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Onitis aygulus Fabricius 1781

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Skaife (1953, quoted by Oberholzer 1958) described Onitis aygulus as laying several (about 5) eggs in a very large dung mass accumulated by the female in a previously dug spacious brood chaber. The larvae feed communally, each constructing a pupal cell of dried fibres at the end of the two-year development period.

Papers species cited in with links.

Oberholzer J.J. (1958) A description of the third-stage larva of Onitis caffer Bohem. (Copridae: Col.) With notes on its biology, South African J. Agric. Sci., 1 (4): 415-422 cited in Halffter, G. and Matthews E.G. (1966) The Natural History of Dung Beetels of the subfamily scarabaeinae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) Se solicita intercambio con publicaciones similares, page 129.

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