Brett C. Ratcliffe

Brett Ratcliffe is a Professor and Curator Emeritus at the University of Nebraska State Museum and Department of Entomology. He is a specialist in the systematics of scarab beetles, especially those of the Neotropics. His research interests are in the world Dynastinae, New World gymnetine scarabs (Cetoniinae), and phylogeny of the higher scarabs. He has previously conducted studies on the endangered American burying beetle, Nicrophorus americanus (Silphidae), in Nebraska. Ratcliffe has conducted research and collected in the Neotropics annually for the past 45 years. He has received several “outstanding paper of the year” awards by the Coleopterists Society (1992 and 2005) for papers published in the Coleopterists Bulletin, Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists (1980) for a paper published in the Journal of Paleontology, and the Charles E. Bessey Award (Center for Great Plains Studies at UNL) for the best natural science article published in Great Plains Research (2008). He was awarded a fellowship by the National Academy of Sciences in 1980 for a scientific exchange with the German Democratic Republic to conduct research at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin and at Martin Luther University in Halle, and he was awarded the University of Nebraska’s Outstanding Research and Creativity (ORCA) award in 2001 for his research with scarab beetles. He has discovered more than 200 scarab species new to science and has had 22 species of insects, mostly scarab beetles, named after him. He was elected to honorary membership in the Coleopterists Society in 2010 and designated the Faculty International Scholar of the Year awarded by Phi Beta Delta, University of Nebraska, in 2011. He and colleague Ron Cave were presented the 2020 Westwood Medal awarded by the Royal Entomological Society (London, UK) for excellence in insect taxonomy.

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URL:
http://www-museum.unl.edu/research/entomology/index.htm

PUBLICATIONS:

1.    Ratcliffe, B. C. and  R. J. Luedtke. 1969. A comparison of silphids taken from covered and uncovered carrion (Coleoptera: Silphidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 23:103–105.

2.    Ratcliffe, B. C. 1970. Collecting slime flux feeding Coleoptera in Japan. Entomological News 81: 255–256.

3.    Ratcliffe, B. C. 1972. The natural history of Necrodes surinamensis (Fabr.) (Coleoptera: Silphidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 98: 359–410.

4.    Ratcliffe, B. C. 1974. New distribution records for eleven species of Phyllophaga  (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Entomological News 85: 72–75.

5.    Ratcliffe, B. C. 1976. A revision of the genus Strategus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum 10: 93–204, 176 figs.

6    Ratcliffe, B. C.  1976. Notes on the biology of Euphoriaspis hirtipes (Horn) with a description of the larva and pupa (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 30: 217–225.

7    Pike, K.S., R.L. Rivers, B.C. Ratcliffe, C.Y. Oseto and  Z B Mayo. 1976. A world bibliography of the genus Cyclocephala (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). University of  Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station Miscellaneous Publication 32: 1–32.

8.    Ratcliffe, B. C. 1977.  A case of tarantula induced vesicular dermatitis. Journal of Medical Entomology 13: 745–747.

9.    Ratcliffe, B. C. 1977. A description of the larva and pupa of Osmoderma subplanata Casey and Cremastocheilus wheeleri LeConte (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 50: 363–370.

10.  Ratcliffe, B. C. 1977. Four new species of Neotropical Cyclocephalini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Acta Amazonica 7: 429–434.

11.    Ratcliffe, B. C. 1978. The systematic entomology collections of Brazil's National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA). Bulletin of the Entomological Society of America 24: 62.

12.    Ratcliffe, B. C. 1978. As coleções de entomologia sistematica do Instituto Naçional de Pesquisas da Amazonia (INPA-Manaus). Ciencia e Cultura 30: 627–628.

13.    Ratcliffe, B. C. 1978. A review of the genus Argyripa (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Systematic Entomology 3: 371–378.

14.    Ratcliffe, B. C. 1978. A new species of Trox from the Amazon Basin with new distribution records for Central American Trox (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Acta Amazonica 8: 299–302.

15.    Ratcliffe, B. C. 1978. New species of Stenocrates from Brazil (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Acta Amazonica 8: 489–495.

16.    Ratcliffe, B. C. and  N. D. Penny. 1978. Catalogo dos tipos de invertebrados depositados nas coleções entomologicas do INPA-Manaus. Acta Amazonica 8: 689–697.

17a. Ratcliffe, Brett C. and J.A. Fagerstrom. 1980. Invertebrate Lebensspuren of Holocene floodplains: their morphology, origin and paleoecological significance. Journal of Paleontology 54: 614–630.

17b. Ratcliffe, B. C. 1983. Reprinted IN Sarjeant, William A.S. (Ed.), Terrestrial Trace Fossils. Benchmark Papers in Geology 76, pp. 251–267. Hutchinson Ross Publishing Company, Stroudsburg, Pa.

18.    Ratcliffe, B. C. and F. Chalumeau. 1980. Strategus syphax (Fabr.): A description of the third instar larva and pupa (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 34: 85–93.

19.    Ratcliffe, B. C. 1981. New species of Coprini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) taken from the pelage of three toed sloths (Bradypus tridactylus L.) in central Amazonia with a commentary on scarab-sloth relationships. The Coleopterists Bulletin 34: 337–350.

20.    Ratcliffe, B. C. 1981. The fourth Hylobothynus: spanning the Amazonian gap (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 35: 303–306.

21.    Ratcliffe, B. C. 1981. New species and distribution records of Surutu from Amazonian Brazil (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 35: 107–112.

22.    Ratcliffe, B. C. 1981. A redescription of Trichillum hirsutum Boucomont with notes on other interesting Brazilian Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Acta  Amazonica 11: 183–186.

23.    Ratcliffe, B. C. 1981. Barutus hartmanni, a new genus and species from Panama with a key to the New World genera of Pentodontini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 35: 463–472.

24.    Ratcliffe, B. C. 1981. Xyloryctes jamaicensis (Drury) in Nebraska. Scarabaeus No. 4: 8.

25.    Ratcliffe, B. C. 1982. American Oryctini: Strategus verrilli Ratcliffe rediscovered and described, and new records and comments for other Strategus and Hispanioryctes (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 36: 352–357.

26.    Ratcliffe, B. C. 1983. Trox hamatus Robinson (Troginae) using a Canthon  (Scarabaeinae) brood ball and new records of North American Trox  (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences 11: 53–55.

27.    Ratcliffe, B. C. and  R.-P. Dechambre. 1983. New combinations, synonymy and distribution records for Neotropical Pentodontini and Oryctini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 37: 267–272.

28.    Morón, M. and B. C. Ratcliffe. 1984. Description of the larva and pupa of Argyripa lansbergei (Sallé) with new distributional records for the genus and a key to New World Gymnetini larvae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 86: 760–768.

29.    Ratcliffe, B. C. 1984. A review of the Penichrolucaninae with analyses of phylogeny and biogeography and description of a second New World species from the Amazon Basin (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Quaestiones Entomologique 20: 60–87.

30.    Ratcliffe, B. C. 1985. The Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. Scarabaeus No. 11: 1–3.

31.    Penny, N. D. and B. C. Ratcliffe. 1985. Entomological collections and human resources in Brazil. ASC Newsletter 13: 21–24.

