Estados preimaginales, nidificación y fenología de Canthidium (E.) moestum Harold, 1867 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Coprini)

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  • Patricia González Vainer Facultad de Ciencias, Sección de Entomología, Tristan Narvaja, 1674, Montevideo, Uruguay
  • Enrique Morelli Facultad de Ciencias, Sección de Entomología, Tristan Narvaja, 1674, Montevideo, Uruguay

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https://doi.org/10.21829/azm.1998.73731733

Keywords:

Coleóptera, Scarabaeidae, Coprini, Canthidium moastum, larva, pupa, taxonomy, nesting behavior, life-cycle, phenology,

Abstract

Canthidium moastum Haroid, 1864, is a common dung beetle in uruguayan pastures, feedíng on bovine and ovina droppings. This species construct simple and paracoprid nests. The development time from egg to adult is 44.3 days at 22°C and 60% rh. In the fieid C. moestum is found active from spring to autumn; in this períod are observad three peaks of abundance. The third instar larva and the pupa are descríbed and illustrated basad on specimens rearad in laboratory.

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14-04-1998

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González Vainer, P., & Morelli, E. (1998). Estados preimaginales, nidificación y fenología de Canthidium (E.) moestum Harold, 1867 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Coprini). ACTA ZOOLÓGICA MEXICANA (N.S.), (73), 155–165. https://doi.org/10.21829/azm.1998.73731733
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No. 73 (1998)

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