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Any insect of the order Coleoptera, having biting mouthparts and forewings modified to form shell-like protective elytra. (Source: CED)

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Koch C 1962. Composition, xerophilous character and origin of the Namib Tenebrionidae. Scientific Papers of the Namib Desert Research Station 5 66-69

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Composition_xerophilous character and origin of the Namib Tenebrionidae_1962.pdf	571.96 KB

Seely MK 1973. Factors controlling reproduction of certain Namib Desert tenebrionids. Madoqua II 2 (63-68) 63-65

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Factors controlling reproduction of certain Namib Desert tenebrionids.pdf	187.19 KB

Roer H 1981. Weitere Untersuchungen zur Anpassung des Namibwüstenkäfers Onymacris r. rugatipennis (Haag 1875, Col.: Tenebrionidae, Adesmiini) an das Trockenflußbett des Kuiseb in Südwestafrika. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Allgemeine und Angewandte Entomologie 3 218-222

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Weitere Untersuchungen zur Anpassung des Namibwuestenkaefers Onymacris.jpg	95.37 KB

Roer H 1977. Aktionsraum und Anpassung des Namibwüstenkäfers Onymacris r. rugatipennis an das Trockenflussbett des Kuiseb in Südwestafrika. Zoologisches Jahrbuch, Abteilung für Systematik 104 560-576

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Areas and adaptation of the Namib Desert beetle_1977.pdf	9.36 MB

Prillinger RJ 2007. Analysis of the biodiversity of Coleoptera (beetles) in 3 different ecosystems in Gobabeb, Namibia, for the year 2006 using the ongoing pitfall traps - Kuiseb River - Interdunes - Quartz Hill.

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Analysis of the biodiversity of Coleoptera in 3 different ecosystems in Gobabeb_2007.pdf	7.38 MB

Hanrahan SA, Seely MK 1990. Food and habitat use by three tenebrionid beetles (Coleoptera) in a riparian desert environment. Namib ecology 25 years of Namib research. Namib ecology: 25 years of Namib research 7 143-147

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Food and habitat use by three tenebrionid beetles in a riparian desert environment.pdf	3.94 MB

Koch C 1970. Living sands. S.W.A. Annual 1970 190-199

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Living sands_Koch.pdf	8.04 MB

Gebien H 1939. Körperbau und Lebensweise der Wüstentenebrioniden.

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Koerperbau und Lebensweise der Wuestentenebrioniden_1939.pdf	5.27 MB

Gebien H 1937. Die Tenebrioniden (Coleoptera Heteromera) der Namibwüste in Südwestafrika.

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Die Tenebrioniden der Namibwueste in Suedwestafrika_1937.pdf	30.46 MB

Edney EB 1971. The body temperature of tenebrionid beetles in the Namib Desert of southern Africa. Journal of Experimental Biology 55 (1) 253-272

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The body temperature of tenebrionid beetles in the Namib Desert of southern Africa.pdf	2.32 MB

Henschel JR, Seely MK, Mtuleni V, Pallett J 2003. The surface-dwelling arthropod fauna of Gobabeb with a description of the long-term pitfall trapping project. Journal of the Namibia Scientific Society 51 65-92

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The surface_dwelling arthropod fauna of Gobabeb with a description.pdf	6.26 MB

Schulze L 1963. The Tenebrionidae of southern Africa XXXVIII: On the morphology of the larvae of some Stizopina (Coleoptera: Opatrini). Scientific Papers of the Namib Desert Research Station 19 1-23

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On the morphology of the larvae of some Stizopina.pdf	4.04 MB

Koch C 1963. The Tenebrionidae of Suthern Africa XXIX: Luebbertia plana gen. et spec.nov., with a dichotomic analysis of Stizopina (Opatrini). Scientific Papers of the Namib Desert Research Station 18 1-87

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Luebbertia plana gen_ et spec_nov.pdf	12.55 MB

Schulze L 1962. The Tenebrionidae of southern Africa XXXIII: Description of the larvae of Gonopus tibialis Fabricius and Gonopus agrestis Fahraeus (Gonopina, sensu Koch 1956). Cimbebasia 5 1-12

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Description of the larvae of Gonopus tibialis Fabricius and Gonopus agrestis Fahraeus.pdf	1.49 MB