32.    Boos, J. and B. C. Ratcliffe. 1985. A new subspecies of Inca clathrata (Olivier) from Trinidad, West Indies, and range extensions for Inca clathrata sommeri Westwood (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Trichiinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 39: 381–389.

33    Ratcliffe, B. C. 1985. God is, forsooth, a scarab: a rebuttal to Acorn’s repugnant carabid hypothesis. Biologie und Naturwissenschaften der Käfer 3: 9–19.  

34    Ratcliffe, B. C. 1986. New Species of Dyscinetus from the West Indies and South America (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 40: 75–80.

35.    Bown, T. M. and B. C. Ratcliffe. 1988. The origin of Chubutolithes  Ihering, ichnofossils from the Eocene and Oligocene of Chubut Province, Argentina. Journal of Paleontology 62: 163–167.

36.    Ratcliffe, B. C. 1988. New species and distributions of Neotropical Phileurini and a new phileurine from Burma (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 42: 43–55.

37.    Ratcliffe, B. C.  1988. A new species of Aphodius (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) from Nebraska. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences 16: 87–89.

38.    Deloya, A.C. and B. C. Ratcliffe. 1988. A synopsis of the genus Cotinis in Mexico with description of three new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae). Acta Zoologica Mexicana No. 28: 1–52.

39.    Ratcliffe, B. C. and M. L. Jameson. 1989. A synopsis of the genus Areoda (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 43: 135–144.

40.    Morón, M. and B. C. Ratcliffe. 1989. A synopsis of the American Goliathini with description of a new Neoscelis from Mexico (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 43: 339–348.

41.    Ratcliffe, B. C. and G. Clark. 1989. Observations on the tunnel morphology of Heterocerus brunneus Melsh. (Coleoptera: Heteroceridae) and the paleoecological significance of insect traces. Journal of Paleontology 63: 228–232.

42.    Ratcliffe, B. C. (Editor). 1989. University of Nebraska State Museum. ASC Newsletter 17: 1, 3, 10–12.

43.    Ratcliffe, B. C. and M. L. Jameson. 1989. A new species of Pelidnota (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) from Panama. The Coleopterists Bulletin 43: 259–262.

44.    Ratcliffe, B. C. 1989. A case of gynandromorphy in Golofa tersander (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 43: 256–258.

45.    Ratcliffe, B. C. 1989. Corrections and clarifications to Endrödi’s “The Dynastinae of the World.” The Coleopterists Bulletin 43: 275–278.

46.    Ratcliffe, B. C. and L. Delgado. 1990. New species and notes of Cyclocephala from Mexico (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). Folia Entomologica Mexicana No. 80: 41–57.

47.    Ratcliffe, B. C. 1990. The significance of scarab beetles in the ethnoentomology of non-industrial, indigenous peoples. Proc. I Internat. Congr. Ethnobiology, Belem, Brazil, vol. 1: 159–185.

48.    Morón, M. and B. C. Ratcliffe. 1990. Descriptions of Strategus larvae with a new key     to species based on the larvae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). Elytron 4: 53–66.

49.    Ratcliffe, B. C. 1990. Prairie scarabs. The Nebraska perspective. American Entomologist 36: 28–35.

50.    Howden, H. F. and B. C. Ratcliffe. 1990. An unusual new species of Trigonopeltastes Burmeister from Chiapas, Mexico (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Trichiinae). Canadian Entomologist 122: 1–4.

51.    Ratcliffe, B. C. 1990. An unusual method of pattern disruption in an Amazonian scarab beetle.  Boletim Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, Series Zoologia 6:109–113.

52.    Ratcliffe, B. C. 1991. The Passalidae and Lucanidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of Nebraska. Great Plains Research 1: 249–282.

53.    Ratcliffe, B. C. 1992. Two new species of Cyclocephala from Arizona and Mexico and a note on melanistic C. melanocephala (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 46: 250–255.

54.  Ratcliffe, B. C. and C. Deloya. 1992. The biogeography and phylogeny of Hologymnetis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) with a revision of the genus.The Coleopterists Bulletin 45: 161–202.

55.    Ratcliffe, B. C. 1992. Nine new species and 11 country records of Cyclocephala (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) from Panama and Costa Rica. The Coleopterists Bulletin 46: 216–235.

56.    Ratcliffe, B. C.  1992. A new species of Ancognatha from Panama (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 46: 256–259.

57.    Ratcliffe, B. C. and M. L. Jameson. 1992. New Nebraska occurrences of the endangered American burying beetle (Coleoptera: Silphidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 46: 421–425.

58.    Ratcliffe, B. C., M. L. Jameson, and T. Taylor. 1992. Two remarkable new species of Plusiotis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) from Mexico and Central America. Insecta Mundi 6: 1–5.

59.    Ratcliffe, B. C. 1992. New species and country records of Brazilian Cyclocephala (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). Tidschrift voor Entomologie 136: 179–190.

60.    Ratcliffe, B. C. and C. L. Messenger. 1992. Vial support system for fluid collections, pp. 213–214. In: C. Rose and A.R. de Torres (eds.), Storage of Natural History Collections: Ideas and Practical Solutions. Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, Pittsburgh, PA.

61.    Jameson, M. L., B. C. Ratcliffe, and M. M. Morón. 1994. A synopsis of the Neotropical genus Calomacraspis Bates with a key to larvae of the American genera of     Rutelini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 87: 43–58.

62.     Ratcliffe, B. C. 1994. Orizabus subaziro, a new species from Mexico (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 48: 91–93.

63.    Ratcliffe, B. C. 1995. American burying beetle. Nebraska’s Threatened and Endangered Species insert in NEBRASKAland Magazine 73, 6 pp.

64.  Maes, J.-M. and B. C. Ratcliffe. 1996. Scarabaeidae nuevos para la fauna de Nicaragua. Revista Nicaraguense de Entomologia 34: 17–18.

65.  Ratcliffe, B. C. and M. A. Morón. 1997. Capítulo 3. Dynastinae, pp. 53–98.  In Morón, Miguel A., Brett C. Ratcliffe, and Cuauhtemoc Deloya, Atlas de los Escarabajos de Mexico (Coleoptera Lamellicornia). Vol. 1.  Familia Melolonthidae. CONABIO and Sociedad Mexicana de Entomologia, Mexico. 280 pp.

66.    Maes, J.-M., B. C. Ratcliffe, and M. L. Jameson. 1997. Fauna entomologica de la Reserva Natural BOSAWAS, Nicaragua. XI.  Escarabajos (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) nuevos para la fauna de Nicaragua. Revista Nicaraguense de Entomologia 39: 41–45.

67.  Morón, M. A. and B. C. Ratcliffe. 1997. New tribal placement of the genus Coscinocephalus Prell 1936, with description of the larva, pupa, and adult of a new species from Mexico (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Dynastinae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 104: 48–61.

68.  Ratcliffe, B. C. 1998. An unusual new unicorn species of Copris from Nicaragua (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae, Coprini. The Coleopterists Bulletin 52: 93–96.

69.    Ratcliffe, B. C. 1998. Insects., pp. 143–154. In Bleed, A. S. and C. A. Flowerday (eds.), An Atlas of the Sand Hills.  Resource Atlas 5b, Conservation and Survey Division, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.  260 pp.

