@article {KNZ0050, title = {The rhinoceros beetle, Xyloryctes jamaicensis Drury (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae):a locally abundant detritivore of a Kansas riparian forest}, journal = {Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society}, volume = {56}, year = {1983}, pages = {543 -546}, abstract = {
Third stage larvae of the rhinoceros beetle, Xyloryctes jamaicensis Drury (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae), were abundant during autumn 1981 in litter and upper soil horizons of a bur oak- hackberry forest near Manhattan, Kansas. Densities of larvae ranged from 0 to 3.7 individuals/m2 within forest transects, while amounts of fecal pellets of these larvae ranged from 28.2 to 463.1 g/m2 along these same transects. No third stage larvae were present the following autumn, suggesting that the population is dominated by a particular brood. Fecal pellets exhibited slow decay rates (10\%/yr), and the amount of pellets on the forest floor represents the relative abundance of several generations of larvae
}, keywords = {LTER-KNZ, beetle, prairie, tallgrass}, doi = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/25084458}, author = {Seastedt, T.R.} }