Survey of the Dynastine Beetles of Costa Rica and Panama

该项目支持对dynastine的生物学调查 产于哥斯达黎加和巴拿马的金龟子。 Dynastines是 昆虫区系的突出元素，由于其丰富的 多样性、数量以及在某些情况下的规模和机构 这些是热带地区的犀牛甲虫或独角兽甲虫。 在哥斯达黎加和巴拿马的亚科Dynastinae由32个 属和大约161种，新物种等待 说明. 该项目的目标是（1）研究 Dynastinae已经居住在科斯塔的研究收藏中 哥斯达黎加，巴拿马和北美，（2）集中收集在 哥斯达黎加的许多地方和不同的季节， 巴拿马（主要是在灯光陷阱，飞行拦截陷阱和在 腐烂的原木），（3）收集并存款授权书 在哥斯达黎加、巴拿马和美国发现的收藏品 各国，（4）向其他国家提供复制样本，以及（5） 出版一本关于这一群体在科斯塔存在的专题调查报告 哥斯达黎加和巴拿马。 各论中包含双语内容 所有分类群的识别码，所有分类群的描述， 地理和时间分布、生态和生命 历史数据、地理数据和大量插图。 该项目意义重大，因为它将提供第一个 广泛的文件，这些甲虫的各个方面，因为他们 发生在中美洲。 这种细致的治疗 Dynastinae从来没有做过任何大陆国家在拉丁美洲 美国参考 这项研究还将为以下方面提供可靠的分类学基础： 所有关于这些甲虫的研究 今后的研究 地理学、系统发育推论和生态学 关系只能通过这样的数据来完成， 在这次调查中，

This project supports a biological survey of the dynastine scarab beetles of Costa Rica and Panama. Dynastines are prominent elements of the entomofauna as a result of their rich diversity, numbers and, in some instances, their size and body form; these are the rhinoceros or unicorn beetles of the tropics. The subfamily Dynastinae in Costa Rica and Panama consists of 32 genera and approximately 161 species with new species awaiting description. The objectives of the project are to (1) study the Dynastinae already residing in research collections in Costa Rica, Panama, and North America, (2) collect intensively in numerous localities and different seasons in Costa Rica and Panama (primarily at light traps, flight intercept traps and in rotting logs), (3) assemble and deposit authoritatively identified collections in Costa Rica, Panama, and the United States, (4) make available to others duplicate specimens, and (5) publish a monographic survey of this group as it exists in Costa Rica and Panama. Included in the monograph will be bilingual identification keys to all taxa, descriptions of all taxa, geographic and temporal distributions, ecological and life history data, biogeographical data, and numerous illustrations. The project is significant because it will provide the first extensive documentation on all aspects of these beetles as they occur in Central America. This kind of detailed treatment of Dynastinae has never been done for any mainland country in Latin America. The study will also provide a sound taxonomic basis for all future studies on these beetles. Future studies dealing with biogeography, phylogenetic inferences, and ecological relationships can only be accomplished with the kind of data gathered in this proposed survey.