Nutritional and metabolic process of the dung beetle Phelotrupes auratus depends on the plant ingredients that the herbivores eat

Abstract Background The dung beetle Phelotrupes auratus is a holometabolous insect belonging to the order Coleoptera, and it is widely distributed in Japan. The P. auratus habitat depends on herbivores. P. auratus eats the dung of the herbivores and carries it underground for its young. In this proc...

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Main Authors: Takuma Sakamoto, Shun Sinzeki, Shunsuke Kakinuma, Eri Ishihara, Hiroko Tabunoki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-11-01
Series:BMC Genomics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-022-08982-y