Seena Karimbumkara, Seena and Dharma Rajan, Priyadarsanan (2016) Report of dung beetles (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) attracted to unconventional resources, with the description of three new species. Entomon, 41 (4). pp. 265-282.

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Abstract

Dung beetles found attracted to and feeding on resources other than animal excreta and vertebrate carcasses were collected from different parts of India. Out of the 13 species collected nine were from millipede, three from snail and one from fungus. Of these three species Onthophagus jwalae, O. pithankithae and O. tharalithae are new to science; the former two were found feeding on millipede carcasses while the latter on a dead snail. O. rudis Sharp was found feeding both on live and dead millipedes. © 2016 Association for Advancement of Entomology.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: Copyright of this article belongs to Association for Advancement of Entomology
Uncontrolled Keywords: Coprophagy, fungus, millipede, necrophagy, saprophagy, snail
Subjects: A ATREE Publications > G Journal Papers
Divisions: SM Sehgal Foundation Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation > Biodiversity Monitoring and Conservation Planning
Depositing User: Ms Suchithra R
Date Deposited: 21 Nov 2025 06:27
Last Modified: 21 Nov 2025 06:27
URI: http://archives.atree.org/id/eprint/1164

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