Who Steals the Eggs? Coprophanaeus Telamon (Erichson) Buries Decomposing Eggs in Western Amazonian Rain Forest (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Albrecht Pfrommer; Frank-Thorsten Krell

doi:10.1649/585

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Albrecht Pfrommer,¹ Frank-Thorsten Krell²

¹Theodor-Boveri-Institut für Biowissenschaften, Zoologie III, Biozentrum, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, GERMANY. pfrommer@biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de
²Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, U.K. (corresponding author) f.krell@nhm.ac.uk

Abstract

The necrophagous dung beetle Coprophanaeus telamon (Erichson 1847) buried decomposing hen eggs in the rain forest of Ecuador. We suppose that the volatiles 2-butanone, cresol, indole, skatole, and butyric acid are responsible for attracting Coprophanaeus because these components of dung odour attract dung beetles and are also present in rotten eggs. A number of them are also produced by bacterial spoilage of raw meat. Abandoned clutches, infertile eggs or eggs with dead embryos of ground-nesting birds may be used as a resource by dung beetles.

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Albrecht Pfrommer and Frank-Thorsten Krell "Who Steals the Eggs? Coprophanaeus Telamon (Erichson) Buries Decomposing Eggs in Western Amazonian Rain Forest (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)," The Coleopterists Bulletin 58(1), 21-27, (1 March 2004). https://doi.org/10.1649/585

Received: 15 March 2002; Accepted: 1 October 2002; Published: 1 March 2004

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