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Male dung beetle from Kansas.Entomology references from my library: DUNG BEETLES

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Last updated 27 January 2004.                 Right: Phaneus difformis male from Sedgwick Co. KS.
  1. Edmonds, W.D., 1972, Comparative skeletal morphology systematics and evolution of the Phanaeine Dung Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), Univ. Kans. Sci. Bull. 49(11):731-874
  2. Halffter, G., & E.G. Matthews, 1966, The natural history of Dung Beetles of the Subfamily Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae), Folia Entomologica Mexicana, No. 12-14: 1-312
  3. Hanski, I., & Y. Cambefort (Editors), 1991, Dung Beetle Ecology, Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, NJ.
  4. Hortal-Munoz, J., F. Martin-Piera & J. M. Lobo, 2000, Dung beetle geographic diversity variation along a western Iberian latitudinal transect (Coleoptera: Scarabeidae), Ann. Ent. Soc. Am.  93(2):235-243
  5. Jameson, M.L., 1989, Diversity of coprophagous Scarabaeidae (Coleoptera) in grazed prairie in western Nebraska, Tran. Neb. Acad. Sci., 17:29-35
  6. Kaufmann, T., 2001, Dynamics of mating system, sperm transfer, mixing & fertilization in the dung beetle Aphodius illiger (Coleoptera: Scarabeidae) in Kenya, Entomol. News, 112(3):191-199
  7. Landin, B.-O., 1961, Ecological studies of Dung-beetles, Opuscula Entomologica Suppl. 19:1-228, Lund
  8. Lobo, J.M. & G. Halffter, 2000, Biogeographical and ecological factors affecting the altitudinal variation of mountainous communities of coprophagous beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea): a comparative study, Ann. Ent. Soc. Am.  93(1):115-126
  9. Ratcliffe, B.C., 1990, Prairie Scarabs: The Nebraska perspective, Amer. Entomologist, Spring 1990: 28-35
  10. Ratcliffe, B.C., 1991, The Scarab Beetles of Nebraska, Bull. Univ. Neb. State Mus. 12:1-333
  11. Riley, E.G., & C.S. Wolfe, 2003, An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas (Coleoptera), Southwestern Entomologist, Suppl. No. 26
  12. Smith, A. B.T., & F. Genier, 2001, Revision of the genus Holocephalus (Coleoptera: Scarabeidae: Scarabaeinae: Coprini), Can. Entomol., 133:777-792
  13. Tinerella, P.P., & G.M. Fauske, 1999, Occurrence of Onthophagus nuchicornis (Coleoptera: Scarabeidae) in North Dakota, Ent. News, 110(1):22-26

 

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