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Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina
versión impresa ISSN 0373-5680versión On-line ISSN 1851-7471
Resumen
OCAMPO, Federico C. y KEITH PHILIPS, T.. Food relocation and nesting behavior of the Argentinian dung beetle genus Eucranium and comparison with the southwest African Scarabaeus (Pachysoma) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Rev. Soc. Entomol. Argent. [online]. 2005, vol.64, n.1-2, pp.53-59. ISSN 0373-5680.
The food relocation and nesting behavior of the South American genus Eucranium Brullé is described based on observations carried out under natural conditions. Food preference, food transportation, period of surface activity, and habitat preference are described for two species, E. arachnoides Brullé and E. planicolle Burmeister. The biology and food relocation behavior of Eucranium is compared with that of the morphologically similar South African subgenus Scarabaeus (Pachysoma) MacLeay. The convergent adaptations to psamophilous habitats of Eucranium and S. (Pachysoma) are discussed.
Palabras clave : Behavior; dung beetles; food relocation; endemism; xeric habitat.