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Two austral dung beetles new to the Virginia fauna (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
By Roble S.M., Hoffman R.L.
Banisteria 37: 30‒33, 2011

The taxonomic revolution of New World dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)
By Cupello M., Silva F.A.B., Vaz-de-Mello F.Z.
Front. Ecol. Evol. 11: 1‒42, 2023

Illustrated keys to the Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of Maryland
By Nemes S.N., Price D.L.
Northeastern Naturalist 22: 318‒344, 2015

The dung beetle fauna of the Big Bend region of Texas (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)
By William D.Edmonds
Insecta Mundi 0642: 1–30, 2018

A multilingual key to the genera and subgenera of the subfamily Scarabaeinae of the New World (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
By Fernando Z. Vaz-de-Mello, et al.
Zootaxa, Vol. 2854, pp. 1–73, 2011

Taxonomic review of the North American dung beetle genus Melanocanthon Halffter, 1958
By Edmonds, W.D.
Insecta Mundi, 2023
Edmonds, W.D. 2023. Taxonomic review of the North American dung beetle genus Melanocanthon Halffter, 1958 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Deltochilini). Insecta Mundi 1014: 1-28.

New country and state Records of Scarabaeidae (Coleoptera) in the USA.
By Warner, W.B.
The Coleopterists Bulletin 76(1): 128-129., 2022
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Warner, W.B. (2022). New country and state Records of Scarabaeidae (Coleoptera) in the USA. The Coleopterists Bulletin 76(1): 128-129.

This brief paper describes new Arizona state distribution records for Haroldiellus sallei (Harold) (Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae: Aphodiini) and Phyllophaga crinita (Burmeister) (Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Rhizotrogini), as well as new USA country records (Arizona and Texas, respectively) for Haroldiataenius limbatus (Bates) (Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae: Eupariini) and Amithao erythropus (Burmeister) (Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini). Vouchers of all the species are deposited in the Hasbrouck Insect Collection at Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.

The species of Scarabaeidae (Coleoptera) associated with sugarcane in south Florida
By R.D. Gordon and D.M. Anderson
The Florida Entomologist, 64 (1): 119-138 , 1981
"Those species of Scarabaeidae known to be associated with sugarcane in the Lake Okeechobee area of Florida are discussed and delineated. The species are: Phyllophaga latifrons (LeConte), Anomala marginata (F.), Cyclocephala parallela Casey, Dyscinetus morator (F.), Ligyrus subtropicus (Blatchley), and Euphoria sepulchralis (F.). Descriptions and illustrations of the larvae of all these species are presented as well as descriptions and illustrations of the adults of all species except Euphoria sepulchralis (F.). A key to the south Florida species of the genus Cyclocephala is also included."