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http://dx.doi.org/10.5656/KSAE.2007.46.3.357

Effect of Temperature on the Development of Copris tripartitus Waterhouse (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)  

Bang, Hea-Son (Agricultural Ecosystem, Environmental Ecology Division, National Institute of Agricultural and Technology, RDA)
Na, Young-Eun (Agricultural Ecosystem, Environmental Ecology Division, National Institute of Agricultural and Technology, RDA)
Kim, Myung-Hyun (Agricultural Ecosystem, Environmental Ecology Division, National Institute of Agricultural and Technology, RDA)
Roh, Kee-An (Agricultural Ecosystem, Environmental Ecology Division, National Institute of Agricultural and Technology, RDA)
Lee, Jung-Taek (Agricultural Ecosystem, Environmental Ecology Division, National Institute of Agricultural and Technology, RDA)
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Korean journal of applied entomology / v.46, no.3, 2007 , pp. 357-362 More about this Journal
Abstract
Copris tripartitus Waterhouse is a coprophagus insect which enhances the soil fertility as conveying dung into the soil. We compared preimaginal development, mortality, and size of C. tripartitus at various temperature condition (15, 17.5, 20, 25, 27.5, 30). Total preimaginal periods ranged from 118.0d at $17.5^{\circ}C$ to 49.3d at $27.5^{\circ}C$. Development threshold temperature (DT) and total effective temperature for the development of egg, larva, pupa and for complete development (egg to emergence) were 12.1, 11.2, 12.1 and $9.2^{\circ}C$ and 82.7, 462.0, 225.7 and 947.2 degree days, respectively. The mortality of egg and larva was the lowest at $25^{\circ}C$. The optimum temperature for hatchability and on the development of C. tripartitus was estimated to the $25^{\circ}C$.
Keywords
Dung beetle; Copris tripartitus; Developmental threshold temperature; Day-degrees;
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