A survey of Carabidae (Coleoptera) was done at three sites located in the Jaboticabal and Guaira municipalities in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil from November 2004 to May 2008. Each site had a forest fragment, a soybean/ ...

Wetlands are being increasingly affected by anthropogenic activities worldwide. The Lower Delta of the Paraná River, one of the most important wetlands in Argentina, has been profoundly altered because most of the natural ...

Understanding the responses of natural communities to disturbances remains a challenging task in ecology. In northwestern Patagonia, the most important disturbances are fire and introduced ungulates. Although these ...

There is very little information available on the abundance, diversity and distribution of Neotropical species of carabid beetles in agroecosystems. We studied the diversity and similarity of carabids in forest fragments, ...

A new species of ground beetle, Pelmatellus amicorum Delgado and Ruiz-Tapiador (Coleoptera: Carabidae), from the Andean Altiplano of Peru is described. The state of knowledge of the genus and the relationship of the new ...

Ground beetles or carabids are collective terms for the beetle family Carabidae. This family contains many species considered important predators associated with agricultural crops. The current study aimed to evaluate the ...

Ground beetles or carabids are collective terms for the beetle family Carabidae. This family contains many species considered important predators associated with agricultural crops. The current study aimed to evaluate the ...

Four new species, belonging to genus Trechisibus Motschoulsky, 1862 are described from southeastern Peru: T. silviae sp. nov., T. elisae sp. nov., T. jorgeluisi sp. nov. and T. bravoi sp. nov. Their affinities and differences ...