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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Kasper, Julia
• Hirschberger, Petra

Titel

Stridulation in Aphodius dung beetles: Songs and morphology of stridulatory organs in North American Aphodius species (Scarabaeidae)

Ist Teil von

• Journal of natural history, 2005-01, Vol.39 (1), p.91-99

Ort / Verlag

Taylor & Francis Group

Erscheinungsjahr

2005

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Taylor & Francis

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The acoustic behaviour of four Aphodius dung beetle species from the Pacific Northwest of the USA was investigated. Male Aphodius produce substrate vibrations when they meet a conspecific female in a dung pat. The temporal structure of the substrate vibrations and the stridulatory organs are described. The vibrations are species-specific songs that are emitted during courtship. The stridulatory organ is of the abdomino-alary type in the investigated species. Morphological differences with regard to the detailed structure are present.