Aleš Bezděk

Aleš Bezděk (born 1970), Czech entomologist.

Biology Centre CAS, Institute of Entomology, Branišovská 31, CZ-370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic

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(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Bezděk, A. & Hájek, J. 2009. Catalogue of type specimens of beetles (Coleoptera) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic - Scarabaeoidea: Bolboceratidae, Geotrupidae, Glaphyridae, Hybosoridae, Ochodaeidae and Trogidae. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49(1): 297–332. PDF Reference page.

Bezděk, A. & Hájek, J. 2011. Catalogue of type specimens of beetles (Coleoptera) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic. Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Ateuchini and Canthonini. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 51(1): 349–378. PDF Reference page.

Bezděk, A. & Hájek, J. 2012. Catalogue of type specimens of beetles (Coleoptera) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic. Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Coprini, Eurysternini, Gymnopleurini and Oniticellini. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52(1): 297–334. PDF Reference page.

Bezděk, A., Sehnal, R. & Král, D. 2013. Tanyproctus (Tanyproctus) arher (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Tanyproctini), a new species from the Socotra Island, Yemen. Zootaxa 3737(2): 191–196. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3737.2.7 Reference page.
Bezděk, A. & Hájek, J. 2013. Catalogue of type specimens of beetles (Coleoptera) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic. Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Onitini, Onthophagini, Phanaeini, Scarabaeini and Sisyphini. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53(1): 387–442. PDF Reference page.

Bezděk, A. & Sehnal, R. 2014. Schizonycha kadleci sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from western Yemen. Annales zoologici, 64(1): 37–43. DOI: 10.3161/000345414X680546 Reference page.

Bezděk, A., Král, D. & Sládeček, F.X.J. 2015. Oniticellus (Liatongus) boucomonti Balthasar, 1932 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Oniticellini)—clarification of its taxonomic status by lectotype designation. Zootaxa 3974(1): 145–147. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3974.1.13. Preview (PDF) Reference page.

Dellacasa M., Dellacasa G., Král D. & Bezděk A. 2016. Aphodiini. In: Löbl I. & Löbl D. (eds): Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 3. Scarabaeoidea – Scirtoidea – Dascilloidea – Buprestoidea – Byrrhoidea. Revised and updated edition. Brill: Leiden, Boston. [New Nomenclatural and Taxonomic Acts, and Comments] pp. 2–12; [Catalogue] pp. 98–155. DOI: 10.1163/9789004309142 Reference page.
Nikodým, M. & Bezděk, A. 2016. Glaphyridae: in Löbl L., Löbl, D. (eds.) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 3. Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Revised and updated edition. Brill, Leiden-Boston: 87-97. Reference page.

Gupta, D., Chandra, K. & Bezděk, A. 2017. Pukupuku arunachalensis sp. nov. (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India. European Journal of Taxonomy 257: 1–11. full article (PDF). Reference page.

Byk, A., Bezděk, A., Gazurek, T., Král, D. & Tylkowski, S. 2018. Ahermodontus bischoffi—rediscovery of an endemic dung beetle species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) in Albania after more than 80 years. Zootaxa 4370(3): 283–288. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4370.3.8 Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Ballerio A., Krell F.-T., Bezdek A., Frolov A., Huchet, J.-B., Keith D., López-Colón J.-I., Matthews E., Rey A., Vaz De Mello F.Z. 2018. Case 3768 – Hybosorus illigeri Reiche, 1853 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed conservation by giving it precedence over Hybosorus pinguis Westwood, 1845, Hybosorus roei Westwood, 1845 and Hybosorus carolinus LeConte, 1847. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 75: 152–164. Reference page.

Bezděk, A., Kalashian, M.Yu. & Ghrejyan, T. 2019. On the identity of Cyphonoxia maljuzhenkoi Zaitzev, 1928 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Zootaxa 4671(3): 439–445. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4671.3.10. . Reference page.

Bezděk, A. 2020. Metapogonia snizeki sp. nov. and a previously unknown female of M. elgonensis (Burgeon, 1945) (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae, Diplotaxini). ZooKeys, 963: 131–140. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.963.54714 Reference page.

Bezděk, A., Sehnal, R., Elmi, H.S.A., Sommer, D. & Král, D. 2023. Entyposis frici (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae), a new species from Somaliland. Zookeys 1165ː 1–15. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1165.101908 Reference page.
Minkina, L, Bezdĕk, A. & Král, D. 2023. A new species of Odochilus Harold, 1877 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) from Sulawesi with a world checklist of the genus. Oriental Insects 57(3): 898–907. DOI: 10.1080/00305316.2022.2163430. Reference page.