Keywords :
Cetoniinae; Elephas maximus; myrmecophily; Oecophylla smaragdina; Thailand.
บทคัดย่อ :
Several cetoniine species are known or speculated to be associated with ants, based on their specialized
morphological characters. However, there are only a few species where biological information on the larval
and adult stages is available. Field observations revealed that Campsiura nigripennis spends the immature
stages inside elephant dung, and that adult females fly to elephant dung for oviposition. In addition, adult
beetles of C. nigripennis intruded into arboreal nests of Oecophylla smaragdina. Specialized morphological
characters appear to allow them to tolerate attacks from the ants. Furthermore, the distribution of the beetle
in continental Asia largely overlaps that of the Asian elephant, indicating that dung of elephants, in
conjunction with that of other large mammals, is fundamental to the biology of C. nigripennis.
เอกสารอ้างอิง :
Komatsu, T., Maruyama, M., Hasin, S., Woraguttanon, V., Wiyanan, S. and Sakchoowong, W., 2014. Observations of immature and adult stages of the myrmecophilous cetoniine beetle Campsiura nigripennis (Coleoptera: S carabaeidae). Entomological Science, 18(2), pp.288-291.
