Phenology and biology of the Dung beetle Onthophagus hirculus Mannerheim (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Coleopterists Bulletin

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 303-309

  Gonzalez Vainer, Patricia ^a   Morelli, Enrique ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; LIFE HISTORY; PHENOLOGY;

URUGUAY;

COLEOPTERA; ONTHOPHAGUS HIRCULUS; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 0033494444     PISSN: 0010065X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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