01320nas a2200157   4500008004100000245014200041210006900183300001300252490000700265520071000272653001100982653001200993653001401005100001901019856012401038       1983                        eng d00aThe rhinoceros beetle, Xyloryctes jamaicensis Drury (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae):a locally abundant detritivore of a Kansas riparian forest0 arhinoceros beetle Xyloryctes jamaicensis Drury Coleoptera Scarab  a543 -5460 v563 a<p>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</p>10abeetle10aprairie10atallgrass1 aSeastedt, T.R.  uhttp://knz.lternet.edu/content/rhinoceros-beetle-xyloryctes-jamaicensis-drury-coleoptera-scarabaeidaea-locally-abundant