Author(s): M.M. Salem and A.M. Alsuhaibani
Article publication date: 1992-12-01
Vol. 10 No. 3 (yearly), pp. 159-165.
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Keywords
dung beetles, Saudi Arabia, animal dung
Abstract
A preliminary survey of beetles inhabiting six different kinds of animal dung (cow, horse, sheep, camel, mixed dung, and dry manure) was carried out during 1989-1990. Thirty five species of beetles belonging to the following families were recorded: Anthicidae, Aphodiidae, Carabidae, Cleridae, Dermestidae, Histeridae, Hydrophilidae, Scarabaeidae, Staphylinidae, and Tenebrionidae. Of these, eight species were recorded for the first time in Saudi Arabia