Guia de identificação das espécies de Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) do município de Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

Abstract

Abstract:Here is presented a guide to identify the species of Scarabaeinae occurring in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, compiled from the literature and captured between May 2009 and April 2010 in forest fragments. A dichotomous key, characterization, illustrations (species collected) and ecological information for 35 species are provided.

Dung beetle assemblages (Coleoptera, Scarabaeinae) in Atlantic forest fragments in southern Brazil

“…Within the tribe Coprini, C. moestum was generalist, which supports the works of Silva et al (2008Silva et al ( , 2009Silva et al ( , 2011. This species is distributed throughout the southern region of Brazil, in Argentina and Uruguay (Martínez 1959; (Fabricius, 1775) 82 ( Halffter 1986;González-Vainer & Morelli 2008).…”

“…This species can be found throughout the Atlantic Forest at altitudes above 1,000 m, except in southern Brazil, where the latitude seems to compensate for the altitude (Génier 2009). Eurysternus parallelus was rated as coprophagous, agreeing with the results of Silva et al (2011), but differing from those of Louzada & Lopes (1997), who have also captured it in carrion traps. This species is distributed throughout southern and southeastern Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay (Martínez 1959;Génier 2009).…”

“…It can be found in Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay (Martínez, 1959). Deltochilum brasiliense was also generalist, in accordance with Almeida & Louzada (2009) and Silva et al (2011). It can be found in the center-south region of Brazil and Argentina.…”

“…This dung beetle is distributed in mountain forest environments in southern and southeastern Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay (Vulcano & Pereira 1964;Martínez 1987). Canthon lividus had generalist feeding habits, as reported in the works of Martínez (1959), Halffter & Matthews (1966) and Silva et al (2011). It can be found in Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay (Martínez, 1959).…”

“…Louzada & Lopes 1997;Medri & Lopes 2001;Hernández & Vaz-de-Mello 2009;Hernández et al 2011;Lopes et al 2011;Silva et al, 2011Silva et al, , 2012. Although the state of Santa Catarina has an historical record of 94 species (Vaz-de-Mello 2000), there is only one recent published work in the state on scarabaeid beetles associated with cattle dung, in which only four species were found in Jaragua do Sul (Flechtmann & Rodrigues 1995).…”