Dung beetle (Scarabaeus (Pachysoma)) biology and immature stages: Reversal to ancestral states under desert conditions (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)?

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 453-460

  Scholtz, C H ^a   Harrison, J Du G ^a,b   Grebennikov, V V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Transvaal Museum   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ball rollers; Flightless; Free living; Monophyletic; Namib Desert; Unique

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FLIGHTLESSNESS; MORPHOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NAMIB DESERT; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

COLEOPTERA; INSECTA; PACHYSOMA; SCARABAEIDAE; SCARABAEINAE; SCARABAEUS;

EID: 10444248171     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2004.00389.x     Document Type: Article

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