Koch C 1962. The Tenebrionidae of southern Africa XXXII: New psammophilous species from the Namib Desert. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 24 107-159

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New psammophilous species from the Namib Desert.pdf	4.81 MB

Koch C 1962. The Tenebrionidae of Southern Africa XXXI: Comprehensive notes on the tenebrionid fauna of the Namib Desert. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 24 61-106

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Comprehensive notes on the tenebrionid fauna of the Namib Desert.pdf	5.26 MB

Koch C 1961. Some aspects of abundant life in the vegetationless sand of the Namib Desert dunes positive psammotropism in tenebrionid-beetles. Journal of the South West African Scientific Society 15 9-34

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Some aspects of abundant life in the vegetationless sand of the Namib Desert dunes positive psammotropism in tenebrionid beetles.pdf	1.89 MB

Schulze L 1964. The Tenebrionidae of southern Africa XXXIX - A revised key to the larvae of Onymacris Allard (Coleoptera: Adesmiini). Scientific Papers of the Namib Desert Research Station 23 1-7

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A revised key to the larvae of Onymacris Allard_1964.pdf	1.5 MB

Schulze L 1969. The Tenebrionidae of southern Africa part XLII: Description of the early stages of Carchares macer Pascoe and Herpiscius someri Solier with a discussion of some phylogenetic aspects arising from the incongruities of adult and larval systematics. Scientific Papers of the Namib Desert Research Station 53 139-149

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The Tenebrionidae of southern Africa_XLII.pdf	1.07 MB

Koch C 1969. The Tenebrionidae of Southern Africa (Col.) part LIII: Cardiosis hamiltonuli a new ultra-psammophilous species from the dunes in the Namib Desert. Scientific Papers of the Namib Desert Research Station 52 129-138

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The Tenebrionidae of Southern Africa_LIII.pdf	1.5 MB

Kühnelt G 1969. On the biology and temperature accommodation of Lepidochora argentogrisea Koch (Col. Tenebrionidae). Scientific Papers of the Namib Desert Research Station 51 121-128

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On the biology and temperature accommodation of Lepidochora argentogrisea Koch.pdf	1.19 MB

Gschwendtner L 1935. Wissenschaftliche Ergebenisse der Vernay-Lang Kalahari-Expedition, März bis September, 1930. Haliplidae et Dytiscidae. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 17 (1) 15-25

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Wissenschaftliche Ergebenisse der Vernay_Lang Kalahari_Expedition.pdf	652.31 KB

Endrödi S 1976. Neue Aphodiinae aus Süd- und Ostafrika (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Annals of the Transvaal Museum 30 (11) 109-118

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Neue Aphodiinae aus Sued_und Ostafrika.pdf	534.86 KB

Day JA 1990. Environmental correlates of aquatic faunal distribution in the Namib Desert. Transvaal Museum Monographs 7 99-107

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Environmental correlates of aquatic faunal distribution in the Namib Desert.pdf	4.44 MB

Wharton RA, Seely M 1982. Species composition of and biological notes on Tenebrionidae of the lower Kuiseb River and adjacent gravel plain. Madoqua 13 (1) 5-25

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Species composition of and biological notes on Tenebrionidae of the lower Kuiseb River and adjacent gravel plain.pdf	1.93 MB

Hanrahan SA, Yeaton RI 1987. Population estimates of Onymacris bicolor (Coleoptera Tenebrionidae) in the dunefields of the Skeleton Coast Park, South West Africa/Namibia. Madoqua 15 (2) 175-181

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Population estimates of Onymacris bicolor_Skeleton Coast Park.pdf	1.04 MB

Frolov AV 2005. New Species of the Dung Beetle Genus Namakwanus (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) from Namibia. Contributions to Systematics and Biology of Beetles Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Igor Konstantinovich Lopatin 245-247

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New Species of the Dung Beetle Genus Namakwanus.pdf	172.64 KB

Frolov AV, Scholtz CH 2003. A new genus and species of dung beetle from southern Namibia (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). African Entomology 11 (2) 297-299

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A new genus and species of dung beetle from southern Namibia_2003.pdf	800.7 KB

Kuijten PJ 1983. Revision of the genus Hybosorus MacLeay (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Hybosorinae).

