Historical biogeography of scarabaeine dung beetles

ALV Davis, CH Scholtz, TK Philips - Journal of Biogeography, 2002‏ - Wiley Online Library
Aim (1) To review briefly global biogeographical patterns in dung beetles (Coleoptera:
Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae), a group whose evolutionary history has been dominated by …

Some ecological factors affecting the life-style of Canthon cyanellus cyanellus (Coleoptera Scarabaeidae): an experimental approach

ME Favila - Ethology Ecology & Evolution, 1993‏ - Taylor & Francis
The effects of some ecological factors on the life-style of the subsocial necrophagous ball-
roller scarab Canthon cyanellus cyanellus were evaluated by experimental analysis …

Response of the copro-necrophagous beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) assemblage to a range of soil characteristics and livestock management in a tropical …

PM De Farias, L Arellano, MIM Hernández… - Journal of Insect …, 2015‏ - Springer
Understanding changes in copro-necrophagous beetle diversity related to characteristics of
habitat and soil associated with livestock management systems can provide a tool for the …

Evolutionary history and diversity in the ball roller beetle Canthon cyanellus

J Nolasco-Soto, J González-Astorga… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2023‏ - frontiersin.org
To understand the evolutionary history of species, it is necessary to know the mechanisms
for reproductive isolation, divergence-time between populations, and the relative action of …

Do sexual gonadic maturity and age determine habitat occupancy of Canthon cyanellus LeConte, 1859 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)?

RP Salomão, L Arellano, C Huerta… - The Canadian …, 2021‏ - cambridge.org
High-quality habitats presumably have the resources required to sustain relatively high rates
of survival and reproduction. We assessed how habitat type and local environmental …

Canthon cyanellus cyanellus LeConte (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) makes a nest in the field with several brood balls

ME Favila, A DiAz - The Coleopterists' Bulletin, 1996‏ - JSTOR
The nesting behavior of Canthon cyanellus cyanellus LeConte, a ball-roller carrion beetle,
was studied in the tropical rain forest of Los Tuxtlas, Mexico. Mature males, alone or with a …

Nesting behaviour of a subsocial African ball‐roller Kheper platynotus (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae)

H Sato, M Imamori - Ecological Entomology, 1987‏ - Wiley Online Library
1. The nesting behaviour of Kheper platynotus (Bates) was observed in the Tsavo West
National Park, east Kenya. 2. The construction of the brood ball seemed to be initiated by the …

Feeding and reproductive behavior of the dung beetle Canthon rutilans cyanescens (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae)

MI Medina Hernández, MM Niero… - Revista brasileira de …, 2020‏ - SciELO Brasil
Canthon rutilans cyanescens is a telecoprid and coprophagous dung beetle subspecies that
builds two types of balls with feeding and nesting purposes. This paperwork describes some …

A taxonomic revision of the Canthon subgenus Pseudepilissus Martínez, 1954 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)

MK Vieira, FZ Vaz-de-Mello, FAB Silva - Insect Systematics & Evolution, 2020‏ - brill.com
The subgenus Canthon (Pseudepilissus) Martínez, 1954 is revised. Four valid species are
redescribed: Canthon (Pseudepilissus) muticus; C.(P.) lunatus; C.(P.) planus and C.(P.) …

Coprinisphaera akatanka isp. nov.: the first fossil brood ball attributable to necrophagous dung beetles associated with an Early Pleistocene environmental stress in …

LF Cantil, MV Sánchez, ES Bellosi… - Palaeogeography …, 2013‏ - Elsevier
The known ichnospecies of Coprinisphaera have been usually linked to dung beetles of
coprophagous habits living in grass-dominated environments inhabited by large …