After almost two decades of stagnation, the taxonomy of the New World Scarabaeinae dung
beetles has since 1988 been going through a period of great effervescence. In the last 35 …

Abstract The Mexican Transition Zone (MTZ) has become a key concept that has promoted
the consolidation of an integrative field of research. We reviewed the scientific publications …

Spatial autocorrelation is a general property of ecological variables. Since many of the
statistical methods used in ecology often assume sample independence, spatial clustering is …

Se utilizó información proveniente de literatura para compilar el listado de la fauna de
Onthophagus de México. Se encontraron un total de 120 especies, de las cuales 85 son …

Aim Different patterns of the species richness‐elevation relationship have been detected on
mountains, however how these arise is unclear. Some patterns may be related to two …

Aims Mexico harbours a diverse fauna comprising more than 1,400 leafhopper species,
60% of which appear to be strictly endemic, with many apparently restricted to particular …

Being areas of biotic overlap located between biogeographic regions, transition zones
function as natural laboratories. The present study explores the phylogenetic history of the …

Mountainous regions represent an excellent model to test ecological hypotheses
encompassing assemblage diversity and body traits of species. Among insects, there is no …

The Onthophagus chevrolati species complex is a putative lineage of dung beetles, which is
typically found in the mountains of the Mexican Transition Zone. This species complex …

The Onthophagus mexicanus species group includes at least 18 species: O. anewtoni
Howden and Génier, O. arnetti Howden and Cartwright, O. browni Howden, O. cartwrighti …