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Revision of the genus Hybosorus MacLeay.pdf	4.11 MB

Bologna MA 2003. Australytta, a new blister beetle genus from Southern Africa (Coleoptera: Meloidae). Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.): International Journal of Entomology 39 (2) 139-152

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Australytta_a new blister beetle genus from Southern Africa_2003.pdf	737.64 KB

Sole CL, Scholtz CH, Bastos ADS 2005. Phylogeography of the Namib Desert dung beetles Scarabaeus (Pachysoma) MacLeay (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Journal of Biogeography 32 (1) 75-84

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2004.01124.x/abstract

Vohland K, Uhlig M, Marais E, Hoffman A, Zeller U 2005. Impact of different grazing systems on diversity, abundance and biomass of beetles (Coleoptera), a study from southern Namibia. Zoosystematics and Evolution 81 (2) 131-143

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mmnz.200510008/abstract

Fürsch H 1995. Die Marienkäfer der entomologischen Namibia-Expedition des Museums für Naturkunde Berlin 1992 mit Bemerkungen zu anderen afrikanischen Arten. (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae). Zoologisches Museum und Institut für Spezielle Zoologie (Berlin) 71 (2) 327-340

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mmnz.19950710212/abstract

Hebauer F 1995. Die Hydrophilidae und Spercheidae Namibias Unter Berücksichtigung des Materials der Namibia-Expedition des Museums für Naturkunde Berlin 1992, ergänzt durch Nachweise aus früheren Namibia- und Kalahari-Expeditionen (Coleoptera, Hydrophiloidea : Hydrophilidae et Spercheidae). Zoologisches Museum und Institut für Spezielle Zoologie (Berlin) 71 (2) 251-275

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mmnz.19950710206/abstract

Enders MM, Schüle H, Henschel JR 1998. Sexual Dimorphism, Fighting Success and Mating Tactics of Male Onymacris plana Péringuey (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in the Namib Desert. Ethology 104 (12) 1003-1019

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1998.tb00049.x/abstract

Hanrahan SA, Kirchner WH 1994. Acoustic Orientation and Communication in Desert Tenebrionid Beetles in Sand Dunes. Ethology 97 (1-2) 26-32

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1994.tb01026.x/abstract

Ferrer J 2004. Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) de Namibia, avec descriptions de 12 espèces nouvelles. Zoosystematics and Evolution 80 (2) 181-250

Website link:http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mmnz.20040800204/abstract

Nicolson SW 1991. Diuresis or clearance: Is there a physiological role for the "diuretic hormone" of the desert beetle Onymacris?. Journal of Insect Physiology 37 (6) 447-452

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0022191091900544

Hanrahan SA, Nicolson SW 1987. Ultrastructure of the malpighian tubules of Onymacris plana plana peringuey (Coleoptera : Tenebrionidae). International Journal of Insect Morphology and Embryology 16 (2) 99-119

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0020732287900110

Anne O, Rasa E 1995. Ecological factors influencing burrow location,group size and mortality in a nocturnal fossorial Kalahari detritivore, Parastizopus armaticeps Peringuey (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Journal of Arid Environments 29 (3) 353-365

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196305801144

de Villiers PS, Hanrahan SA 1991. Sperm competition in the Namib Desert beetle, Onymacris unguicularis. Journal of Insect Physiology 37 (1) 7-8

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/002219109190012O

Enders M, Schüle H 1993. Age identification of a Namib desert tenebrionid beetle. Journal of Arid Environments 24 (2) 211-214

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196383710189

McClain E, Magnuson P, Warner SJ 1988. Behavioural fever in a Namib Desert tenebrionid beetle, Onymacris plana. Journal of Insect Physiology 34 (4) 279-284

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0022191088901369

Enders MM 1995. Size-assortative mating in a tenebrionid beetle of the Namib Desert. Journal of Arid Environments 29 (4) 469-484

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140196395800190

Hattingh J, Ganhao M, Naidu SG 1984. Haemolymph composition in Namib Desert tenebrionid beetles. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology 78 (3) 541-545

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0300962984905930

Nicolson SW 1980. Water balance and osmoregulation in Onymacris plana, a tenebrionid beetle from the Namib desert. Journal of Insect Physiology 26 (5) 315-320

Website link:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0022191080901407