Interactions between dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) and the arbovirus vector Culicoides brevitarsis Kieffer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 89-96

  Bishop, Alan L ^a   McKenzie, Harry J ^a   Spohr, Lorraine J ^a   Barchia, Idris M ^a  

^a NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bovine dung; Burial; Disturbance; Onthophagus gazella; Onthophagus granulatus

Indexed keywords

ARBOVIRUS; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CULICOIDES BREVITARSIS; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ONTHOPHAGUS; ONTHOPHAGUS GAZELLA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 21244455273     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.2005.00455.x     Document Type: Article

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