Re-establishment of biting mouthparts in desert-living dung beetles (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) feeding on plant litter-Old structures reacquired or new ones evolved?

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 272, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1007-1016

  Holter, Peter ^a   Scholtz, Clarke H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Detritus feeding; Dung feeding; Evolution; Mouthpart morphology; Pachysoma

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CLASSIFICATION; DESERT CLIMATE; EVOLUTION; FECES; GENETICS; MOUTH; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DESERT CLIMATE; FECES; MOUTH;

BOVIDAE; COLEOPTERA; PACHYSOMA; RODENTIA; SCARABAEIDAE; SCARABAEINAE; SCARABAEUS;

EID: 79960002972     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10968     Document Type: Article

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