Bibliography for Onitini
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- Barbero, E. & Palestrini, V. 2003. Coleoptera Trogidae, Geotrupidae, Hybosoridae, Scarabaeidae (Scarabaeinae and Dynastinae) collected in Australia. pp. 303-328 in Daccordi, M. & Giachino, P.M. (eds). Results of the Zoological Missions to Australia of the Regional Museum of Natural Sciences of Turin, Italy. I. Monografie del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, 35, 565 pp.
- Boheman, C.H. 1857. Insecta Caffraria annis 1838–1845 a J.A. Wahlberg collecta. Coleoptera. Holmiae : Fritze Vol. 2 3, 395 pp.
- Bornemissza, G.F. 1976. The Australian dung beetle project 1965–1975. Australian Meat Research Committee Review 1976: 1-30
- Edwards, P.B. 1986. Phenology and field biology of the dung beetle Onitis caffer Boheman (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in southern Africa. Bulletin of Entomological Research 76: 433-446
- Fabricius, J.C. 1781. Species insectorum, exhibentes eorum differentias specificas, synonyma auctorum, loca natalia, metamorphosin adiectis observationibus, descriptionibus. Hamburg et Kilonii : C. E. Bonn Vol. 1 viii + 552 pp. [Date published March 1781: Evenhuis 1997]
- Fabricius, J.C. 1798. Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae. Hafniae : Proft et Storch ii 573 pp.
- Ferreira, M.C. 1969. Os Escarabídeos de África (Sul do Sáara). I. Revue d'Entomologie de Moçambique 11: 1-1088 pls 1-288, Annexo 1-44
- Ferreira, M.C. 1978. The genus Onitis F. of Africa south of the Sahara (Scarabaeidae, Coleoptera). Memoirs Nasionale Museum, Bloemfontein Bloemfontein 10: xvi 1-410
- Gillet, J.J.E. 1911. Scarabaeidae: Coprinae I. pp. 1-100 in Schenkling, S. (ed.). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Lucanidae — Passalidae — Scarabaeidae I. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. XIX Pt 38.
- Halffter, G. & Edmonds, W.D. 1982. The Nesting Behaviour of Dung Beetles (Scarabaeinae). An Ecological and Evolutive Approach. Mexico : Instituto de Ecología 176 pp.
- Halliday, R.B. 1986. Mites of the genus Glyptholaspis Filipponi and Pegazzano (Acarina: Macrochelidae) in Australia. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 25: 71-74
- Houston, W.W.K. 1983. Identification of the dung beetles Onitis crenatus Reiche (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Ethiopia and O. crenatus sensu Boheman from southern Africa. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 46: 249-256
- Houston, W.W.K. 1986. Exocrine glands in the forelegs of dung beetles in the genus Onitis F. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 25: 161-169
- Houston, W.W.K. & McIntyre, P. 1985. The daily onset of flight in the crepuscular dung beetle Onitis alexis. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 39: 223-232
- Janssens, A. 1937. Revision des Onitides (Coleoptera: Lamellicornia). Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 12 11: 1-200
- Kirk, A.A. 1983. The biology of Bubas bison (L.) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in southern France and its potential for recycling dung in Australia. Bulletin of Entomological Research 73: 129-136
- Klug, J. 1835. Verzeichness von Thieren und Pflanzen, welche auf einer Reise um die Erde gesammelt wurden von A. Erman. Insecten (Coleoptera). Berlin : Publisher Unknown 27-50 pp. 2 pls.
- Lansberge, G. van 1875. Monographie des Onitides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 18: 5-148
- Lansberge, G. van 1886. Scarabaeides, Buprestides et Cérambycides de l'Afrique occidentale, envoyés au Musée de Leyde par Mm. Veth et Van der Kellen. Notes from the Leyden Museum 8: 69-120
- Linnaeus, C. 1767. Systema naturae, per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum caracteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Holmiae [= Stockholm] : L. Salvii Tomus I. Regnum Animale(pars 2) Editio duodecima, reformata [3 vols., 1766–68], pp. 533–1327.
- Mulsant, E. 1842. Histoire naturelle des Coléoptères de France. Lamellicornes. Lyon et. Paris : Maison, Libraire Pt 2-623 pp.
- Oberholzer, J.J. 1958. A description of the third stage of Onitis caffer Bohem. (Copridae: Col.) with notes on its biology. South African Journal of Agricultural Science 1: 415-422
- Ridsdill Smith, T.J. 1981. Some effects of three species of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in south-western Australia on the survival of the bush fly, Musca vetustissima Walker (Diptera: Muscidae), in dung pads. Bulletin of Entomological Research 71: 425-433
- Ridsdill Smith, T.J. 1986. The effect of seasonal changes in cattle dung on egg production by two species of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in south-western Australia. Bulletin of Entomological Research 76: 63-68
- Rougon, D. & Rougon, C. 1984. Description de la larve et de la nymphe d'Onitis alexis Klug (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France ns 20: 411-417
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