We report an inventory of the superfamily Scarabaeoidea present at the campus of the University of Sucre, Sincelejo, Colombia. Specimens were captured between the months of May and June 2016. A total of 510 specimens were collected belonging to 3 families, 8 subfamilies, 27 genera, and 34 species. The subfamilies presenting the greatest diversity were Scarabaeinae and Dynastinae. For the first time the following 8 species were recorded for Sucre Department: Anomala valida Burmeister, 1844, Liogenys quadridens (Fabricius, 1798), Megasoma elephas (Fabricius, 1775), Omorgus suberosus (Fabricius, 1775), Phileurus didymus (Linnaeus, 1758), Phileurus valgus (Olivier, 1789), Phyllophaga menetriesi (Blanchard, 1850), and Xenopelidnota anomala (Burmeister, 1844). We highlight the importance of green zones within urban areas as possible faunistic refugia for different taxonomic groups, especially for the beetles of the superfamily Scarabaeoidea.
L eaf-cutter ant nests have a complex and specialized internal structure that allows them not only to maintain stable microenvironmental conditions where they can shelter their colonies, but also to protect themselves from various predators and intruders (Bollazzi and Roces 2002;Diehl-Fleig and Diehl 2007;Velásquez-Múnera et al. 2008). These characteristics allow colonies to have multiple types of interactions with other species, varying from those that can use colony debris to others that present coevolutionary relationships (Mehdiabadi
Se estudió la fauna asociada a Attalea butyracea en un agroecosistema de Galeras, Sucre, Colombia. Se efectuaron muestreos en junio de 2016 en la finca Mi Ranchito, donde se revisaron 42 palmas. De las palmas se extrajeron artrópodos y se buscaron vertebrados. Posteriormente, el material se identificó y se registraron 13 órdenes, con las siguientes frecuencias de aparición y abundancias:
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