| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 2005 |
| Authors: | J. Kasper, Hirschberger P. |
| Journal: | Journal of Natural History |
| Volume: | 39 |
| Pagination: | 91-99 |
| ISBN Number: | 0022-2933 print1464-5262 |
| Keywords: | aphodius, Dung beetles, Scarabaeidae, stridulation |
| Abstract: | The acousticbehaviouroffourAphodiusdungbeetlespeciesfromthePacificNorthwestoftheUSA wasinvestigated.MaleAphodiusproducesubstratevibrationswhentheymeetaconspecificfemalein a dung pat. The temporal structure of the substrate vibrations andthe stridulatory organs are described. The vibrations are species-specific songs that are emitted during courtship. The stridulatoryorganisoftheabdomino-larytypeintheinvestigatedspecies.Morphologicaldifferences withregardtothedetailedstructurearepresent. |