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Dung
Beetles

of eastern NSW




Dung BeetlesReferences

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Cook, D. (1987) Sexual selection in Dung Beetles. I. A multivariate study of the morphological variation in two species of Onthophagus (Scarabaeidae: Onthophagini). Aust. J. Zool. 35: 123-132.

Doube, B. M., Macqueen, A., Ridsdill-Smith, T.J. & Weir, T.A. (1991) Native and introduced dung beetles in Australia. pp 255-278. In: Hanski, I. & Cambefort, Y. (eds) Dung Beetle Ecology. New Jersey: Princeton University Press.

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Eberhard, W. G. (1982) Beetle horn dimorphism: making the best of a bad lot. Am. Nat. 119: 420-426.

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Matthews, E. G. (1972) A revision of the Scarabaeine Dung Beetles of Australia. I. Tribe Onthophagini. Aus. J. Zool. Suppl. Ser. 9: 1-330

Matthews, E. G. (1974) A revision of the Scarabaeine dung beetles of Australia. II. Tribe Scarabaeini. Aust. J. Zool. Suppl. Ser. 24: 1-211

Matthews, E. G. (1976) A revision of the Scarabaeine dung beetles of Australia. III. Tribe Coprini. Aust. J. Zool. Suppl. Ser. 38: 1-52

Matthews, E. G. & Stebnicka, Z. (1986) A review of Demarziella Balthasar, with a transfer from Aphodiinae to Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Aust. J. Zool. 34: 449-461

Nichols, S. W. (1989) The Torre-Bueno Glossary of Entomology. Revised Edn of A Glossary of Entomology. Torre-Bueno, J. R. de la (1939). The New York Entomological Society & the American Museum of Natural History.

Storey, R. I. (1977) Six new species of Onthophagus Latreille (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Australia.  J. Aust. ent. Soc. 16: 313-320

Storey, R. I. & Monteith, G. B. (2000) Five new species of Aptenocanthon Matthews (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae from tropical Australia, with notes on distribution. Mem. Qld. Mus. 46: 349-358

Storey, R. I. & Weir, T. A. (1988) New localities and biological notes for the genus Onthophagus Latreille (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Australia.  Aust. ent. Mag. 15: 17-24

Storey, R. I. & Weir, T. A. (1990) New species of Onthophagus Latreille (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Australia. Invertebr. Taxon. 3: 783-815

Tyndale-Biscoe, M. (1990) Common Dung Beetles in Pastures of South-eastern Australia. CSIRO Division of Entomology.

Williams, G. A. & Williams, T. (1982)  A survey of the Aphodiinae, Hybosorinae and Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from small wet forests of coastal New South Wales.  Part 1: Nowra to Newcastle.  Aust. ent. Mag. 9: 42-48.

Williams, G. A. & Williams, T. (1983a)  A survey of the Aphodiinae, Hybosorinae and Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from small wet forests of coastal New South Wales.  Part 2: Barrington Tops to the Comboyne Plateau.  Vict. Nat. 100: 25-30.

Williams, G. A. & Williams, T. (1983b)  A survey of the Aphodiinae, Hybosorinae and Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from small wet forests of coastal New South Wales.  Part 3: Buladelah to Taree.  Vict. Nat. 100: 98-105.

Williams, G. A. & Williams, T. (1983c)  A survey of the Aphodiinae, Hybosorinae and Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from small wet forests of coastal New South Wales.  Part 4: Lansdowne State Forest.  Vict. Nat. 100: 146-154.