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Synopsis of the Colombian Stag Beetles: A baseline for conservation assessments
Sinopsis de los escarabajos ciervo de Colombia: Una línea de base para evaluaciones de conservación
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Biodiversity, Conservation, Species list, scarab beetles (en)Biodiversidad, conservación, escarabajos, lista de especies (es)
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Stag beetles, or Lucanidae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), are among the most charismatic groups of scarab beetles. However, their ecology and natural history are largely unknown, partly due to their rarity in the field and in biological collections. This contribution summarizes the status of knowledge of the Colombian Lucanidae, based for the most part in bibliographic research and personal observations from fieldwork and biological collections in Colombia and Brazil. Bibliographic records are supplemented by data from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), including field observations recorded through the online platform iNaturalist. In the literature, we found 19 species of stag beetles recorded for Colombia, belonging to five genera, three tribes, and two subfamilies. Bibliographic records are concentrated in the Andean region of Colombia, with some records in the Caribbean and Pacific regions. The lowlands of the Amazon and Orinoco regions lack any records for lucanid beetles. The diversity and ecology of stag beetles in Colombia are discussed in the light of current environmental threats. By presenting diagnoses and an identification key to the lucanid genera present in the country, along with known distributional data, and a discussion about their ecology, this contribution constitutes the first step towards proposing Colombian lucanids as species in need of conservation efforts.
Los escarabajos ciervo de la familia Lucanidae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) están entre los grupos más carismáticos de escarabajos. Sin embargo, su ecología e historia natural en la región Neotropical permanecen ampliamente desconocidas, parcialmente debido a su rareza tanto en campo como en colecciones biológicas. Este trabajo resume el estado del conocimiento de los Lucanidae colombianos, basado principalmente en búsquedas bibliográficas junto con observaciones de campo y colecciones biológicas en Colombia y Brasil. Los registros bibliográficos se complementaron con datos de la Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), y observaciones en campo registradas a través de la plataforma en línea Naturalista. Encontramos 19 especies de escarabajos ciervo registradas para Colombia en la literatura, pertenecientes a cinco géneros, tres tribus y dos subfamilias. Los registros bibliográficos se concentran en la región andina de Colombia, con algunos registros en las regiones Caribe y Pacífico. Las tierras bajas de la Amazonia y Orinoquia carecen de registros de escarabajos lucánidos. Adicionalmente, se discute la diversidad y ecología de los escarabajos ciervo en Colombia, a la luz de las amenazas ambientales actuales. Mediante la presentación de diagnosis y una clave de identificación de los géneros de Lucanidae presentes en el país, además de datos conocidos de distribución y una discusión sobre su ecología, esta contribución constituye el primer paso hacia proponer a los lucánidos de Colombia como especies que necesitan esfuerzos de conservación.
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