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Census of the fruit and flower chafers (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae) of the Macau SAR, China
- Source :
- ZooKeys 1026: 17-43, ZooKeys, Vol 1026, Iss, Pp 17-43 (2021), ZooKeys
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Pensoft Publishers, 2021.
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Abstract
- The coleopteran fauna of the Macau SAR in southern China has historically received only limited attention and no updated information has been published since the last substantial works produced in the 1990s. An annotated and illustrated review of the fruit and flower chafers (Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae) of this region is here presented, in order to provide an account of the current status of the taxonomic diversity and ecology of this important insect group. Eleven species were observed in the SAR during an intense investigation undertaken during the period 2017–2020, with six of these representing new records for Macau and two for the broader region of the Pearl River Delta, also known as the Greater Bay Area. Although this census leads to a substantial increase in the number of species known for the area, it also highlights the threats that the recent escalation in urban development and land-use transformation are posing to a number of species which seem unable to maintain a sustainable population in the region, mainly due to habitat destruction.
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
Asia
Insecta
Arthropoda
Fauna
Population
Scarabaeidae
010603 evolutionary biology
01 natural sciences
Systematics
Biodiversity & Conservation
Animalia
Scarabaeoidea
China
education
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Ecology & Environmental sciences
education.field_of_study
biology
Ecology
Cenozoic
Taenioderini
new records
Census
Palearctic Region
biology.organism_classification
Cetoniini
Coleoptera
010602 entomology
Habitat destruction
Geography
QL1-991
Schizorhinini
Animal Science and Zoology
Bay
Cetoniidae
Zoology
Global biodiversity
Research Article
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13132970 and 13132989
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- ZooKeys
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....acd67f25f97fa9567fa50edb7d0d9d78