Respiratory airflow in a wingless dung beetle

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 2489-2497

  Duncan, Frances D ^a   Byrne, Marcus J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Circellium bacchus; Discontinuous gas exchange cycle; Dung beetle; Respiration; Scarabaeidae; Spiracle; Subelytral cavity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BREATHING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; RESPIRATION;

ANIMALIA; CIRCELLIUM BACCHUS; COLEOPTERA; INSECTA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 0036670276     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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