| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 2003 |
| Authors: | K. Vulinec, Edmonds, W. D., Mellow, D. J. |
| Journal: | The Coleopterists Bulletin |
| Volume: | 57 |
| Pagination: | 353-357 |
| Date Published: | Sep |
| Accession Number: | ISI:000185408300016 |
| Keywords: | Amazonia, monkeys, rain-forest, seed dispersal |
| Abstract: | The rare phanaeine dung beetle Phanaeus alvarengai Arnaud 1984 was described from two specimens. Several recent collections of this species are reported here, along with behavioral observations; this new material is a basis for amending earlier descriptions of P. alvarengai. Flight-activity period was recorded as near sunrise for no more than 10 minutes and diet preference appeared to be herbivore dung. Dung-burial behavior was similar to the congeners P. chalcomelas (Perty) and P. cambeforti Arnaud. |
| URL: | <Go to ISI>://000185408300016 |
| Alternate Journal: | Coleopt. Bull. |