Using an unusual resource

dung beetles attracted to millipedes (Diplopoda: Spirobolida)

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v26i4.15598

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Interaction, Necrophagous beetles, Alternative trophic resource, Scarabaeinae, millipedes

Abstract

Between 2017 and 2018, samplings out for four months in a tropical evergreen forest fragment from a natural protected area of Chiapas, Mexico, were carried. Pitfall traps were installed along a path of about 500 m. The traps were baited with freshly killed individuals of Messicobolus magnificus, an abundant millipede during the rainy season in the reserve. 108 individuals of four beetles’ species were captured: Canthon vazquezae (92), Deltochilum pseudoparile (13), Coprophanaeus corythus (2) and Ateuchus rodriguezi (1). Only D. pseudoparile has been previously collected with carcasses from other millipede species. The use of this resource type is possibly an alternative source that reduces interspecific competition among the Scarabaeinae for other ephemeral resources.

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  • Gibrán Sánchez-Hernández, Conservación de la Biodiversidad, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Chiapas, México

    Periférico Sur s/n, María Auxiliadora, C.P. 29290, San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México.

  • Jonatan Agustín-Sánchez, Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas, Chiapas, México

    Libramiento Norte Poniente, Lajas Maciel, C.P. 29039, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México.

  • Julián Bueno-Villegas, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Hidalgo, México

    Ciudad del Conocimiento, carretera Pachuca-Tulancingo km. 4.5, Colonia Carboneras, C.P. 42184, Mineral de la Reforma Hidalgo, Hidalgo, México.

  • Benigno Gómez, Conservación de la Biodiversidad, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Chiapas, México

    Periférico Sur s/n, María Auxiliadora, C.P. 29290, San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, México.

Revista Peruana de Biologia 26(4)

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Published

12/15/2019

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Vol. 26 No. 4 (2019)

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Sánchez-Hernández, Gibrán, Jonatan Agustín-Sánchez, Julián Bueno-Villegas, and Benigno Gómez. 2019. “Using an Unusual Resource: Dung Beetles Attracted to Millipedes (Diplopoda: Spirobolida)”. Revista Peruana De Biología 26 (4): 499-502. https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v26i4.15598.