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Mating behaviour and sexual selection in the African ball-rolling scarab Khepher platynotus (Bates) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

H. Sato Biological Laboratory, Nara University of Education, Takabatake, Nara, 630, Japan
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K. Hiramatsu Biological Laboratory, Nara University of Education, Takabatake, Nara, 630, Japan; Osaka Prefectural Fresh Water Fish Experiment Station, Neyagawa Osaka, 572, Japan
Pages 657-668 | Accepted 11 Dec 1992, Published online: 13 Feb 2007

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H. Sato. (1997) Two nesting behaviours and life history of a subsocial African dungrolling beetle, Scarabaeus catenatus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Journal of Natural History 31:3, pages 457-469.
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