PUBLICATIONS:
1. Ratcliffe, B. C. and R. J. Luedtke. 1969. A comparison of silphids taken from covered and uncovered carrion (Coleoptera: Silphidae). 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). 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, p. 251-267. Hutchinson Ross Publ. Co., 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). 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. Coleopterists Bulletin 34: 337-350.
20. Ratcliffe, B. C.. 1981. The fourth Hylobothynus: spanning the Amazonian gap (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). Coleopterists Bulletin 35: 303-306.
21. Ratcliffe, B. C. 1981. New species and distribution records of Surutu from Amazonian Brazil (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). 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). 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). 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). 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). 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). 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). 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). 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). 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. Coleopterists Bulletin 43: 259-262.
44. Ratcliffe, B. C. 1989. A case of gynandromorphy in Golofa tersander (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Coleopterists Bulletin 43: 256-258.
45. Ratcliffe, B. C. 1989. Corrections and clarifications to Endrödi’s “The Dynastinae of the World.” 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. 8 0: 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, Ser. 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). 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. 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. Coleopterists Bulletin 46: 216-235.
56. Ratcliffe, B. C. 1992. A new species of Ancognatha from Panama (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). 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). Coleop. Bull. 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). Ann. Ent. Soc. America 87: 43-58.
62. Ratcliffe, B. C. 1994. Orizabus subaziro, a new species from Mexico (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). Coleopterists Bulletin 48: 91-93.
63. Ratcliffe, B. C. 1995. American burying beetle. Nebraska’s Threatened and Endangered Species insert in NEBRASKAland Mag. 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 Moron, 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. 280pp.
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. 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. 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. 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). Coleopterists Bulletin 55: 205-217. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/entomologypapers/38/
77. Ratcliffe, B. C. and E. Mico. 2001. A review of the Neotropical genus Neocorvicoana Ratcliffe and Micó, new genus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini). 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). Coleopterists Bulletin 55: 351-355.
79. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2001. New species of Hemiphileurus Kolbe (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) from Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, and Brazil. 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). 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). 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 genu 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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). 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). 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? Scarabs 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. Coleopterists Bulletin 59: 91-126.
100. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2005. A review of the South American genus Hoplopygothrix Schürhoff (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini). 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). 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). Coleopterists Bulletin 59: 127-135.
103. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2005. VI Reunión Latinoamericana de Scarabaeoidologia. Scarabs 16: 16-24.
104. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2006. VII Reunión Latinoamericana de Scarabaeoidología. Scarabs 19: 1-9.
105. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2006. Heterogomphus effeminatus, an unusual new species of rhinoceros beetle 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. Coleopterists Society Monograph 5, 216 pp.
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, 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 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.
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. Cave, R. D. and B. C. Ratcliffe. IN PRESS. Un sondeo biótico e inventario de los escarabajos dynástinos de Mesoamerica, Norteamerica y las Antillas: un proyecto multinacional de largo plazo. Cuadernos de Biodiversidad.
114. Ratcliffe, B. C. and A. B. T. Smith. IN PRESS. Bothynus Hope, 1837 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae): designation of a new type species. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.
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). 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. Jacobs, J., I. Noble, S. Palminteri, and B. C. Ratcliffe. IN PRESS. First come, first serve: additional observations of “sit and wait” behavior in dung beetles at the true source of primate dung. Neotropical Entomology.
119. Santiago-Blay, J. A., B. C. Ratcliffe, F.-T. Krell, and R. Anderson. IN PRESS. Allotypes should be from the type series: Proposal to reinstate Recommendation 72A from the third edition of the Code that defines the term “allotype”. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.
120. Jameson, M. L. and B. C. Ratcliffe. IN PRESS. Revision of the genus Chalcasthenes Arrow (Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Oryctoderini) from the Solomon Islands. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society.
121. Gasca, H. J., C. R. Vasconcelos da Fonseca, and B. C. Ratcliffe. IN PRESS. Synopsis of the Oryctini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) from the Brazilian Amazon. Insecta Mundi.
BOOKS
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. Morón, M. A., B. C. Ratcliffe, and Cuauhtemoc Deloya. 1997. Atlas de los Escarabajos de Mexico (Coleoptera: Lamellicornia). Vol. 1. Familia Melolonthidae. CONABIO and Sociedad Mexicana de Entomologia, Mexico. 280 pp.
4. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2003. The Dynastine Scarab Beetles of Costa Rica and Panama.
Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum 16: 1-506.
5. 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.
6. 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.
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.
ABSTRACTS:
1. Fagerstrom, J.A. and B.C. Ratcliffe. 1975. Synopsis of Recent burrowing insects as analogues of non-marine trace fossils. Abstracts with Programs 7(7): 1070-1071. Ann. Meet. Geol. Soc. America, Calgary, Canada.
2. Ratcliffe, Brett C. 1977. Curating systematic entomology collections in the humid tropics: an overview. ASC Newsletter 5(3): 29.
3. Fagerstrom, J.A. and Brett C. Ratcliffe. 1979. Recent arthropod Lebensspuren as indicators of ancient flood-plain deposition. Program, p. 84. AAPG-SEPM Ann. Conv., Houston, Texas.
4. Ratcliffe, Brett C. 1984. Analyses of Phylogeny and Biogeography of the Penichrolucaninae (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). XVII International Congress of Entomology, Abstracts Volume, p. 21. Hamburg, Germany.
5. Ratcliffe, Brett C. 1988. A faunistic survey of the Scarabaeidae (Coleoptera) of Nebraska. Proc., p. 62. XVIII International Congress of Entomology, Vancouver, Canada.
6. Morón, M.A. and B.C. Ratcliffe. 1988. Estudio sinoptico de las especies americanas de Goliathini (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea, Cetoniinae). Res., p. 355. XXIII Cong. Nac. Ent., Morelia, Mexico.
