scholarly journals Edaphic and climatic history has driven current dung beetle species pool and assemblage structure across a transition zone in central South Africa

2016 ◽  
Vol 119 (2) ◽  
pp. 329-347 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian L. V. Davis ◽  
Clarke H. Scholtz ◽  
Christian M. Deschodt ◽  
Werner P. Strümpher
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Transition Zone ◽  
Dung Beetle ◽  
Assemblage Structure ◽  
Species Pool ◽  
Beetle Species ◽  
Climatic History ◽  
Central South

scholarly journals Two dung beetle species that disperse mimetic seeds both feed on eland dung

2016 ◽  
Vol Volume 112 (Number 7/8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy J. Midgley ◽  
Joseph D.M. White ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
Dung Beetle ◽  
Isotopic Analysis ◽  
Beetle Species ◽  
Large Herbivores ◽  
Species Being

Abstract Scarabaeus spretus zur Strassen was observed to roll and bury Ceratocaryum argenteum (Restionaceae) seeds in the sandplain fynbos of the Potberg area of the De Hoop Nature Reserve, South Africa. This species is the second dung beetle species found to be deceived by the faecal mimicry of C. argenteum seeds – the first species being Epirinus flagellatus. An isotopic analysis suggests that both these dung beetle species most likely feed on eland (Taurotragus oryx), not bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus pygargus), dung. Thus the model in this mimicry is eland dung; this interaction suggests large herbivores are an integral part of this fynbos.

Lithostratigraphy of the Kweekvlei Formation (Witteberg Group), Cape Supergroup

2017 ◽  
Vol 120 (3) ◽  
pp. 421-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Browning ◽  
M. Reid
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Transition Zone ◽  
Distal Part ◽  
Vascular Plant ◽  
Trace Fossil ◽  
Plant Debris ◽  
Lower Carboniferous ◽  
Fossil Assemblage ◽  
Low Diversity ◽  
Storm Wave

AbstractThe Lower Carboniferous, probably Tournaisian, Kweekvlei Formation is part of the Witteberg Group (Cape Supergroup) of South Africa. Together with the overlying Floriskraal Formation, it forms an upward-coarsening succession within the Lake Mentz Subgroup. Sedimentary features of the Kweekvlei Formation suggest deposition in a storm-wave dominated marine setting, within the storm-influenced, distal part of an offshore transition zone environment. This predominantly argillaceous formation preserves a low diversity trace fossil assemblage. Reworked vascular plant debris (including the problematic genus Praeramunculus sp.) and a shark spine have been reported for the Kweekvlei Formation. There are no known stratigraphic equivalents in South Africa.

scholarly journals Correction: The Gut Microbiomes of Two Pachysoma MacLeay Desert Dung Beetle Species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) Feeding on Different Diets

PLoS ONE ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. e0165376
Author(s):  
Philippa Z. N. Franzini ◽  
Jean-Baptiste Ramond ◽  
Clarke H. Scholtz ◽  
Catherine L. Sole ◽  
Sandra Ronca ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Dung Beetle ◽  
Beetle Species
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