Completely engaged three-dimensional mandibular gear-like structures in the adult horned beetles: reconsideration of bark-carving behaviors (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae)

Adult horned beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae) such as Trypoxylus dichotomus (Linnaeus, 1771) exhibit bark-carving behaviors to feed on tree sap, in part by using small projections of the clypeus. However, in the present experiments, adult horned beetles (T. dichotomus...

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Main Authors: Wataru Ichiishi, Shinpei Shimada, Takashi Motobayashi, Hiroaki Abe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2019-01-01
Series:ZooKeys
Online Access:https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/29236/