Seasonal variations in numbers,biomass and breeding patterns of dung beettles [Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae] in Southern France |
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Authors: | A A Kirk M M H Wallace |
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Institution: | (1) CSIRO, BCU, 34100 Montpellier, France;(2) CSIRO Division of Entomology, 2601 Canberra City, ACT, Australia;(3) Present address: USDA/ARS, ENSA, 34060 Montpellier, France |
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Abstract: | Seasonal variations in numbers and biomass and breeding of 28 species ofScarabaeidae-Scarabaeinae andGeotrupidae were studied at 2 temperate sites and 2 mediterranean sites in southern France in 1978 and 1979, using cattle-dung baited
pitfall traps. Maximum dung burial occurred when females were parous and ovipositiong (i.e. during spring at the mediterranean
sites and summer at the temperate sites). Using biomass as a measure of dung burial the most important spring active beetles
at the mediterranean sites were:Budas bison, B. bubalus, Scarabaeus laticollis, Onthophagus lemur andCopris hispanus, and at the temperate sites:C. lunaris, O. vacca, andO. ovatus. These results confirmed the previous choice ofC. hispanus, C. lunaris, B. bison andO. vacca for introduction into Australia. In addition it is suggested thatB. bubalus, S. laticollis andO. lemur be considered for introduction into mediterranean areas of south western Australia to complement those species already introduced
for bush fly control.
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Keywords: | Scarabaeinae France dung burial seasonal variations |
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