Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 1997 |
Authors: | F. T. Krell, Schmitt, T., Linsenmair, K. E. |
Journal: | Entomologica Scandinavica |
Pagination: | 281-285 |
Accession Number: | ISI:000071897600036 |
Keywords: | attractant, COLEOPTERA, defensive secretions, Diplopoda, millipede, necrocenosis, quinones, savanna, Scarabaeidae, tropical Africa |
Abstract: | The necrophagous dung beetle Onthophagus latigibber d'Orbigny, 1902 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) was attracted in large numbers to diplopod carcasses. The attractiveness of diplopod (Spirobolida) defensive secretions to three Onthophagus species was demonstrated in field experiments. Since these beetles are attracted by a repellent, they have the advantage of being the first and exclusive users of freshly dead diplopods. |
URL: | <Go to ISI>://000071897600036 |
Alternate Journal: | Entomol. Scand. |