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Sulcophaneus menelas
(shown with Acarina)
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Photographer: Richard D. Sage
ID: 0000 0000 0221 1640 (2021-02-16)Copyright © 2021 Richard Sage
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date of photo Apr 20, 2019
latitude -41.06900 longitude -63.94610
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location
on interdunal sand flat, approximately 1 km NE Bahía Creek (Adolfo Alsina Departamento, Río Negro, Argentina)family
Scarabiidae
order
Coleoptera
class Insecta
habitat dung pats in semi-stabilized sand dunesspecies associated with this habitat: Sulcophaneus menelas Hyalis argentea Sporobolus rigens Eucranium species Myloxena species Pseudocleobis species Montagnea arenaria notes The animal was captured in a tunnel dug below a cow pat in the hard pan, sandy soil between mobile dunes. This picture shows the relatively large mites that were on the underside of the beetle. I think that they are not parasitizing the adult beetle, but using her to move into the burrow where she will make a ball of dung and lay her egg. If true, then this is an example of phoresy, i.e., using another animal as a means of transport between habitats.keywords: Sulcophaneus menelas, Acarina mites, phoresy
camera Nikon D40
photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Insect
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