@article {1847,
	title = {Stridulation in Aphodius dung beetles: songs and morphology of stridulatory organs in Noth American Aphodius species (Scarabaeidae)},
	journal = {Journal of Natural History},
	volume = {39},
	number = {1},
	year = {2005},
	pages = {91-99},
	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. },
	keywords = {aphodius, Dung beetles, Scarabaeidae, stridulation},
	isbn = {0022-2933 print1464-5262},
	author = {Kasper, Julia and Hirschberger, Petra}
}
