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SUBMITTER: Ix-Balam MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6165008 | biostudies-other | 2018 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Ix-Balam Manuel A MA A Oliveira Maria G MG Louzada Júlio J McNeil Jeremy N JN Lima Eraldo E
Insects 20180731 3
Flies are the main competitors of dung beetles for oviposition sites and rolling dung beetles relocate their food to reduce interspecific competition. Furthermore, dung beetles deposit chemical substances on the food ball that may repel fly larvae and certain predators. In the present study, using <i>Deltochilum furcatum</i>, a dung beetle that does not exhibit parental care and the blow-fly, <i>Lucilia cuprina</i>, we tested the hypothesis that pygidial secretions deposited on the food ball cou ...[more]