70.  Ratcliffe, B. C. and M. A. Ivie. 1998. New species of Hemiphileurus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) from the Dominican Republic with a key to the West Indian species of Hemiphileurus. The Coleopterists Bulletin 52: 201–208.

71.    Ratcliffe, B. C. and A. B. T. Smith. 1999. New species of Canthonella Chapin (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from Amazonian Brazil. The Coleopterists Bulletin 53: 1–7.

72. Bedick, J. C., B. C. Ratcliffe, W. W. Hoback, and L. G. Higley. 1999. Distribution, ecology, and population dynamics of the American burying beetle [Nicrophorus americanus Olivier (Coleoptera, Silphidae)] in south-central Nebraska, USA.  Journal of Insect Conservation 3: 171–181.

73. Ratcliffe, B. C. 1999. U. S. scarab collection moves to Nebraska. ASC Newsletter 27: 1 and 6.

74. Coca-Abia, M., P. Dominguez-Alonso, and B. C. Ratcliffe. 1999. Evidencias de actividad biológica producidas por artropodos terrestres a lo largo del tiempo geológico, pp. 213–221.  In Melic, A., J. J. de Haro, M. Mendez, and I. Ribera (Eds.), Evolución y Filogenia de Arthropoda.  Boletin de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa (Monographic Volume) 26: 1–806.

75. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2000. Dynastine scarab beetles of Monteverde, pp. 111–113. In Nadkarni, N. and N. Wheelwright (eds.), Monteverde. Ecology and Conservation of a Tropical Cloud Forest.  Oxford University Press, New York, NY.  573 pp.

76. Mico, E., W. E. Hall, and B. C. Ratcliffe. 2001. Descriptions of the larvae of Hoplopyga singularis (Gory and Percheron) and Hologymnetis cinerea (Gory and Percheron) with a revised key to the larvae of New World Gymnetini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae).  The Coleopterists Bulletin 55: 205–217.

77. Ratcliffe, B. C. and E. Mico. 2001. A review of the Neotropical genus Neocorvicoana    Ratcliffe and Micó, new genus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 55: 279–296.

78. Ratcliffe, B. C. and F. Ocampo. 2001. Tyrannasorus rex Ratcliffe and Ocampo, a new genus and species of Miocene hybosorid in amber from the Dominican Republic (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Hybosoridae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 55: 351–355.

79. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2001. New species of Hemiphileurus Kolbe (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) from Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, and Brazil.  The Coleopterists Bulletin 55: 433–443.

80. Ratcliffe, B. C. and J. Christen.  2002.  Lucanus elaphus Fabr. (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) discovered in Nebraska, with brief notes on its biology and identification. Entomological News 113: 68–70.

81. Ratcliffe, B. C. and R. D. Cave. 2002. New species of Cyclocephala from Honduras and El Salvador (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Cyclocephalini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 56: 152–157.

82.    Ratcliffe, B. C.  2002. A checklist of the Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) of Panama. Zootaxa 32: 1–48.

83.    Ratcliffe, B. C. and F. Ocampo. 2002. A review of the genus Hylamorpha Arrow (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Anoplognathini: Brachysternina). The Coleopterists Bulletin 56: 367–378.
   
84. Ratcliffe, B.  C. 2002. Review of the genus Palaeophileurus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Phileurini) with description of two new species from Peru. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 95: 335–339.    

85. Ratcliffe, B. C. and P. C. Hammond. 2002. Insects and the native vegetation of Nebraska. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences 28: 29–47.

86. Jameson, M. L., B. C. Ratcliffe, and V. Maly. 2002.  Review of the genus Acrobolbia Ohaus with remarks on its classification and key to the world genera of Cyclocephalini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). Folia Heyrovskyana 10: 1–15.

87. Jameson, M. L. and B. C. Ratcliffe. 2002. Series Scarabaeiformia Crowson 1960, Superfamily Scarabaeoidea Latreille 1802, pp. 1–5.  In, Arnett, R. H., M. Thomas, P. E. Skelley, and J. H. Frank (eds.), American Beetles, Volume 2. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. 861 pp.

88. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2002. Chapter 23. Lucanidae Latreille 1804, pp. 6–9. In, Arnett, R. H., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley, and J. H. Frank (eds.), American Beetles, Volume 2. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. 861 pp.

89. Jameson, M. L. and B. C. Ratcliffe. 2002. Chapter 24. Diphyllosomatidae  Holloway 1972, pp. 10–11. In, Arnett, R. H., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley, and J. H. Frank (eds.), American Beetles, Volume 2. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. 861 pp.

90. Ratcliffe, B. C., M. L. Jameson, and A. B. T. Smith. 2002. Chapter 34. Scarabaeidae Latreille 1802, pp. 39–81 (in part). In, Arnett, R. H., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley, and J. H. Frank (eds.), American Beetles, Volume 2. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. 861 pp.

91. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2002. Chapter 34-V. Dynastinae MacLeay 1819, pp. 64–67. In, Arnett, R. H., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley, and J. H. Frank (eds.), American Beetles, Volume 2. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. 861 pp.

92. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2002. Chapter 34-VI. Cetoniinae Leach 1815, pp. 67–71. In, Arnett, R. H., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley, and J. H. Frank (eds.), American Beetles, Volume 2.  CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. 861 pp.

93. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2003. New species of Hemiphileurus Kolbe from Honduras and Guatemala (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Phileurini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 57: 334–338.

94. Mudge, A. D., B. C. Ratcliffe, R. L. Westcott, and F. A. Noguera F.A.  2003. A new species of Neoscelis from Jalisco, Mexico (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae). Folia Heyrovskyana 11:143–154.

95. Ratcliffe, B. C.  2004. Comment on the proposed precedence of Bolboceras Kirby, 1819 (July) (Insecta, Coleoptera) over Odonteus Samouelle, 1819 (June). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 61: 43.

96. Bedick, J., B. C. Ratcliffe, and L. G. Higley. 2004. A new sampling protocol for the American burying beetle, Nicrophorus americanus Olivier (Coleoptera: Silphidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 58: 57–70.

97. Ratcliffe, B. C. and M. L. Jameson. 2004. The revised classification for Scarabaeoidea: what the hell is going on? Escarabajos 15: 3–10.

98. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2004. Lectotype designations in the New World Gymnetini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae). Zootaxa 729: 1–19.

99. Ratcliffe, B. C. and M. A. Morón. 2005. Larval descriptions of eight species of Megasoma Kirby (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) with a key for identification and notes on biology. The Coleopterists Bulletin 59: 91–126.
   
100. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2005. A review of the South American genus Hoplopygothrix Schürhoff (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 59: 136–142.

101. Ratcliffe, B. C. and M. Hardy. 2005. Collagenus dasysternus, a new genus and species of Dynastinae from eastern Venezuela with a key to the New World genera of Pentodontini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 59: 143–150.

102. Ratcliffe, B. C., D. M. Smith, and D. Erwin. 2005. Oryctoantiquus borealis, new genus and species from the Eocene of Oregon, U.S.A., the world's oldest fossil dynastine and largest fossil scarabaeid (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 59: 127–135.

103. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2005. VI  Reunión Latinoamericana de Scarabaeoidologia. Escarabajos 16: 16–24.

104. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2006. VII Reunión Latinoamericana de Scarabaeoidología. Escarabajos 19: 1–9.

105. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2006. Heterogomphus effeminatus, an unusual new species of rhinocerosbeetle from French Guiana (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Oryctini). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 49b: 9–12.

106. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2006. Scarab beetles in human culture, pp. 85–101. In, Jameson, M. L. and B. C. Ratcliffe (editors), Scarabaeoidea in the 21st Century: a Festschrift Honoring Henry F. Howden. The Coleopterists Society Monograph 5: 1–216.

107. Neita, J. C., J. Orozco, and B. C. Ratcliffe. 2006. Escarabajos (Scarabaeidae: Pleurosticti) de la selva baja del bosque pluvial tropical “BP-T”, Chocó, Colombia. Acta Zoologica Mexicana 22: 1–32.

108. Utz, R. M., B. C. Ratcliffe, B. T. Moore, and K. J. Hartman. 2007. Disproportionate relative importance of a terrestrial beetle family (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) as a prey source for central Appalachian brook trout. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 136: 177–184.

109. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2007. A remarkable new species of Megaceras from Peru (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). The “Dim Effect”: nature mimicking art, The Coleopterists Bulletin 61: 463–467.

110. Neita Moreno, J. C., B. C. Ratcliffe, and G. Calberto. 2007. Immature  stages of Aspidolea singularis (Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Cyclocephalini). Revista Colombiana de Entomología 33: 178–182.

111. Ratcliffe, B. C. and A. B. T. Smith. 2007. Bothynus Hope, 1837 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae): proposed conservation of usage by designation of Scarabaeus ascanius Kirby, 1819 as the type species. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 64:29–31

112. Ratcliffe, B. C. and R. D. Cave. 2008. A biotic survey and inventory of the dynastine scarab beetles of Central America, North America, and the Caribbean regions: review of a long term, multi-country project. Zoosystema30: 651–663.

113. Ratcliffe, B. C. and R. D. Cave. 2008. The Dynastinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of the Bahamas with a description of a new species of Cyclocephala from Great Inagua Island. Insecta Mundi 0024: 1–10.

114. Gasca, H. J., C. R. Vasconcelos da Fonseca, and B. C. Ratcliffe. 2008. Synopsis of the Oryctini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) from the Brazilian Amazon. Insecta Mundi 0061: 1–62.

115. Genoways, H. H. and B. C. Ratcliffe. 2008. Engineer Cantonment, Missouri Territory, 1819–1820: America’s First Biodiversity Inventory. Great Plains Research 18: 3–31.

116. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2008. More new species of Cyclocephala from South America (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 62: 221–241.

117. Cave, R. D. and B. C. Ratcliffe. 2008. Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea), pp. 3273–3286. In, J. Capinera (Editor), Encyclopedia of Entomology, 2nd Edition. Springer Netherlands. 4000 pp.

118. Santiago-Blay, J. A., B. C. Ratcliffe, F.-T. Krell, and R. Anderson. 2008. Allotypes should be from the type series: a position paper for reinstating Recommendation 72A from the third edition of the Code that defines the term “allotype”. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 65: 260–264.

119. Jacobs, J., I. Noble, S. Palminteri, and B. C. Ratcliffe. 2009 (2008). First come, first serve:  “sit and wait” behavior in dung beetles at the source of primate dung. Neotropical Entomology 37: 641–645.

120. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2009. A most unusual scarab. Unusual (en / yoo / zh / ooel): unlike what is expected, differing in some way from the norm. Weird. Escarabajos 40: 11–14.

121. Jameson, M. L. and B. C. Ratcliffe. 2009. Revision of the genus Chalcasthenes Arrow (Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Oryctoderini) from the Solomon Islands. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 48: 149–163.

122. Cave, R. D. and B. C. Ratcliffe. 2009. Sondeo biótico e inventario de los escarabajos dynástinos de Mesoamerica, Norteamerica y las Antillas: un proyecto multinacional a largo plazo. Cuadernos de Biodiversidad No. 29: 5–13.

123. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2009. Xyloryctes (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Oryctini) in the United States. Qui es et ubi fuisti et quo vadis? Insecta Mundi 0100:1–11.

124. Ratcliffe, B. C. and R. D. Cave. 2009. New species of Cyclocephala Dejean, 1821 from Guatemala (Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Cyclocephalini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 63: 325–332.

125. Neita, J. C. and B. C. Ratcliffe. 2009. Description of the adult female, larva, pupa, and distribution of  Strategus fascinus Burmeister (Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Oryctini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 63: 367–379.

126. Ratcliffe, B. C. and J. Orozco. 2009. A review of the biology of Pericoptus truncatus (Fabr.) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Pentodontini) from New Zealand and a revised description of the third instar larva. The Coleopterists Bulletin 63: 445–451.

127. Jameson, M. L., D. E. Oishi, B. C. Ratcliffe, and G. T. McQuate.. 2009. Two additional invasive scarabaeoid beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) in Hawaii. Proceedings of the  Hawaiian Entomological Society 41: 25–30.

128. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2010. A review of the Blaesiina (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae, Gymnetini). Zookeys 34: 105–128.

129. Ratcliffe, B. C. and J.-P. Saltin. 2010. Melanistic Mitracephala humboldti Thomson (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). A tale from the dark side. Escarabajos 51: 1–9.

130. Céspedes, A. and B. C. Ratcliffe. 2010. Golofa clavigera (Linnaeus, 1771) in Bolivia: a new country record (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). Ecología en Bolivia (Revista del Instituto de Ecología, Carrera de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Puras y Naturales, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia) 45: 73–76.

131. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2010. A new Bolivian Bothynus Hope, 1837, with a key to the Bolivian species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Pentodontini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 64: 105–108.

132. Ratcliffe, B. C. and R. D. Cave. 2010. New species of Orizabus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Pentodontini) from Mexico and Guatemala with a  revised key and checklist of the species in the genus. Insecta Mundi 0127: 1–16.

133. Ratcliffe, B. C. and A. Zubair. 2010. Additions to the distribution of Scarabaeidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) in northern Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Zoology 42: 827–830.

134. Ratcliffe, B. C. and R. D. Cave. 2010. The Dynastinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of the Cayman Islands (West Indies), with a description of Tomarus adoceteus, new species(Pentodontini) and Caymania nitidissima, new genus and species(Phileurini) from Little Cayman. Insecta Mundi 0139: 1–15.

135. Ratcliffe, B. C. and J.-P. Saltin. 2010. Homophileurus neptunus Dechambre, a new junior synonym of H. waldenfelsi Endrödi (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Phileurini). Insecta Mundi 0146: 1–5.

136. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2010. Gorditus rotundus, a new genus and species of Pentodontini from Cuba (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). Zootaxa 2683: 56–60.

137. Neita, J. C. and B. C. Ratcliffe. 2010. A new species of Hemiphileurus Kolbe from Colombia, with description of its larva and pupa (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Phileurini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 64: 347–355.

138. Ratcliffe, B. C. and R. D. Cave. 2011. A revision of the genera Endroedianibe Chalumeau and Hispanioryctes Howden and Endrödi from Hispaniola with descriptions of new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 65: 1–14.

139. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2011. Hoplopygothrix Schürhoff revisited: a new species and country record for Bolivia (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 65: 63–66.

140. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2011. A review of the species of Phileurus with quadridentate protibiae and description of a new species from Panama (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Phileurini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 65: 125–129.

141. Ratcliffe, B. C. and W. B. Warner. 2011. A revision of the genus Gymnetina Casey, 1915 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini). Insecta Mundi 0173: 1–28.

142. Ratcliffe, B. C. and D. Curoe. 2011. A new species of Hemiphileurus Kolbe from Panama with a revised key to the Panamanian species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Phileurini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 65: 139–143.

143. Neita, J. C. and B. C. Ratcliffe. 2011. Immature stages of Homophileurus tricuspis Prell (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Phileurini) with notes on natural history and distribution in Colombia. Zootaxa 2915: 20–28.

144. Ratcliffe, B. C. and R. L. Hoffman. 2011. Cyclocephala nigricollis Burmeister. What is it? And where is it? (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Cyclocephalini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 65: 135–138.

145. Gasca, H. J. and B. C. Ratcliffe. 2011. An annotated checklist of the oryctine rhinoceros beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Oryctini) of the Neotropical and Nearctic realms. Zootaxa 3090: 21–40.

146. Ratcliffe. B. C. and P. Skelley. 2011. Description of the larva of Homophileurus integer (Burmeister, 1847) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Phileurini) with a key to Homophileurus larvae and notes on biology. The Coleopterists Bulletin 65: 297–304.

147. Saltin, J.-P. and B. C. Ratcliffe. 2012. A review of the distribution of Harposcelis
paradoxus Burmeister, 1847 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Cyclocephalini) with a new country record for Peru. Dugesiana 18: 147–151 and 19: 10 (correction).

148. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2012. First reported occurrence and description of a new species of Hoplopyga (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini) from the West Indies. The Coleopterists Bulletin 66:111–115.

149. Jacobs, J. M., R. von May, and B. C. Ratcliffe. 2012. Observations on the life history of Enema pan (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) and its association with bamboo plants (Guadua Kunth: Poaceae: Bambusoideae) in southwestern Amazonia. The Coleopterists Bulletin 66: 253–260.

150. Neita, J. C. and B. C. Ratcliffe. 2012. A new species Palaeophileurus Kolbe (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Phileurini) from Peru. The Coleopterists Bulletin 66: 261–265.

151. Dupuis, F., J. C. Neita and B. C.  Ratcliffe. 2012. Synonymic note on the genus Palaeophileurus Kolbe, 1910 (Coleoptera, Dynastidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 117: 460.

152. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2012. Comments on Scarabaeus Linnaeus, 1758, Dynastes MacLeay, 1819, SCARABAEINAE Latreille, 1802, and DYNASTINAE MacLeay, 1819 (Insecta, Coleoptera, SCARABAEOIDEA): proposed conservation of usage (Case 3590) 2. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 69: 293–294.

153. Ratcliffe, B. C. and J.-P. Saltin. 2013. A remarkable Golofa Hope, 1837 from         Peru (Coleoptera: Dynastinae: Dynastini). Escarabajos 72: 1–5.

154. Ratcliffe, B. C. and A. Solís. 2013. The southernmost Orizabus Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Pentodontini): description of a new species from Costa Rica. The Coleopterists Bulletin 67: 1–6.

155. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2013. Best writing and curatorial practices for describing a new species of beetle: a primer. The Coleopterists Bulletin 67: 107–113.

156. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2013. A revision of the Neotropical genus Amithao (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 67: 265–292.

157. Ratcliffe, B. C. and R. D. Cave. 2013. A biotic survey and inventory of the dynastine scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of the West Indies. Escarabajos 74: 8–17.

158. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2013. A revision of the Neotropical genus Desicasta (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 67: 447–456.

159. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2013. The dung and carrion feeding scarabs (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) of an Amazonian blackwater rainforest: results of a continuous, 56 week baited pitfall study. The Coleopterists Bulletin 67: 481–520.

160. Ratcliffe, B. C. and R. D. Cave. 2014. Los escarabajos rinocerontes gigantes de El Salvador (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). Bioma 16: 7–27.

161. Ratcliffe, B. C. and A. E. Giraldo Mendoza. 2014. Piscoperus paracanicola Ratcliffe and Giraldo, a new genus and new species of Pentodontini from Peru, with a revised key to the New World genera of Pentodontini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 68: 103–110.

162. Segarra, A. E, A. Morales-Pérez, R. A. Franqui, and B. C. Ratcliffe. 2014. First report of a South American beetle, Gymnetis strigosa (Olivier, 1789) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) in Puerto Rico. The Coleopterists Bulletin 68: 217–218.

163. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2014. A review of the Neotropical Genera Badelina Thomson, 1880, Balsameda Thomson, 1880, Guatemalica Neervoort van de Poll, 1886, and Heterocotinis Martínez, 1948, (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 68: 241–262.

164. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2014. Reversal of precedence for Scarabaeus monoceros Nicolson, 1776 in favor of Scarabaeus oblongus Palisot de Beauvois, 1807 to stabilize the nomenclature of Strategus oblongus (Palisot de Beauvois) from Hispaniola (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). Insecta Mundi 0370: 1–3.

165. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2014. The Scarab Collections at the Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle in Geneva,Switzerland. Escarabajos 75: 12–15.

 166. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2014. A Review of the Neotropical genera Astroscara Schürhoff, 1937, Chiriquibia Bates, 1889, Hadrosticta Kraatz, 1892, Jansonia Schürhoff, 1937, MacrocraniusSchürhoff, 1935, and Tiarocera Burmeister, 1842 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 68: 363–376.

167. Ratcliffe, B. C. and R. D. Cave. 2014. Un inventaire de la biodiversité des Dynastinae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) des Antilles: présentation du project. ACOREP-France, Coléoptères de Petites Antilles 2: 3–9.

168. Gasca-Álvarez, H. J., B. C. Ratcliffe, and C. Deloya. 2014. Redescription and occurrence in Suriname and Colombia of Cyclocephala guianae Endrödi (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Cyclocephalini). Dugesiana 21: 99–101.

169. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2014. A new genus and species of Dynastinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)from the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, other new species of Cyclocephalini, Pentodontini, and Phileurini from South America, and a revised key to the genera of New World Pentodontini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 68: 663–680.

170. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2015. A Revision of the Neotropical genus Allorrhina Burmeister, 1842 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 69: 91–113.

171. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2015. A Review of the Neotropical Genus Marmarina Kirby, 1827
with Description of a New Species from Argentina (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 69: 183–201.

172. Zubair, A. and B. C. Ratcliffe. 2015. New records of scarabaeoids (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae and Lucanidae) from northern Pakistan. Entomological News 125: 43–46.

173. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2015. Fill in the missing species in your collection with . . . What? Tiny pictures? Escarabajos 79: 8–9.

174. Ratcliffe, B. C. IN PRESS. A revised catalog of Stenocrates species with description of three new species from Peru and Brazil and Stenocrates inpai Ratcliffe, 1978 placed in junior synonymy with Stenocrates popei Endrödi, 1971 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Cyclocephalini). The Coleopterists Bulletin.

