Christian Deschodt

 
Deschodt
Christian Deschodt.

  
I am curator of the University of Pretoria scarab collection. Although my pet group of scarabs are the African Canthonini, and in particular the dry adapted genera from the southwestern parts, I am currently looking at the genus Macroderes, a flightless genus endemic to South Africa.

Christian Deschodt
Scarab Research Group
Department of Zoology & Entomology
Private Bag x20 Hatfield 0028, SOUTH AFRICA
EMAIL:
cdeschodt@zoology.up.ac.za
MOBILE: +27 82 854 7986
FAX: +27 12 362 5242
 
   
  PUBLICATIONS
Deschodt, C.M., Davis, A.L.V., Scholtz, C.H. (2011) New dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) taxa from arid south-western Africa. Insect Systematics and Evolution 42(3):277-294.

Davis, A.L.V., Scholtz, C.H., Kryger, U., Deschodt, C.M., Strümpher, W.P. (2010) Dung beetle assemblage structure in Tswalu Kalahari Reserve: responses to a mosaic of landscape types, vegetation communities, and dung types. Environmental Entomology 39(3):811-820.

Deschodt, C.M., Scholtz, C.H., Kryger, U. (2009) Description of the larva and pupa of Ichnestoma stobbiai Holm 1992 (Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae), a range-restricted species of conservation concern. African Entomology 17(1):43-50.

Davis, A.L.V., Brink, D.J., Scholtz, C.H., Prinsloo, L.C., Deschodt, C.M. (2008) Functional implications of temperature-correlated colour polymorphism in an iridescent, scarabaeine dung beetle. Ecological Entomology 33:771-779.

Davis, A.L.V., Scholtz, C.H., Deschodt, C. (2008) Multi-scale determinants of dung beetle assemblage structure across abiotic gradients of the Kalahari-Nama Karoo ecotone, South Africa. Journal of Biogeography 35:1465-1480.

Deschodt, C.M., Scholtz, C.H. (2008) Systematics of South African forest-endemic dung beetles: new genera and species of small Canthonini (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). African Entomology 16(1):91-106.

Deschodt, C., Kryger, U., Scholtz, C.H. (2007) New taxa of relictual Canthonini dung beetles (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) utilizing rock hyrax middens as refuges in south-western Africa. Insect Systematics and Evolution 38:361-376.

Kryger, U., Deschodt, C., Davis, A.L., Scholtz, C.H. (2007) Effects of cattle treatment with a fluazuron pour-on on survival and reproduction of the dung beetle species Onthophagus gazella (Fabricius) Veterinary Parasitology 143:380-384.

Kryger, U., Deschodt, C., Davis, A.L., Scholtz, C.H. (2006) Effects of cattle treatment with a cypermethrin/cymiazol spray on survival and reproduction of the dung beetle species Euoniticellus intermedius (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research 96:597-603.

Kryger, U., Deschodt, C.M., Scholtz, C.H. (2005) Effects of fluazuron and ivermectin treatment of cattle on the structure of dung beetle communities. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 105(4):649-656.

Davis, A.L.V., Scholtz, C.H., Deschodt, C.M. (2005) A dung beetle survey of selected Gauteng nature reserves: implications for conservation of the provincial Scarabaeinae fauna. African Entomology 13(1):1-16.
   

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