The present paper preliminarily tests the oviposition of Trictenotoma formosana Kriesche, 1919 (Coleoptera: Trictenotomidae) under the various artificial conditions, with a brief note on the hatching of eggs.
Podabrus santaritensis Cockerell, 1936 is a fossil cantharid species described based on a single elytron preserved in the Paleocene Sunchal Formation from Quebrada, Jujuy, Argentina. The present study aims to discuss on the questionable familial and generic classification on the basis of the insufficient morphological information preserved in the holotype compression of this species. The case reveals the continuous future works on reexamination of the systematic placement of documented fossil Cantharidae is badly needed.
This study firstly reports the occurrence of two species of Onthophagus dung beetles, O. (Gibbonthophagus) proletarius Harold, 1875 and O. (Paraphanaeomorphus) trituber (Wiedemann, 1823) in Kinmen Islands.