Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 92The Museum, 1984 - Natual history |
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Page 312
... beetles are widely distributed in South Africa and even occur in semi - fresh and almost dry dung . The shiny black Hister nomas ( about 8 mm long ) ( Fig . 5A ) , with about seven striae on each elytron , was collected mostly in fresh ...
... beetles are widely distributed in South Africa and even occur in semi - fresh and almost dry dung . The shiny black Hister nomas ( about 8 mm long ) ( Fig . 5A ) , with about seven striae on each elytron , was collected mostly in fresh ...
Page 329
... beetles were observed in cow - pats almost throughout the year and occurred in the wet as well as in the drier parts of the dung . Larvae and pupae were collected during autumn and winter and both larvae and beetles were found to feed ...
... beetles were observed in cow - pats almost throughout the year and occurred in the wet as well as in the drier parts of the dung . Larvae and pupae were collected during autumn and winter and both larvae and beetles were found to feed ...
Page 344
... beetles are blackish with pure white wings , which usually become blackish within 4-6 days . Some of the beetles were found to feed on cheese - skipper maggots , but small grubs of skin - and - hide beetles were also at- tacked ; in the ...
... beetles are blackish with pure white wings , which usually become blackish within 4-6 days . Some of the beetles were found to feed on cheese - skipper maggots , but small grubs of skin - and - hide beetles were also at- tacked ; in the ...
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abdominal segments adult Africa Ammonites antennae apex arthropods Barnard beetles besairiei brown brownish Cape Natal Cape Point Cape Town carcasses cerci Collected Collignon colour Coniacian d'Orbigny December dorsal view dravidicum Kossmat eggs elytra Family fauna genus Grossouvre hatched Head henniei Holotype inner whorls Labium large numbers larvae left lateral view lobe Locality long setae Lucia Formation mandible margae margin Matsumoto maxilla mesal mesothoracic Middle Coniacian Mollusca natalensis nymphs ocelli ornament outer whorls oval pairs of legs pale Paratype Peroniceras Peroniceras Peroniceras Zuluiceras piceous posterior Prionocycloceras pronotum Protexanites Pupa R.S. Africana R.S. Pieter Faure radula radula slide reddish Redtenbacher ribs River SAN DIEGO Santonian setae Shell shiny side South African Museum Sowerby spines spiracles subfamily subtricarinatum suture suture-line Syntypes text-fig Tomlin tridorsatum Schlüter type species umbilical undulatocarinatum Upper Coniacian valves venter ventral view ventrolateral tubercles westphalicum whorl section yellowish zulu Zuluites Zululand