175. Shaughney, J. M. and B. C. Ratcliffe. IN PRESS. A monographic revision of the Neotropical genus Hoplopyga Thomson (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae; Cetoniinae: Gymnetini). The Coleopterists Bulletin.

176. Figueroa, L. and B. C. Ratcliffe. IN PRESS. A new species of Ancognatha Erichson from Peru (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Cyclocephalini) with distributions of Peruvian Ancognatha species. The Coleopterists Bulletin.

177. Ratcliffe, B. C., M. L. Jameson, L. Figueroa, R. D. Cave, M. L. Gimmel, M. J. Paulsen, Enio B. Cano, C. Beza-Beza, L. Jimenez-Ferbans, and P. Reyes-Castillo (IN PRESS). Checklist of the Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) of Peru. Journal of the Kansas Entomolgoical Society.

178. Figueroa, L. and B. C. Ratcliffe. 2016. A new species of Ancognatha Erichson from Peru (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Cyclocephalini) with distributions of Peruvian Ancognatha species. The Coleopterists Bulletin 70: 65–72.

179. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2016. The scarab collections at the University of Oslo, Norway (ZMUN) and the Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Belgium (IRSNB). Escarabajos 80: 6–11.

180. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2016. Trox paulseni (Coleoptera: Trogidae), a new species from Nebraska and Kansas, USA. Insecta Mundi 0482: 1–6.

181. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2016. Lawrence W. Saylor, Coleopterist Extraordinaire. The Coleopterists Bulletin 70: 1–9.

182. Ratcliffe, B. C. and R. D. Cave. 2016. A biotic survey of the dynastine scarab beetles of Mesoamerica, North America, and the West Indies: a long-term, multi-country project (in Korean). Insect Korea 5: 50–53.

183. Ceríaco, L. M. P., E. E. Gutiérrez, A. Dubois, and 493 signatories. 2016. Photography-based taxonomy is inadequate, unnecessary, and potentially harmful for biological sciences. Zootaxa 4196: 435–445.

184. Rogers, D. C., S. T. Ahyong, C. B. Boyko, and C. U. D’Acoz and 75 signatories. 2017. Images are not and should not ever be type specimens: a rebuttal to Garraffoni & Freitas. Zootaxa 4269 (4): 455–459

185. Ratcliffe, B. C., H. J. Gasca-Alvarez, and C. Deloya 2017. Description of the female of Hologymnetis reyesi (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini) with new state records for Mexico and a bilingual key to the species of Hologymnetis. The Coleopterists Bulletin 71: 143–151.

186. Neita-Moreno, J. and B. C. Ratcliffe. 2017. The genus Tomarus Erichson (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Pentodontini) in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay. Insecta Mundi 0547: 1–36.

187. Zuparko, R. L. and B. C. Ratcliffe. 2017. Obituary and bibliography of Norm Penny (1946–2016), an “entomologist’s entomologist”. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 93: 35–51.

188. Neita Moreno, J. C. and B. C. Ratcliffe 2017. A new South American species of Palaeophileurus Kolbe (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Phileurini). Zootaxa 4286: 515–524.

189. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2017. Case 3733 – Cetonia marmorea Olivier, 1789 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini): proposed conservation of the specific name by giving it precedence over the senior subjective synonym Scarabaeus pulcher Swederus, 1787. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 74: 42–45.

190. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2017. The fourteenth Amithao Thomson, 1878: a remarkable new species from Ecuador (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 71: 655–660.

191. Ratcliffe, B. C. and S. Le Tirant. 2017. A new species of Golofa Hope, 1837 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) from Peru. The Coleopterists Bulletin 71: 781–785.

192. Kirmse, S. and B. C. Ratcliffe. 2018. IN PRESS. Composition and distribution of a scarab community (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) inhabiting the canopy of a lowland tropical rainforest in southern Venezuela. The Coleopterists Bulletin.

193. Genoways, H. H. and B. C. Ratcliffe. 2018. Part 5: Science at Engineer Cantonment. In: J. R. Bozell, R. E. Pepperl, and G. F. Carlson (Editors), Science and Survival at Engineer Cantonment. Archeological and Natural History Investigations at the Winter Quarters of the 1819-1820 Long Expedition. Nebraska History 99: 46–56.

194. Paucar-Cabrera, A. and B. C. Ratcliffe. 2018. The Ancognatha Erichson (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Cyclocephalini) of Ecuador. The Coleopterists Bulletin 74: 665–687.

195. Ratcliffe, B. C., M. L. Jameson, and C. Zorn. 2018. Ganganomala saltini Ratcliffe, Jameson, and Zorn, a new genus and species of Anomalini (Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) from Bangladesh and Nepal with a revised circumscription of the tribe Anomalini. The Coleopterists Bulletin 74: 717–735.

196. Gasca-Álvarez, H. J., M. López-García, and B. C. Ratcliffe. 2018. Dynastinae de Colombia (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): Estado actual del conocimiento, pp. 95–128. In: Deloya, C. and H. J.  Gasca-Álvarez (Coordinators), Escarabajos del Neotrópico (Insecta: Coleoptera). Corporación Sentido Natural. S y G Editores, Ciudad de México, Mexico. 264 pp. 

197. Deloya, C., B. C. Ratcliffe, H. J. Gasca-Álvarez, and G. Aguirre-León. 2018. Escarabajos Cetoniinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) de América, pp. 129–151. In: Deloya, C. and H. J.  Gasca-Álvarez (Coordinators), Escarabajos del Neotrópico (Insecta: Coleoptera). Corporación Sentido Natural. S y G Editores, Ciudad de México, Mexico. 264 pp. 

198. Ratcliffe, B. C. and L. Figueroa. 2018. A new species of Stenocrates Burmeister from Peru (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Cyclocephalini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 74: 797–800.

199. Maes, J.-M. and B. C. Ratcliffe. 2018. Cyclocephala labidion Ratcliffe, a new report for the fauna of Nicaragua (Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Cyclocephalini). Revista Nicaraguense de Entomologia 153: 3–12.

200. Genoways, H. H., B. C. Ratcliffe, C. R. Falk, T. E. Labedz, P. R. Picha, and J. R. Bozell. 2018. Chapter 11. Natural History Studies. 11.1 Science at Engineer Cantonment, pp. 261–274. In: Bozell, J. R., G. F. Carlson, and R. E. Pepperl (Editors), Archeological Investigations at Engineer Cantonment: Winter Quarters of the 1819-1820 Long Expedition, Eastern Nebraska. History Nebraska. Publications in Anthropology 12: 1–394.

201. Genoways, H. H., B. C. Ratcliffe, C. R. Falk, and J. R. Bozell. 2018. Appendix E. Historical observataions and identifications of plants and animals in the vicinity of Engineer Cantonment 1819–1820, pp. 351–366. In: Bozell, J. R., G. F. Carlson, and R. E. Pepperl (Editors), Archeological Investigations at Engineer Cantonment: Winter Quarters of the 1819-1820 Long Expedition, Eastern Nebraska. History Nebraska. Publications in Anthropology 12: 1–394.

202. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2019. Keys to the genera of adult and larvae of 19 species of Gymnetini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) in the New World with a species checklistand description of two new genera and species from Mexico and Martinique. The Coleopterists Bulletin 73: 1–26.

