Vol. 4 No. 1 (2012), SECTION B: LIFE SCIENCES
Vol. 4 No. 1 (2012)

Observations of courtship in Megaceras jasoni (Coleóptera, Scarabaeidae), the rhinoceros beetle or great horned scarab

SECTION B: LIFE SCIENCES
Kelly Swing
Universidad San Francisco de Quito image/svg+xml
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Keywords

scarab
courtship
Yasuní
Megaceras

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Swing, K. (2012). Observations of courtship in Megaceras jasoni (Coleóptera, Scarabaeidae), the rhinoceros beetle or great horned scarab. ACI Avances en Ciencias E Ingenierías, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.18272/aci.v4i1.78
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Abstract

Megaceras jasoni has been observed in courtship at the Tiputini Biodiversity Station (TBS-USFQ) in Yasuní on two occasions, but only once resulting in mating. Observations of related behavior are reported here.

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