Does saprophagy play a significant role in nutrition of Opatrum sabulosum (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae)?

Significance of the saprophagous diet for Opatrum sabulosum (Linnaeus, 1761), which is a pest of cultivated crops such as sunflower and maize, is under consideration. Imagoes of that darkling beetle were kept in plastic containers on substrates of different types of soils and litters of natural ecos...

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Main Authors: S. S. Nazimov, V. V. Brygadyrenko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oles Honchar Dnipropetrovsk National University 2013-02-01
Series:Vìsnik Dnìpropetrovsʹkogo Unìversitetu: Serìâ Bìologìâ, Ekologìâ
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Online Access:http://ecology.dp.ua/index.php/ECO/article/view/75