7. Deloya, Cuauhtemoc and Brett C. Ratcliffe. 1988. Las especies de Cotinis Burmeister (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae: Cetoniinae) en la Zona de Transicion Mexicana. Res., p. 356. XXIII Cong. Nac. Ent., Morelia, Mexico.
8. Ratcliffe, Brett C. and Cuauhtemoc Deloya. 1990. Analyses of phylogeny and
biogeography of the genus Hologymnetis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae). Program, p. 179. Fourth Int. Cong. Syst. Evol. Biol., Washington, D.C.
9. Ratcliffe, Brett C. 1993. A phylogenetic analysis of the genera of Cyclocephalini (Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). Memorias, p. 13. Primera Reunión Latinoamericana de Escarabaeiodologia, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
10. Ratcliffe, Brett C. 1994. The phylogeny of the Cyclocephalini (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Programme & Abstracts, p. 51-52. International Symposium on Biodiversity and Systematics in Tropical Ecosystems, Bonn, Germany.
11. Ratcliffe, Brett C. 1995. A faunistic survey of the Dynastinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae of Costa Rica and Panama. Program, p. 7. International Caribbean Conference of Entomology, San José, Costa Rica.
12. Ratcliffe, Brett C. 1996. A faunistic survey of the Dynastinae of Panama and Costa Rica. Programme, p. 36. Scarabiology Symposium, Kruger National Park, South Africa.
13. Ratcliffe, Brett C. 2000. A faunistic survey of the Dynastinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of Central America. 21st International Congress of Entomology, Abstracts Book 2: 929.
14. Adis, J., W. Paarmann, and B. C. Ratcliffe. 2000. Dung beetles of Central Amazonian floodplains. 21st International Congress of Entomology, Abstracts Book 1: 100.
15. Benecke, M., L. Barksdale, J. Sundermeier, S. Reibe, and B. C. Ratcliffe. 2000. Forensic entomology in a murder case: blood spatter artifacts caused by flies, and determination of post mortem interval (PMI) by use of blowfly maggots. Zoology, Analysis of Complex Systems 103 (Supplement 3): 106.
16. Ratcliffe, B. C. 2004. A faunistic survey of the dynastine scarab beetles of Mesoamerica. VI Reunion de Scarabaeoidologia, Compendio de Resumenes, EARTH University, Costa Rica, p.30.
17. Neita Moreno, J. C., J. Orozco, and B. C. Ratcliffe. 2004. Escarabajos pleurosticti (Scarabaeidae) de la selva baja del bosque pluvial tropical, Choco, Colombia. VI Reunion de Scarabaeoidologia, Compendio de Resumenes, EARTH University, Costa Rica, p. 20.
18. Mudge, A. D., B. C. Ratcliffe, R. L. Westcott, and F. Noguera. 2004. A new species of Neoscelis Schoch from Jalisco, Mexico (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae). VI Reunion de Scarabaeoidologia, Compendio de Resumenes, EARTH University, Costa Rica, p. 19.
19. Ratcliffe, B. C. and R. D. Cave. 2006. A biotic survey and inventory of the dynastine scarab beetles of Central America, North America, and the Caribbean Region. Resumenes de la VII Reunion Latinoamericana de Scarabaeoidologia, pp. 18-19.
20. 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. Case 3369 (see Opinion
2199).
POPULAR ARTICLES:
1. Ratcliffe, Brett C. 1970. Scarabs. Univ. Nebraska News 49(22): 1-4. (Museum Notes No. 42).
2. ______. 1977. Curating your beetle collection. TIEG Mag. 11(1): 14-17.
3a. ______. 1980. Take a beetle to lunch today, or the natural history of dung beetles. Univ. Nebraska News 59(18): 1-4. (Museum Notes No. 66).
3b. ______. 1983. Reprinted in The Explorer 25: 22-26.
4. ______. 1980. A matter of taste, or the natural history of carrion beetles. Univ. of Nebraska News 59(31): 1-4. (Museum Notes No. 67).
5. ______. 1984. Division of Entomology. Friends Univ. Nebraska St. Mus. 1(3): 3.
6. ______. 1987. Six-legged science. Friends Univ. Nebraska St. Mus. 4(1): 4-5.
7. ______. 1988. Scarab Beetles. Jeweled pollinators, dung feeders, and horned giants. NEBRASKAland Mag. 66: 30-37.
8. ______. 1988. Beetles. Friends Univ. Nebr. St. Museum 5(1): 9.
9. ______. 1989. Entomology: We’re good for what bugs you. Mammoth, Oct. 1989, No. 4: 10-11.
10. ______. 1990. Tiger Beetles. NEBRASKAland Mag. 68: 50-51.
11. ______. 1991. Dragonflies. NEBRASKAland Mag. 69: 50-51.
12. ______. 1992. Collecting in Brazilian Amazonia. Mammoth, May 1992, No. 2: 6-7.
13. ______. 1992. Swallowtails. NEBRASKAland Mag. 70: 50-51.
14. ______. 1992. Collecting in Costa Rica. Mammoth. August 1992, No. 3: 6-7.
15. ______. 1993. Nebraska’s giant silkmoths. NEBRASKAland Mag. 71: 22-29.
16. ______. 1994. Bumblebees. NEBRASKAland Mag. 72: 58-59.
17. ______. 1995. Burying Beetles. NEBRASKAland Mag. 73: 50-51.
18. ______. 1996. Garden spiders. NEBRASKAland Mag. 74: 50-51.
19. ______. 1997. A faunistic survey of the Dynastinae of Costa Rica and Panama. Simbiosis January-April 1997: 7.
20. ______ 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?” Scarabs 33: 8-10.
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