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Coleoptera 

Scarabaeoidea

Escarabajos

Evolución

Taxonomía

Sistemática filogenética

Morfometría geométrica

Conservación biológica

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Coleoptera 

Scarabaeoidea

Scarab beetles

Evolution

Taxonomy

Phylogenetic Systematics

Geometric Morphometrics

Biological Conservation​

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2025

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Andalco-Cid, K.S., Zaragoza-Caballero, S., Estrada-Torres, A., Rodríguez-Mirón, G., & Ramírez-Ponce, A. ACEPTADO. Description of a new Mexican endemic subgenus in Strigoderma Burmeister with six new species (Coleoptera, Melolonthidae, Anomalini). European Journal of Taxonomy. PDF

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Delgado, L., Mora-Aguilar, E.F., & Ramírez-Ponce, A. 2025. Neoscelis septentrionalis, una nueva especie del estado de Sonora, México (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae). Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 96: e965646. PDF

https://doi.org/10.22201/ib.20078706e.2025.96.5646

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Cortés-Dávila, A. T., Lozano-Trejo, S., Ramírez-Ponce, A., & Cruz-López, A. A. 2025. El grupo pallida (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae) en Oaxaca: nuevos registros y descripción de una especie nueva. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 96: e965641. PDF

https://doi.org/10.22201/ib.20078706e.2025.96.5641

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Arce, P.R., & Ramírez-Ponce, A. 2025. Notes on Cybistrinae from Mexico (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae), with the description of 2 new species of Trifurcitus. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad. 96: e965599. PDF

https://doi.org/10.22201/ib.20078706e.2025.96.5599

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García-Díaz, J. J., Ramírez-Ponce, A., López-Godínez, B., & Tórres-Yañez, E. 2025. Flying in the canopy: taxonomic and ecological analysis with geometric morphometrics and distributional notes on Athis delecta and Athis jaliscana (Lepidoptera: Castniidae). Zootaxa, 5666(1):74-92.

http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5666.1.3

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​Flores-Manzano, A., Arias-Del Razo, I., Hereira-Pacheco, S., Estrada-Torres, A., Díaz de la Vega-Pérez, A., Ramírez-Ponce, A., Aguilera-Miller, E.F., & Cruz-Salazar, B. 2025. Multi-species genetic patterns in a modified temperate forest from central Mexico. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 144: blaf012. PDF

https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blaf012

 

Díaz-García, J.M., Díaz de la Vega-Pérez, A.H., Navarro-Noya, Y., Ramírez-Ponce, A., Guillén, S., Esparza-Carlos, J.P., Hereira-Pacheco, S., Martínez y Pérez, J.J., Moctezuma, V., Juárez-Díaz, M., Salazar-Hernández, B., Arias-Del Razo, A., Rivera-Vázquez, M., Estrada-Torres, A., & Arias-Del Razo, I. 2025. Biodiversity between volcanoes: A multi-taxa analysis to identify priority conservation areas in a highly fragmented landscape of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt. Journal for Nature Conservation, 84: 126852. PDF

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2025.126852

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​2024

 

​Cerón-Gómez, R., Márquez, J., Ramírez-Ponce, A., Martínez-Falcón, A.P., y Castellanos, I. 2024. Diversity of carabids (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from the state of Hidalgo, Mexico, determined using two complementary approaches. Biologia, 79: 1367–1377. PDF

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11756-024-01625-5

 

Moctezuma, V., Ramírez-Ponce, A., y Curoe, D. 2024. Corrections to the status of Eucanthus Westwood, 1848, Bolbelasmus Boucomont, 1911, and Kolbeus Boucomont, 1911 (Coleoptera: Bolboceratidae). Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.), 60(1): 85–86. PDF

https://doi.org/10.1080/00379271.2024.2296169

 

Ramírez-Ponce, A., Delgado, L., Mora-Aguilar, E.F., Curoe, D., y Zaragoza-Caballero, S. 2024. Pulchrotes, nuevo subgénero de Paranomala (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) y descripción de dos especies nuevas de México y América Central. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 95 (2024): e955314. PDF

https://doi.org/10.22201/ib.20078706e.2024.95.5314

 

Márquez-López, Y., Martins, C., Guevara-Chumacero, L.M., Ramírez-Ponce, A., Contreras-Ramos, A. Comparative morphology of male genitalia in antlions (Insecta, Neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae), with emphasis on owlflies (Ascalaphinae) and a possible structural evolutionary scenario. Journal of Morphology, 285 (5): e21701. PDF

https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.21701

 

Moctezuma, V., Lizardo, V., Arias-Del Razo, I., & Ramírez-Ponce, A. 2024. Overcoming the Wallacean shortfall in sky-islands of central Mexico: the case of copro-necrophagous beetles and two national parks. Journal of Insect Conservation 28: 7-785. PDF

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-024-00598-9

 

Pablo-Cea, J.D., Ramírez-Ponce, A., Moreno, C.E., Cave, R.D., Moctezuma, V., & Rojas-Soto, O. 2024. Chorotypes, zones for the conservation of Scarabaeoidea, and representativity in protected areas of El Salvador. Insect Conservation and Diversity. PDF

https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12807

 

Julián-Caballero, C.C., De los Santos-Romero, R., Ramírez-Ponce, A., & García-Guerrero, U. 2024. Morphological variations in relation to sex and habitat in southern Mexico populations of the longarm river prawn Macrobrachium tenellum (Smith, 1871) (Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonidae). Journal of Crustacean Biology, 44, ruae071. PDF

https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruae071

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​2023

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Ayala-Berdón, J., Martínez-Gómez, M., Ramírez-Ponce, A., Beamonte-Barrientos, R., Vásquez, J., Rodríguez-Peña, O. N. 2023. Weather, ultrasonic, cranial and body traits predict insect diet hardness in a Central Mexican bat community. Mammal Research, 68:273–282. PDF

https://doi.org/10.1007/s13364-023-00678-2

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García-Guerrero, M., Martínez-Salazar, N., Ramírez-Ponce, A., Santos-Romero, R. 2023. Geometric morphometric analysis of the variations in cephalothorax shape of the freshwater prawn Macrobrachium tenellum, Smith (Decapoda Palaemonidae) from two different coastal basins in Oaxaca, Mexico. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research, 51(4): 471-482. PDF

DOI: 10.3856/vol51-issue4-fulltext-3017

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Madrigal, K., Zaragoza-Caballero, S., Ramírez-Ponce, A. 2023. Comparative morphology of the genera with perpendicular parameres in Anomalini (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae) allows revalidation of the endemic Mexican genus Lamoana Casey, 1915 stat. rev. European Journal of Taxonomy 910: 175–199. PDF

https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2023.910.2369 

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Moctezuma, V., Ramírez-Ponce, A., Curoe, D. 2023. A new Mexican species of Bolbelasmus Boucomont, 1911 (Coleoptera: Bolboceratidae), with an updated key for related species and a revised status of Eucanthus Westwood, 1848. Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.), 59(3): 168–176. PDF

https://doi.org/10.1080/00379271.2023.2205372 

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Ramírez-Ponce, A., Zaragoza-Caballero, S., Curoe, D. 2023. A new species of Dilophochila Bates, 1888 with comments on natural history and distribution of the genus (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae: Rutelinae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, v.63: e202363030. PDF
 

Ramírez-Ponce, A., Zaragoza-Caballero, S., Seidel, M. 2023. Geometric morphometry enables species hypotheses testing and the assignment of historical type specimens in the genus Callirhinus Blanchard (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Anomalini). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2023, XX, 1–26. PDF

https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad172

 

Rodríguez-Mirón, G., Montaño-Arias, G., Ramírez-Ponce, A., López-Pérez, S. 2023. Potential Distribution of Vesperoctenus flohri Bates (Coleoptera: Vesperidae), an Endemic Species in Mexico, and Intraspecific Variation in Male Genitalia. The Coleopterists Bulletin 77(3): 331–340. 2023. PDF

DOI.org/10.1649/0010-065X-77.3.331

 

Vega-Vadillo, V., Ramírez-Ponce, A., Zaragoza-Caballero, S. 2023. Halffterus, a new genus (Coleoptera: Phengodidae, Mastinocerinae) from Peru. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, 1-8. PDF

https://doi.org/10.1080/01650521.2023.2240443.

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2022

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Barria, M., Clavijo-Bustos, J., Ramírez-Ponce, A. 2022. A new species of Phyllophaga (s. str.) schizorhina species group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Rhizotrogini) from Panama. Faunitaxys, 10(58), 2022 : 1–5. PDF

https://doi.org/10.57800/faunitaxys-10(58)

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Cerón-Gómez, R., Márquez, J., Ramírez-Ponce, A. Carabidae fauna (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the state of Hidalgo, Mexico: Checklist species, first records and geographic distribution data. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie), 38: 1–38. PDF

https://doi.org/10.21829/azm.2022.3812495.

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Cordero-Martínez, G., Mercado-Silva. N., García de Jesús, S., Ramírez-Ponce, A., y Kejía-Mojica. H. 2022. Diversidad específica y taxonómica de la ictiofauna del Río Amacuzac, Morelos, México. Revista de Biología tropical, 70: 290-306. PDF

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​Cruz-López, A.A., Osorio-Alcalá, L., Gálvez-Marroquín, L., Ramírez-Ponce, A. 2022. A new species of the genus Cyclocephala Dejean, 1821 (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae) from Oaxaca, Mexico. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie), 38: 1–7. PDF

https://doi.org/10.21829/azm.2022.3812559

 

Flores, O., Botero, J. P., and Ramírez-Ponce, A. 2022. New species and new records of Disteniidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) from Mexico with a checklist of Mexican species. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment. PDF

DOI: 10.1080/01650521.2021.2021013

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Luna-Luna, M., Martins, C., López-Pérez, A., Ramírez-Ponce, A., and Contreras-Ramos, A. 2022. Aquatic beetle diversity from Volcán Tacaná, Mexico: altitudinal distribution pattern and biogeographical affinity of the fauna. Zookeys. PDF

doi: 10.3897/zookeys.@@.68665

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Márquez, J., Reyes-Hernández, J., Céron-Gómez, R., Escoto-Moreno, J., Ramírez-Ponce, A. Scarabaeoidea beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) from Aguascalientes, Mexico. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (nueva serie), 38: 1–51. PDF

https://doi.org/10.21829/azm.2022.3812492.

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​Zaragoza-Caballero, S., Zurita-García, L., Ramírez-Ponce. A. 2022. The on-off pattern in the evolution of the presence of bioluminescence in a derived lineage from fireflies of Mexico (Coleoptera, Lampyridae). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 302: 266-283. PDF

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2022.12.009

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2021

 
Ramírez-Ponce, A., and Galindo, O. 2021. A new species of Heterosternus Dupont (Coleoptera: Rutelini) from Mexico. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment. PDF

https://doi.org/10.1080/01650521.2021.1908789.
 

2020

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Ramírez-Ponce, A., Delgado, L., Soto, Y. 2020. A new species of Epectinaspis Blanchard (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) from Guatemala and rediscovery of Balanogonia constricta Paucar-Cabrera. 515-522. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment. PDF

https://doi.org/10.1080/01650521.2020.1859874.
 

Ramírez-Ponce, A., Nogueira, G. and Cunningham, R. 2020. Redefinition of the genus Parabyrsopolis Ohaus and description of a new species from western Mexico (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelini). Zootaxa, 4803 (3): 515–522. PDF

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4803.3.7

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2019

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García-Morales, L., Ramírez-Ponce, A., Curoe, D., and García-Jiménez, J. 2019. A new species of Neoscelis Schoch from Mexico (Coleoptera: Cetoniinae: Goliathini) with new distributional records for the genus. Zootaxa 4695(2): 122-130. PDF

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Ramírez-Ponce, A., Calderón-Patrón, J. M., Guzmán-Vásquez, E., and Moreno, C. E. 2019. Biotic heterogeneity among the beetle communities of an anthropized landscape in the Central Valleys of Oaxaca, Mexico. Journal of Insect Conservation. PDF

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-019-00169-3

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2018

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Ibarra, A., Curoe, D., y Ramírez-Ponce, A. 2018. Descripción de una nueva especie de Hyalophora Duncan, 1841 de México (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae: Attacini). Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 89(1): 1068-1073. PDF

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Mora-Aguilar, E.F., Curoe, D., Delgado, L., & Ramírez-Ponce, A. 2018. A new species of Chrysina Kirby (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae), with nomenclatural changes, new records, and a key to the Quiche species group. Zootaxa, 4461(2): 196-204. PDF

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Mora-Aguilar, E., Ramírez-Ponce, A., and Escobar, F. 2018. First country record of the genus Platyrutela Bates (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) for Mexico. The Coleopterist Bulletin, 72(2): 368–370. PDF

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2017

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Ramírez-Ponce, A., & Curoe, D. 2017. Description of a new Plusiotis jewel scarab species from Oaxaca, Mexico (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae). Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 88: 820-823. PDF

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Ramírez-Ponce, A., G. Garfias-Lozano, and A. Contreras-Ramos. 2017. The Nature of Allometry in an Exaggerated Trait: The Postocular Flange in Platyneuromus Weele (Insecta: Megaloptera). PLoS ONE 12(2): e0172388. PDF

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0172388

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2016

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Morón, M.A., A. Ramírez-Ponce, A., C. Ramírez-Salinas and H. Carrillo-Ruíz. 2015. Description of immature stages of Hoplia mexicana Harold and H. squamifera Burmeister (Coleoptera, Melolonthidae, Hopliinae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 60(1): 1-7. PDF

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2015

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Ramírez-Ponce, A. 2015. Moroniella, un nuevo género americano de Anomalini (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae). Dugesiana. 22(2): 261-266. PDF

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2014

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Ramírez-Ponce, A., A. Bitar & D. Curoe. 2014. Two new species of Paranomala Casey (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae: Rutelinae: Anomalini) with remarkable modifications on pronotum. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 85: 1054-1060. PDF

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Ramírez-Ponce, A., & D. Curoe. 2014. Description of two new species in the genera Epectinaspis Blanchard and Strigoderma Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Anomalini). Zootaxa 3827(1): 087-094. PDF

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Ramírez-Ponce, A. 2014. Giesbertiolus curoei, a new species of flower chafer from Panama with transitional characters (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae: Cetoniinae: Trichiini). Zootaxa 3795 (5): 557-563. PDF

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2012

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Morón, M. A. & A. Ramírez-Ponce. 2012d. Mesoamerican genera of Anomalini (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae: Rutelinae): a brief review. Trends in Entomology 8(12): 97-114. PDF

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Ramírez-Ponce A. & M. A. Morón. 2012c. Revision of Bucaphallanus, a new subgenus of Paranomala (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae, Rutelinae, Anomalini), with description of six new species from Mexico. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 105(6):781-803. PDF

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Ramírez-Ponce, A. & M. A. Morón. 2012b. A new species of Callistethus from Mexico (Coleoptera, Melolonthidae, Rutelinae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 56(2): 142-146. PDF

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Ramírez-Ponce, A. & M. A. Morón. 2012a. Revision of the genus Pachystethus Blanchard with description of three new species from Mexico (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae; Rutelinae; Anomalini). Zootaxa 3394: 1-24. PDF

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2010

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Ramírez-Ponce, A. 2010. Paranomala zaragozai, una nueva especie de Nayarit, México (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae: Rutelinae: Anomalini). Dugesiana, 17(2): 181-185. PDF

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2009

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Ramírez-Ponce, A. y M. A. Morón. 2009. Relaciones filogenéticas del género Anomala Samouelle (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae: Rutelinae). Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 80: 357- 394. PDF

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Ramírez-Ponce, A. & M. A. Morón. 2009. Fauna de Coleópteros Lamelicornios de Santiago Xiacui, Sierra Norte, Oaxaca, México. Acta Zoológica Mexicana (n.s.). 25(2): 323-343. PDF

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