Adult habits, larval morphology, and phylogenetic placement of Taurocerastes patagonicus Philippi (Scarabaeidae: Geotrupinae)

1 February 1987

journal article
research article
Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Zoology

Vol. 65 (2) , 329-332
https://doi.org/10.1139/z87-051

Abstract

Adults of Taurocerastes patagonicus Philippi were observed in Patagonian Chile. They pulled sheep dung with their forelegs to their inclined, 10–35 cm deep burrows. The third-stage larva was collected and is described and illustrated, and its relationship with some genera in the tribe Geotrupini is discussed. Within the Geotrupini the morphology of Taurocerastes indicates a distant, relict relationship to the other genera.

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Canadian Journal of Zoology, 1982