Dung Beetles of Cumberland Island, Georgia (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
Fincher GT and Woodruff RE. 1979. Dung Beetles of Cumberland Island, Georgia (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin. 33(1):69-70
Seventeen species of dung beetles, a total of 71,074 specimens, were captured on Cumberland Island, Georgia, in September 1976. The small Onthophagus tuberculifrons was the most common species captured. Phanaeus igneus was the most common of the larger dung beetles. Gongylonema verrucosum was the most common helminth parasite using the beetles as intermediate hosts.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Fincher, G; Woodruff, R
- Units
- CUIS
- Keywords
- Animal Studies, Checklist, dung breeding scarabs (beetle), Taxonomy