Comparative morphology of the mouthparts of the megadiverse South African monkey beetles (Scarabaeidae: Hopliini): feeding adaptations and guild structure

Although anthophilous Coleoptera are regarded to be unspecialised flower-visiting insects, monkey beetles (Scarabaeidae: Hopliini) represent one of the most important groups of pollinating insects in South Africa’s floristic hotspot of the Greater Cape Region. South African monkey beetles are known...

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Autores principales: Karolyi, Florian, Hansal, Teresa, Krenn, Harald W., Colville, Jonathan F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2016
Materias:
Animal Behavior
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4727957/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26819850
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1597

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4727957/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26819850
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1597

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