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Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

Bahlmann L, Govender P, Oberholster (Botha) A-M: 2003. Leaf epicuticular wax ultrastructure and trichome presence on Russian wheat aphid (Diuraphis noxia) resistant and susceptible leaves. African Entomology, 11 (1), pp 59-64.

Parr CL, Robertson HG, Chown SL: 2003. Apomyrminae and Aenictogitoninae: Two new subfamilies of ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) for southern Africa. African Entomology, 11 (1), pp 128-129.

Frolov A, Scholtz CH: 2003. Revision of the Afrotropical dung beetle genus Sarophorus Erichson (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). African Entomology, 11 (2), pp 183-198.

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

Mellet (Mostert) MA, Schoeman AS, Broodryk SW: 2003. Review of insect pest management strategies for the organic cultivation of cotton. African Plant Protection, 9 (2), pp 61-86.

Harrison JduG, Philips TK: 2003. Phylogeny of Scarabaeus (Pachysoma MacLeay) stat. nov., and related flightless Scarabaeini (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 40, pp 45-71.

Hansen HH, Brodsgaard CJ, Kryger P, Nicolaisen M: 2003. A scientific note on the presence of Paenibacillus larvae larvae spores in sub-Saharan African honey. Apidologie, 34, pp 471-472.

Medina CA, Scholtz CH, Gill BD: 2003. Morphological variation and systematics of Canthon Hoffmansegg 1817, and related general of new world Canthonini dung beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeinae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 50, pp 23-68.

de Graaf J, Schoeman AS, Brandenburg R: 2003. Ecology and control of Neosorius brevipennis (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) on turfgrass in South Africa. Florida Entomologist, 86 (3) / Sep, pp 370-372.

Jacobs DH: 2003. The behaviour of a multiple sex chromosome system in Dundocoris flavilineatus (Heteroptera: Aradidae: Carventinae) that originated by autosome-sex chromosome fusion. Folia Biologica (Krakow), 51 (1-2), pp 23-32.

Grebennikov VV, Scholtz CH: 2003. Larvae and pupae of Dascillidae (Coleoptera): Morphological study and discussion of their relationships to Scarabaeoidea and Eulichadidae. Insect Systematics & Evolution, 34 (1), pp 29-39.

Warren M, McGeoch MA, Chown SL: 2003. Predicting abundance from occupancy: A test for an aggregated insect assemblage. Journal of Animal Ecology, 72, pp 468-477.

Byrne M, Dacke M, Nordström P, Scholtz CH, Warrant E: 2003. Visual cues used by ball-rolling dung beetles for orientation. Journal of Comparative Physiology, 189, pp 411-418.

Chown SL, Davis ALV: 2003. Discontinuous gas exchange and the significance of respiratory water loss in scarabaeine beetles. Journal of Experimental Biology, 206, pp 3547-3556.

Dacke M, Nordström P, Scholtz CH: 2003. Twilight orientation to polarized light in the crepuscular dung beetle Scarabaeus zambesianus. Journal of Experimental Biology, 206 (9) / May, pp 1535-1543.

Human H, Nicolson SW: 2003. Digestion of maize and sunflower pollen by the spotted maize beetle Astylus atromaculatus (Melyridae): Is there a role for osmotic shock?. Journal of Insect Physiology, 49, pp 633-643.

Harrison JDG, Scholtz CH, Chown SL: 2003. A revision of the endemic south-western African dung beetle subgenus Scarabaeus (Pachysoma) MacLeay, including notes on other flightless Scarabaeini (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Journal of Natural History, 37, pp 305-355.

Dacke M, Nilsson D-E, Scholtz CH, Byrne M, Warrant E: 2003. Insect orientation to polarized moonlight. Nature, 424 / July, p. 33.

Eigenheer RA, Wiehart UIM, Nicolson SW, Schoofs L, Schegg KM, Hull JJ, Schooley DA: 2003. Isolation, identification and localization of a second beetle antidiuretic peptide. Peptides, 24, pp 27-34.

 

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