Sustainable Parasite Management

Upcoming Conferences

The 16th Entomological Congress - Held at the Stellenbosch University Campus from 5 to 7 July 2009

Scarab Research Group Presenting:

Jackie Brown – Oral Presentation
DUNG BEETLES (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE): ENGINEERING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE HYDRODYNAMICS AND RETENTION OF SOIL

Christian Deschodt – Oral Presentation
DUNG BEETLE SURVIVORS FROM THE MOIST PLIOCENE IN THE HYPER ARID RICHTERSVELD

Christian Deschodt – Poster Presentation
SYSTEMATICS OF THE FLIGHTLESS AND HABITAT SPECIFIC GENUS MACRODERES WESTWOOD (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE)

Cornel du Toit – Oral Presentation
EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN DUNG BEETLES AS INTERMEDIATE HOSTS OF THE DOG NEMATODE SPIROCERCA LUPI BASED ON THE SIZE OF INGESTED FOOD PARTICLES

Carmen Jacobs – Poster Presentation
THE EFFECT OF CATTLE INTENSIFICATION ON DUNG BEETLE (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE) DIVERSITY IN THE MAPUTO SPECIAL RESERVE (MOZAMBIQUE)

Suko Mlambo – Poster Presentation
A MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY OF THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN GENUS EPIRINUS REICHE (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEINAE)

Catherine Sole – Oral Presentation
EX AFRICA SEMPER ALIQUID NOVI – DUNG BEETLES CAME OUT OF AFRICA

Werner Strumpher – Oral Presentation
IS FLIGHT LOSS MONOPHYLETIC IN SOUTHERN AFRICAN TROX SPECIES?

Angelika Switala – Oral Presentation
EVALUATING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COLOPHON HAUGHTONI AND COLOPHON KAWAII (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEOIDEA: LUCANIDAE) BASED ON MOLECULAR AND MORPHOLOGICAL DATA

Power Tshikae – Oral Presentation
DIVERSITY AND TURNOVER OF DUNG BEETLE SPECIES (SCARABEIDAE:SCARABAEINAE) ALONG A GRADIENT OF INCREASING ARIDITY IN THE KALAHARI REGION OF BOTSWANA