Buprestidae (Coleoptera) from Oaxaca State, Mexico.

A checklist with 246 species, three subspecies, 37 genera, 19 tribes, and four subfamilies of Buprestidae and their distribution in the state of Oaxaca is provided. Acmaeodera crossi Barr, 1992, Chrysobothris viridiimpressa Gory & Laporte, 1837 and Melanophila atra Gory, 1841 are recorded for the first time in the state. Leucaena esculenta (DC.

Seasonal diversity of Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) is more complex than thought: evidence from a tropical dry forest of Mexico.

Global climate change is expected to affect temperature and precipitation patterns worldwide, which in turn is likely to affect insect phenology, distribution and diversity. To improve our understanding of such processes, it is important to understand how insects may respond to changes in seasonality, and how these affect their activity, patterns of distribution and species richness. The tropical dry forest (TDF) is a highly seasonal ecosystem, for which two seasons are commonly described (rainy and dry) and there is a lack of information on the combined effect of both precipitation and temperature on the insect communities.