203. Kirmse, S. and B. C. Ratcliffe. 2019. Composition and host-use patterns of a scarab beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) community inhabiting the canopy of a lowland tropical rainforest in southern Venezuela. The Coleopterists Bulletin 73: 149–167.

204. Neita-Moreno. J. C. and B. C. Ratcliffe. 2019. A review of the genera of Agaocephalini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) of Colombia with description of a new species of Lycomedes Brême. The Coleopterists Bulletin 73: 1049–1063.

205. Ratcliffe, B. C. and G. Nogueira. 2020. Description of a new species of Gymnetis MacLeay(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini) from Colima, Mexico. The Coleopterists Bulletin 74:109–115.

206. Ratcliffe, B. C., G. Nogueira, and R. Cunningham. 2020. First description of the female ofthe rare Megasoma lecontei Hardy(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Dynastini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 74: 119–123.

207. Maes, J.-M. and B. Ratcliffe. 2020. Catalogo ilustrado de los Cetoniinae y Trichiinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) de Nicaragua. Revista Nicaragüense de Entomología 120: 1–118. Available at: http://www.bio-nica.info/RevNicaEntomo/120-Cetoniinae.pdf

208. Ibarra-Polesel, M. G., J. C. Neita-Moreno, and B. C. Ratcliffe. 2020. Description of the immature stages of Stenocrates agricola Dechambre & Hardy (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Cyclocephalini) with redescription of the adult and discussion of its tribal position. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 92: e20190967 https://www.scielo.br/pdf/aabc/v92n3/0001-3765-aabc-92-03-e20190967.pdf

209. Ratcliffe, B. C., R. D. Cave, and J. Mondaca. 2021. The dynastine scarab beetles of Chile (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 75: 279–309.

210. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2021. East Berlin diary, 1980. Scarabaeus 2: 3–9.

211. Ratcliffe, B. C. and M. Seidel. 2021. A new species of Chalepides Casey, 1915 (Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae, Cyclocephalini) from the Pantanal of Brazil. Evolutionary Systematics 5: 189–192.

212. Ratcliffe, B. C. and R. D. Cave. 2021. A new species of Coelosis Hope, 1837 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Oryctini) from Paraguay. Journal of Insect Biodiversity 28: 44–48.

213. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2021. A New Species of Cyclocephala Dejean, 1821 from Bolivia (Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Cyclocephalini). Journal of Insect Biodiversity 28: 49–53.

214. Ratcliffe. B. C. and J-P. Saltin. 2021. A new species of Megaceras Hope, 1837 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Oryctini) from Peru. The Coleopterists Bulletin 75: 768–771.

215. Paz, F., B. C. Ratcliffe, and L. Figueroa. 2022. Three new species of Cyclocephala (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) from Amazonian Peru and a checklist of Cyclocephala species in Peru. Zootaxa 5087: 427–440.

BOOKS/MONOGRAPHS:

1.  Ratcliffe, B. C. 1991. The scarab beetles of Nebraska. Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum 12: 1–333.

2.  Ratcliffe, B. C. 1996. The carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae) of Nebraska. Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum 13: 1–100.

3.  Ratcliffe, B. C.  2003.  The dynastine scarab beetles of Costa Rica and Panama. Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum 16: 1–506.

4.  Ratcliffe, B. C. and R. D. Cave.  2006. The dynastine scarab beetles of Honduras, Nicaragua, and El Salvador.  Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum 21: 1–424.

5.  Ratcliffe, B. C. and M. J. Paulsen. 2008. The scarabaeoid beetles of Nebraska (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum 22: 1–570.

6.  Jameson, M. L. and B. C. Ratcliffe. 2011. Revision of the Neotropical scarab beetle tribe Anatistini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae). Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum 26: 1–100.

7.  Ratcliffe, B. C., R. D. Cave, and E. Cano. 2013. The dynastine scarab beetles of Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize. Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum 27: 1–666.

8.  Ratcliffe, B. C. and R. D. Cave. 2015. The dynastine scarab beetles of the West Indies (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum 28:1–346.

9. Ratcliffe, B. C. and R. D. Cave. 2017. The dynastine scarab beetles of the United States and Canada (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum 30: 1-297.

10. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2018. A monographic revision of the genus Gymnetis MacLeay, 1819 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae). Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum 31: 1-250.

11. Ratcliffe, B. C., R. D. Cave, and A. Paucar-Cabrera.2020. The dynastine scarab beetles of Ecuador (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum 31:1-586.

EDITED VOLUMES:

1.  Morón, M. A., B. C. Ratcliffe, and Cuauhtemoc Deloya (editors). 1997.  Atlas de los Escarabajos de Mexico (Coleoptera: Lamellicornia).  Vol. 1.  Familia Melolonthidae. CONABIO and Sociedad Mexicana de Entomologia, Mexico. 280 pp.

2.   Jameson, M. L. and B. C. Ratcliffe (editors). 2006. Scarabaeoidea in the 21^st Century: a Festschrift Honoring Henry F. Howden. Coleopterists Society Monograph 5: 1-216 pp.

3.   Ratcliffe, B. C. and F.-T. Krell (editors). 2010. Current Advances in Scarabaeoidea Research. ZooKeys 34: 1-207.

BOOK REVIEWS

1.   Ratcliffe, B. C. 1983. Book Review. The Nesting Behavior of Dung Beetles
(Scarabaeinae). An Ecological and Evolutive Approach. By Gonzalo Halffter and W.D. Edmonds. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 91: 512-515.

2.   Ratcliffe, B. C.  1985. Book Review. Escarabajos. 200 Millones de Años de Evolucion. By Miguel Morón. Scarabaeus No. 11: 4.

3.   Ratcliffe, B. C.  1985. Book Review. Escarabajos. 200 Millones de Años de Evolucion. By Miguel Morón. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 93: 1277-1278.

4.   Ratcliffe, B. C. 1987. Book Review. The Dynastinae of the World. By S. Endrödi. Bulletin of the Entomological Society of America 33: 196-197.

5.   Ratcliffe, B. C. 1990. Book Review. The Scarab Beetles of Florida (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Part II. The May or June Beetles (genus Phyllophaga). By R. Woodruff and B. Beck.    Florida Entomologist 73: 523-524.

6.   Ratcliffe, B. C. 1991. Book Review. The Beetles of the World, vol. 10. Rutelini premier partie by M.A. Morón. Coleopterists Bulletin 45: 14.

7.   Ratcliffe, B. C. 1993. Book Review. Dung Beetle Ecology. By I. Hanski and Y. Cambefort. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 86: 218-219.

8.   Ratcliffe, B. C.  1997. Book Review. An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles by A. Evans and C. Bellamy.  Coleopterists Bulletin 51: 291-292.

9.   Ratcliffe, B. C.  1999. Book Review.  The Cetoniine Beetles of the World by K. Sakai and S. Nagai.  Coleopterists Bulletin 53: 145.

10. Ratcliffe, B. C.  1999. Book Review.  Manu: The Biodiversity of Southeastern Peru by D. Wilson and A. Sandoval (eds.).  American Entomologist 45: 122-123.

