Elongated hindguts in desert-living dung beetles (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) feeding on dry dung pellets or plant litter

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 274, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 657-662

  Holter, Peter ^a   Scholtz, Clarke H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Digestion; Gut morphology; Pachysoma; Plant litter feeding; Scarabaeus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CLASSIFICATION; DIGESTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HISTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; DIGESTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS;

COLEOPTERA; MAMMALIA; PACHYSOMA; SCARABAEIDAE; SCARABAEINAE; SCARABAEUS;

EID: 84876092992     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20123     Document Type: Article

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