Seasonal and spatial species richness variation of dung beetle (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae s. str.) in the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil

Hernández, Malva Isabel Medina; Vaz‐de‐Mello, Fernando Z.

doi:10.1590/s0085-56262009000400010

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“…In that study, it was found that after a number of years of initial perturbations in certain areas, the community of dung beetles increased again. This increase in species richness and abundance of Scarabaeidae in disturbed areas may be the result of migration of species from habitats of the nearby, such as in vegetation remnants, like was also observed in forested areas by Malva et al (2009).…”

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Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) in three landscapes in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Ide

2013

Braz. J. Biol.

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Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) in three landscapes in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Dung Beetles are important for biological control of intestinal worms and dipterans of economic importance to cattle, because they feed and breed in dung, killing parasites inside it. They are also very useful as bioindicators of species diversity in agricultural or natural environments. The aims of this paper were to study the species richness, and abundance of dung beetles, helping to answer the question: are there differences in the patterns of dung beetle diversity in three environments (pasture, agriculture and forest) in the municipality of Dourados, in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul. A total of 105 samplings were carried out weekly, from November 2005 to November 2007, using three pitfall traps in each environment. The traps were baited with fresh bovine dung, and 44,355 adult dung beetles from 54 species were captured: two from Hyborosidae and 52 from Scarabaeidae. Five species were constant, very abundant and dominant on the pasture, two in the agricultural environment, and two in the environment of Semideciduous forest. Most of the species were characterised as accessories, common and not-dominant. The species with higher abundance was Ataenius platensis Blanchard, 1844. The indexes of Shannon-Wiener diversity were: 2.90 in the pasture, 2.84 in the agricultural environment and 2.66 in the area of native forest. The medium positive presence of dung beetles in the traps in each environment were: 36.88, 42.73 and 20.18 individuals per trap, in the pasture, agricultural environment and in the native forest, respectively. The pasture environment presented a higher diversity index. The species diversity of dung beetles was superior where there was higher abundance and regularity of resource (bovine dung).Keywords: biodiversity, Coleoptera, Hybosoridae, Scarabaeidae, population ecology. Besouros coprófagos (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) em três paisagens de Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil ResumoColeópteros coprófagos são importantes (especialmente Scarabaeidae) para controle biológico de vermes gastrointestinais e de dípteros; dessa forma, são de importância econômica para a pecuária, pois esses besouros utilizam excrementos como alimento e sítio para reprodução. Eles são também de grande utilidade como bioindicadores da diversidade. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a riqueza em espécies e a abundância de besouros coprófagos, além de verificar se estes atributos são diferentes nos três ambientes (pastagem, agricultura e mata), no município de Dourados-MS. Palavras-chave: biodiversidade, Coleoptera, Hybosoridae, Scarabaeidae, ecologia populacional.

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Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) in three landscapes in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Ide

2013

Braz. J. Biol.

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“…Canthon rutilans was registered in the Atlantic Forest (Condé, 2008;Hernández and Vaz-de-Mello, 2009;Hernández et al, 2011;Korasaki et al, 2012), Pampas (Silva et al 2008(Silva et al , 2009 and Eucalyptus plantations although showing preference for forest formations (Audino et al, 2011;Silva, 2011) and in the following Brazilian States: Paraná, Santa Catarina, São Paulo and Rio Grande do Sul. Hence this species is first registered in the Caatinga Biome and also through perching in a Tropical Dry Forest.…”

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Remarks about biology of Canthon rutilans Laporte, 1840 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) with the first report of perching in a Brazilian Tropical Dry Forest

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Campos

2013

Braz. J. Biol.

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“…However, there are records of it being attracted to pitfall traps baited with human feces (Hernández and Vaz-de-Mello 2009), rotten meat, rotten fish and pig dung (Korasaki et al 2013). Messas et al (2012) also recorded this species removing portions of a carcass of the tree frog Haddadus binotatus (Spix, 1824), supposedly to build its brood-balls.…”

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“…In Brazil, there are records from states of Paraná, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, a relatively widespread distribution across sites of Atlantic Forest (Schmidt 1922, Pessôa and Lane 1941, Hernández and Vaz-de-Mello 2009, Hernández et al 2011, Vaz-de-Mello et al 2014. It is a yellow-bodied diurnal species (Hernández 2002), occurring in shaded areas and commonly attracted to pitfall traps baited with human feces ( (Spix, 1824) in São Paulo, arguing that this species has generalist trophic habits.…”

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First record of Scybalocanthon nigriceps (Harold, 1868) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) in Rio Grande do Sul state, southern Brazil

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Silva

2017

An. Acad. Bras. Ciênc.

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Seasonal and spatial species richness variation of dung beetle (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae s. str.) in the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil

Cited by 84 publications

References 20 publications

Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) in three landscapes in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) in three landscapes in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Remarks about biology of Canthon rutilans Laporte, 1840 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) with the first report of perching in a Brazilian Tropical Dry Forest

First record of Scybalocanthon nigriceps (Harold, 1868) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) in Rio Grande do Sul state, southern Brazil

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