11.  Ratcliffe, B. C.   2000.  Book Review.  Carabid family values, a review of Bomby, the Bombardier Beetle by H. M. Rue.  Annals of Improbable Research 6: 9.http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/entomologypapers/42

12.  Ratcliffe, B. C.   2001.  Book Review.  Fauna Iberica, Volume 14: Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea I by F. Martin Piera and J. L. Lopez-Colón.  Coleopterists Bulletin 55: 124.

13. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2001.  New Journal Review.  Cetoniimania, a publication devoted to Cetoniinae, Valginae, and Trichiinae published by R. Alexis and M. Delpont.  Coleopterists Bulletin 55: 123-124. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/entomologypapers/43

14.  Ratcliffe, B. C. 2001.  Book Review. Bomby, the Bombardier Beetle by H. M. Rue.       Coleopterists Bulletin 55: 241-242.
       http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/entomologypapers/42/

15.  Ratcliffe, B. C. 2002.  Book Review.  Fauna of New Zealand No. 42.  Aphodiinae        (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) by Z. T. Stebnicka.  Proceedings of the Washington       Entomological Society104: 823-824.

16. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2006.  Book Review. Atlas of Japanese Scarabaeoidea. Volume 1.  Coprophagous Group by S. Kawai, S. Hori, M. Kawahara, and M. Inagaki (authors and editors).  Coleopterists Bulletin 60: 70-71. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/entomologypapers/47

17. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2007. Book Review. 2007. Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3. Scarabaeoidea, Scirtoidea, Dascilloidea, Buprestoidea, Byrrhoidea by I. Löbl and A. Smetana (editors). Coleopterists Bulletin 61: 427-428.

18. Ratcliffe, B. C.   Book Review. 2008. Atlas of Japanese Scarabaeoidea. Volume 2.  Phytophagous Group 1 by K. Sakai and M. Fujioka. Coleopterists Bulletin 62: 63-64.

19. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2011. Book Review. Atlas of Japanese Scarabaeoidea. Volume 3. Phytophagaous Group II by H. Kobayashi and T. Matsumoto. The Coleopterists Bulletin 65: 155–156.

20. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2014. Book Review. Catalogue et Atlas des Coléoptères Lucanoidea et Scarabaeoidea du Départment de la Loire by F. Dupuis and R. Perrin. The Coleopterists Bulletin 68: 219–220.

21. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2014. Book Review. Catalogue et Atlas des Coléoptères Lucanoidea et Scarabaeoidea du Départment de la Loire by F. Dupuis and R. Perrin. The Coleopterists Bulletin 68: 219–220.

22. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2017. Book Review. Call of Nature: the Secret Life of Dung by Richard Jones. The American Entomologist 63: 131–132.

POPULAR ARTICLES:

1.   Ratcliffe, B. C. 1970. Scarabs. Univ. Nebraska News 49(22): 1-4. (Museum Notes No. 42).

2.   Ratcliffe, B. C. 1977. Curating your beetle collection. TIEG Magazine 11: 14-17.

3a. Ratcliffe, B. C. 1980. Take a beetle to lunch today, or the natural history of dung beetles. University of  Nebraska News 59(18): 1-4. (Museum Notes No. 66).

3b. Ratcliffe, B. C. 1983. Ditto. Reprinted in The Explorer 25: 22-26.

4.   Ratcliffe, B. C.  1980. A matter of taste, or the natural history of carrion beetles. University of Nebraska News 59(31): 1-4. (Museum Notes No. 67).

5.   Ratcliffe, B. C. 1984. Division of Entomology. Friends of the University of Nebraska State Museum 1(3): 3.

6.   Ratcliffe, B. C. 1987. Six-legged science. Friends of the University of Nebraska State Museum 4 (1): 4-5 

7.   Ratcliffe, B. C. 1988. Scarab Beetles. Jeweled pollinators, dung feeders, and horned giants. NEBRASKAland Magazine 66: 30-37.

8.   Ratcliffe, B. C. 1988. Beetles. Friends of the University of Nebraska State Museum 5(1): 9.

9.   Ratcliffe, B. C. 1989. Entomology: We’re good for what bugs you. The Mammoth, October 1989, No. 4: 10-11.

10. Ratcliffe, B. C. 1990. Tiger Beetles. NEBRASKAland Magazine 68: 50-51.

11. Ratcliffe, B. C. 1991. Dragonflies. NEBRASKAland Magazine 69: 50-51.

12. Ratcliffe, B. C. 1992. Collecting in Brazilian Amazonia. The Mammoth, May 1992, No. 2: 6-7.

13. Ratcliffe, B. C. 1992. Swallowtails. NEBRASKAland Magazine. 70: 50-51.

14. Ratcliffe, B. C. 1992. Collecting in Costa Rica. The Mammoth. August 1992, No. 3: 6-7.

15. Ratcliffe, B. C. 1993. Nebraska’s giant silkmoths. NEBRASKAland Magazine 71: 22-29.

16. Ratcliffe, B. C. 1994. Bumblebees. NEBRASKAland Magazine 72: 58-59.

17. Ratcliffe, B. C. 1995. Burying Beetles. NEBRASKAland Magazine 73: 50-51.

18.  Ratcliffe, B. C. 1996.  Garden spiders. NEBRASKAland Magazine 74: 50-51.

19.    Ratcliffe, B. C. 1997.  A faunistic survey of the Dynastinae of Costa Rica and Panama. Simbiosis, January-April 1997: 7.

20.  Ratcliffe, B. C. and S. Spomer.  2002.  Nebraska’s endangered species.  Part 1: introduction and the insects.  Museum Notes 113: 1-6.

21.  Ratcliffe, B. C. 2008. Have you ever had that “sinking feeling?” Escarabajos 33: 8-10.           

22.  Ratcilffe, B. C. 2008. The elusive Strategus. Escarabajos 34: 14.

23.  Ratcliffe, B. C. 2009. Them scientifical names. Escarabajos 37: 16-17.

24.  Ratcliffe, B. C. 2009. Black is beautiful, baby! Escarabajos 46: 1-2.

25.  Ratcliffe, B. C. 2009. Team Scarab attends the VIII Reunión Latinoamericana de Scarabaeoidología in Mexico. The Mammoth, February 2010: 12.

26.  Ratcliffe, B. C. 2010. Research/curation at the Natural History Museum (BMNH) in London. The Mammoth, May 2010: 12-13.

27.  Ratcliffe, B. C. 2011. The scarab collections at the Hungarian and Austrian museums of natural history. Escarabajos 63: 1-8.

28. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2014. European Congress of Entomology 2014. Escarabajos 75: 16–17.

29. Ratcliffe, B. C. and M. V. L. Barclay. 2014. Summary of the first scarab symposium at The Natural History Museum, London. Escarabajos 76: 10–24.

30. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2016. A new species of Trox described from Nebraska and Kansas. The Mammoth, July 2016: 12.

31. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2017. Scarabs: exploration and discovery in Ecuador. The Mammoth (University of Nebraska State Museum), Summer 2017: 8–9.

32. Le Tirant, S. and B. C. Ratcliffe. 2017. Georges Brossard, an advocate for insects. Scarabs 85: 10–17.

33. Le Tirant, S. and B. C. Ratcliffe. 2018. Insect bronzes of George Foster. Scarabs 86: 5–9.

34. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2018. U. S. National Collection of Scarabs at UNSM. The Mammoth (University of Nebraska State Museum), Winter 2018: 10–11.