Biological and Taxonomic Notes on a Rare Phanaeine Dung Beetle, Phanaeus Alvarengai Arnaud (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Kevina Vulinec; W. D. Edmonds; David J. Mellow

doi:10.1649/639

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Kevina Vulinec,¹ W. D. Edmonds,² David J. Mellow³

¹Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Delaware State University Dover, DE 19901, U.S.A., kvulinec@dsc.edu
²P.O. Box 426, Marfa TX 79843, U.S.A
³38 Meadow Avenue, Wyoming, DE 19934, U.S.A

Abstract

The rare phanaeine dung beetle Phanaeus alvarengai Arnaud 1984 was described from two specimens. Several recent collections of this species are reported here, along with behavioral observations; this new material is a basis for amending earlier descriptions of P. alvarengai. Flight-activity period was recorded as near sunrise for no more than 10 minutes and diet preference appeared to be herbivore dung. Dung-burial behavior was similar to the congeners P. chalcomelas (Perty) and P. cambeforti Arnaud.

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Kevina Vulinec, W. D. Edmonds, and David J. Mellow "Biological and Taxonomic Notes on a Rare Phanaeine Dung Beetle, Phanaeus Alvarengai Arnaud (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)," The Coleopterists Bulletin 57(3), 353-357, (1 September 2003). https://doi.org/10.1649/639

Received: 15 November 2002; Accepted: 1 April 2003; Published: 1 September 2003

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