Immature stages and nest construction in Synapsis yunnanus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Abstract

Nesting behaviour, egg and larvae of all three instars of Synapsis yunnanus Arrow 1933 are described and illustrated.The nest is subterranean and paracoprid, with female present in the nest chamber after oviposition. Differences in larval morphology between S.yunnanus and S.tmolus (Fisher von Waldheim 1821) was described

Keywords

• dung beetles
• nesting
• larvae
• brood
• China