, Vítolo A, Gill B (2001) Escarabajos Coprófagos (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) de Colombia. 2(2), 131–143.
  11. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  12. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  13. Noriega JA, Camero-R E, Arias-Buriticá J, Pardo-Locarno L, Montes JM, Acevedo AA, Esparza AM, Ordóñez B, Garcia H, Solís C (2015) Grado de cobertura del muestreo de escarabajos coprófagos (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) en Colombia. Revista de Biología Tropical, 63(1), 97-125.
  14. Paulian R (1938) Contribution à l’étude des Canthonides américains (Coleopt. Lamellic.) Annales de la Société de France 107: 213–296.
  15. SN2000 unverified
  16. SN2000 unverified
  17. Vaz-de-Mello FZ, Edmonds WD, Ocampo FC, Schoolmeesters P (2011) A multilingual key to the genera and subgenera of the subfamily Scarabaeinae of the New World (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Zootaxa 2854(1): 1–73. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2854.1.1
  18. Vulcano MA, Pereira FS (1967) Sinópse dos Passalidae e Scarabaeidae s. str. da região amazônica (Insecta, Coleoptera). Atas do Simposio sôbre a Biota Amazônica, Vol. 5, (Zoologia):533-603
  19. Westwood JO (1842) Description of new exotic genera belonging to the family of the Sacred Beetles. Proceedings of entomological Society of London, 1842:58-59.
  20. Westwood JO (1843) Description of some new exotic genera belonging to the family of the Sacred Beetles. Annals & Magazine of natural History, 11:61-62.
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