Nidification of thirteen common argentine dung beetles (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 581-588

  Walsh, G Cabrera ^a   Gandolfo, Daniel ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dung beetles; Nesting behavior; Scarabaeinae

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARGENTINA (FISH); BOLBITES; COLEOPTERA; DICHOTOMIUS; GROMPHAS; ONTHERUS; ONTHOPHAGUS; ONTHOPHAGUS HIRCULUS; ORUSCATUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS; SCARABAEIDAE; SCARABAEINAE; SCARABAEUS; SULCOPHANAEUS;

EID: 0006236147     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aesa/89.4.581     Document Type: Article

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