First report of two species of scarab beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) inside nests of Azteca cf. chartifex Forel (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Brazilian Amazonian Rainforest

• Autor(es): Alves-Oliveira, João Rafael ; Mendes, Diego Matheus de Mello ; Campos, Douglas de ; Silva Neto, Alberto Moreira da ; Morais, José Wellington ; Grossi, Paschoal Coelho
• Data: 2020
• Origem: Oasisbr
• Tipo de Documento: Artigo científico
• Idioma: Inglês

Descrição

We report for the first time the occurrence of two species of scarab beetles, Phileurus carinatus declivis Prell, 1914 (Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) and Cyclidius elongatus (Olivier, 1789) (Cetoniinae: Cremastocheilini) inside nests of Azteca cf. chartifex Forel, 1896, a neotropical arboreal ant species. This report indicates that these two beetle species are associated, at least as inquilines, to this ant species, although the nature of this relationship remains unclear. © 2016 Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia