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Suborder Polyphaga - Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles
White Grubs and Their Allies, a Study of North American Scarabaeoid Larvae By Paul Ritcher
Oregon State University Monograph Series, 1966
Dr. Paul Ritcher is well known for his work on scarab larvae. This work culminated in his 1966 book entitled White Grubs and Their Allies published by the Oregon State University Press. Ritcher worked as an Assistant and then Associate Entomologist for the Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station from 1936 to 1949 and as a Research Professor of Entomology at North Carolina State College from 1949-1952. He was a Professor of Entomology and chair of the Department of Entomology at Oregon State University from 1952-1974, and he served as the curator of the insect collection from 1971 to 1974. Ritcher also served as the President of the Entomological Society of America in 1970, President of the Coleopterists Society in 1975, and President of the Oregon Entomological Society in 1955-56. He had 81 publications and one book, and approximately 41 publications were related to scarabs.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 28 June, 2007 - 10:50am |
A Revision of the Genus Cotinis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) By Goodrich, M.A.
Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 59: 550-568, 1966
Contributed by Brad Barnd on 28 November, 2007 - 9:59pm |
A Monograph of the Aphodiini Inhabiting the United States and Canada (Coleoptera:Scarabaeidae:Aphodiini) By Robert D. Gordon & Paul E. Skelley
Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 2007
20 new genera, 38 new species, 28 new synonyms and 179 new combinations. For our fauna, only fimetarius remains in Aphodius. One example, the widespread Aphodius campestris is now Blackburneus aegrotus. Several genera have only one or two species.
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The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of America North of Mexico (Journal of the New York Entomological Society) Vol. 93, No. 1 (1985) By Robert D. Gordon
912 pages
Slightly dated with regard to status of imported species (1985 - Harmonia axyridis establishment listed as questionable - oh, were it true!), but still a great comprehensive work covering all of lower 48, with detailed line drawings, keys to all species, and distribution maps.
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 American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)
CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL, 2002
The new standard for North American Beetles, replaces the older Arnett volume. Keys, descriptions and figures to genus.
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 American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia By Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.)
CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL, 2000
The new standard for North American Beetles, replaces the older Arnett volume. Keys, descriptions and figures to genus.
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Revision of Phanaeus MacLeay, A New World genus of scarabaeine dung beetles By Edmonds, W.D. 1994
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Contributions to Science 443, 1994
Beautifully illustrated revision of this very popular group
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The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2. By Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett
The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL, 1996
The best book available for the NE fauna. Some of the nomenclature is out of date - seems to be changing very quickly these days.
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