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Plasticity in the Nesting Behavior of Ontherus sulcator (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)

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González-Vainer, Patricia, Cantil, Liliana F., Genise, Jorge F. (2018): Plasticity in the Nesting Behavior of Ontherus sulcator (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 72 (1): 203-208, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-72.1.203, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-72.1.203

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