Observations on nesting activity, life cycle, and brood ball morphometry of the Bordered Dung Beetle Oniticellus cinctus (Fabricius, 1775) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) under laboratory conditions
The nesting activity, life cycle, and brood ball morphometry of the dung beetle Oniticellus cinctus (Fabricius, 1775) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) were studied under laboratory conditions for the first time in India. The females made a brood chamber within the dung mass provided, wherein they made br...
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| author | Amar Paul Singh Kritish De Shagun Mahajan Ritwik Mondal Virendra Prasad Uniyal |
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| description | The nesting activity, life cycle, and brood ball morphometry of the dung beetle Oniticellus cinctus (Fabricius, 1775) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) were studied under laboratory conditions for the first time in India. The females made a brood chamber within the dung mass provided, wherein they made brood balls to lay eggs. The life cycle includes egg, larva (three instars), pupa, and adult stages. The total duration for the development was about one month. The study found that there was a significant difference present in the brood ball diameter (except in the first and second instars) and brood ball weight (except in the second instar and pupa) of the six life cycle stages. It was also found that brood ball weight and diameter have a significant positive correlation as well as a linear relationship. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1a93a8f5b1404cf5aff51a084a1248fd2022-12-21T23:57:03ZengWildlife Information Liaison Development SocietyJournal of Threatened Taxa0974-78930974-79072019-07-01119141371414310.11609/jott.4023.11.9.14137-141434023Observations on nesting activity, life cycle, and brood ball morphometry of the Bordered Dung Beetle Oniticellus cinctus (Fabricius, 1775) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) under laboratory conditionsAmar Paul Singh0Kritish De1Shagun Mahajan2Ritwik Mondal3Virendra Prasad Uniyal4Department of Landscape Level Planning & Management, Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248001, India.Department of Landscape Level Planning & Management, Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248001, India.Department of Zoology, Alpine Institute of Management and Technology, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248007, India.Department of Zoology, University of North Bengal, Darjeeling, West Bengal 734013, India.Department of Landscape Level Planning & Management, Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248001, India.The nesting activity, life cycle, and brood ball morphometry of the dung beetle Oniticellus cinctus (Fabricius, 1775) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) were studied under laboratory conditions for the first time in India. The females made a brood chamber within the dung mass provided, wherein they made brood balls to lay eggs. The life cycle includes egg, larva (three instars), pupa, and adult stages. The total duration for the development was about one month. The study found that there was a significant difference present in the brood ball diameter (except in the first and second instars) and brood ball weight (except in the second instar and pupa) of the six life cycle stages. It was also found that brood ball weight and diameter have a significant positive correlation as well as a linear relationship.https://www.threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/4023morphometrynidificationscarabaeid beetlescarabaeinaeweight-diameter relationship |
| spellingShingle | Amar Paul Singh Kritish De Shagun Mahajan Ritwik Mondal Virendra Prasad Uniyal Observations on nesting activity, life cycle, and brood ball morphometry of the Bordered Dung Beetle Oniticellus cinctus (Fabricius, 1775) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) under laboratory conditions Journal of Threatened Taxa morphometry nidification scarabaeid beetle scarabaeinae weight-diameter relationship |
| title | Observations on nesting activity, life cycle, and brood ball morphometry of the Bordered Dung Beetle Oniticellus cinctus (Fabricius, 1775) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) under laboratory conditions |
| title_full | Observations on nesting activity, life cycle, and brood ball morphometry of the Bordered Dung Beetle Oniticellus cinctus (Fabricius, 1775) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) under laboratory conditions |
| title_fullStr | Observations on nesting activity, life cycle, and brood ball morphometry of the Bordered Dung Beetle Oniticellus cinctus (Fabricius, 1775) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) under laboratory conditions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Observations on nesting activity, life cycle, and brood ball morphometry of the Bordered Dung Beetle Oniticellus cinctus (Fabricius, 1775) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) under laboratory conditions |
| title_short | Observations on nesting activity, life cycle, and brood ball morphometry of the Bordered Dung Beetle Oniticellus cinctus (Fabricius, 1775) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) under laboratory conditions |
| title_sort | observations on nesting activity life cycle and brood ball morphometry of the bordered dung beetle oniticellus cinctus fabricius 1775 coleoptera scarabaeidae under laboratory conditions |
| topic | morphometry nidification scarabaeid beetle scarabaeinae weight-diameter relationship |
| url | https://www.threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/4023 |
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