title: New distributional data on Oxysternon pteroderum Nevinson, 1892 (Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae,Phanaeini) and its possible implications in conservation.
abstract: New distributional data are reported on the rare phanaeine dung beetle, Oxysternon pteroderum Nevinson, 1892, based on five specimens recently collected between 1985 and 2010. Before the present study, Oxysternun pteroderum had been reported solely from the super-moist Atlantic coastal forests of southeastern Brazil. We now believe that the distribution of Oxysternun pteroderum follows the riparian areas of large rivers connected to the super-moist forest ecosystem.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biologia, Setor de Ecologia - Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia Aplicada, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, MG, Caixa Postal 3037, CEP 37200-000, Brazil.
authors.forename: Filipe M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: França
authors.forename: Fernando A B
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: João Gabriel M
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.forename: Paschoal C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Grossi
authors.forename: Fernando Z
authors.initials: FZ
authors.lastname: Vaz-de-Mello