IUCN SSC Dung Beetle Specialist Group
IUCN COMMISSION GROUP

IUCN SSC Dung Beetle Specialist Group

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Overview and description

Description:
Focuses on the families Geotrupidae and Scarabaeidae (subfamilies Aphodiinae and Scarabaeinae), which are insects that rely primarily on dung to feed or reproduce and are commonly known as “dung ...

Focuses on the families Geotrupidae and Scarabaeidae (subfamilies Aphodiinae and Scarabaeinae), which are insects that rely primarily on dung to feed or reproduce and are commonly known as “dung beetles”. This group of taxa comprises ~6,000 known valid species and forms part of the diverse Superfamily Scarabaeoidea

Group leadership

Prof Fernando VAZ-DE-MELLO
Co-Chair
Dr Camila LEANDRO RIVEL
Co-Chair
Camila Leandro is an early career post-doc working on insect conservation at French and European scales. She focuses on the question of eDNA inventories and species distribution models to better understand spatial patterns of dung beetles. In 2021 she was awarded by the French Foundation for Biodiversity Research for her pluridisciplinary research work. Indeed, she works with colleagues from different fields (conservation ecology, genetics and metagenomics, biostatistics, environmental humanities) from academia or more grounded conservation institutions such as NGOs and national parks. Moreover, she is very keen on the popularization of science among young people.
Camila Leandro is an early career post-doc working on insect conservation at French and European scales. She focuses on the question of eDNA inventories and species distribution models to better ...