Beetle Morphology

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NikonUser
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Barry:
Not being a 'beetle' man I have very little information on the group. However, I am sure there are plenty of papers dealing with functional morphology for digging in beetles; it's such a common habit.

Hopefully 'rovebeetle' will see this and respond; 'his' beetles include diggers.

If you are close to a good library (perhaps a university) then the simplest way to find relevant literature is to check the CSA publications - Entomology Abstracts is one of the best.
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NikonUser wrote: I am sure there are plenty of papers dealing with functional morphology for digging in beetles; it's such a common habit.
Including the term "biomechanics", together with "beetles", "digging". etc. when searching may be productive.

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