Survey of Coleoptera (Arthropoda: Insecta) associated with bovine dung in the municipality of Itumbiara, Goiás, Brazil

  • Carlos Henrique Marchiori Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Urutaí
  • Ândersen Terra de Oliveira ULBRA
  • Arício Xavier Linhares UNICAMP

Abstract

The study of the Coleoptera associated with cattle dung pats had the objective of making a survey of the species in Itumbiara, Goiás, Brazil. Twenty samples of bovine dung were taken at random, each month, from eight-day-old pats, placed in plastic containers and taken to the laboratory. Coleopterans were extracted using Berlese funnel. The most frequent species were: species 1 (Histeridae), Ataenius aequalis Harold (1880) (Scarabaeidae), Oxytelus sp. (Staphylinidae)

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Author Biography

Carlos Henrique Marchiori, Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Urutaí
Tem experiência na área de Parasitologia, com ênfase em Entomologia Médica e Veterinária, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: Diptera, Hymenoptera, parasitóides, controle biológico e inimigo natural Currículo Lattes
Published
2008-05-09
How to Cite
Marchiori, C. H., Oliveira, Ândersen T. de, & Linhares, A. X. (2008). Survey of Coleoptera (Arthropoda: Insecta) associated with bovine dung in the municipality of Itumbiara, Goiás, Brazil. Acta Scientiarum. Biological Sciences, 22, 401-407. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascibiolsci.v22i0.2888
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Biology Sciences

 

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