Circellium bacchus
Appearance
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Scarabaeinae
Genus: Circellium
Species: Circellium bacchus
Synonyms (3):
C. hemisphaericus –
C. lyceus –
C. waterhousei
Name
[edit]- Circellium bacchus (Fabricius, 1781)
References
[edit]- Fabricius, J.C. 1781. Species insectorum; exhibentes eorum differentias specificas, synonyma, auctorum, loca natalia, metamorphosin ediectis observationibus, descriptionibus. Carol. Ernest. Bohnii, Hamburg and Kiel, vol 1: VIII + 552 pp. BHL Reference page.
- The role of the subelytral spiracles in respiration in the flightless dung beetle Circellium bacchus.
- The role of the mesothoracic spiracles in respiration in flighted and flightless dung beetles.
- Pump out the volume - The effect of tracheal and subelytral pressure pulses on convective gas exchange in a dung beetle, Circellium bacchus (Fabricus).
- Kryger, U. et al. 2006: Biology and ecology of Circellium bacchus (Fabricius 1781) (Coleoptera Scarabaeidae), a South African dung beetle of conservation concern. Tropical zoology, 19(2): 185–207. abstract and full article (PDF)
- Le Roux, E. et al. 2008: Pre- and post-copulatory mate selection mechanisms in an African dung beetle, Circellium bacchus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Journal of insect behavior, 21: 111–122.
- Scholtz, C.H.; Coles, K.S. 1991: Description of the larva of Circellium bacchus (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 54(2): 261–264.
- Sole, C.L.; Scholtz, C.H. 2012 (online): Phylogeographic pointers to conservation needs: South Africa's flagship dung beetle, Circellium bacchus. Insect conservation and diversity, DOI: 10.1111/icad.12011