Table 2.
Capture number of individuals (and percentage) per species of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) in relation to the types of resources (feces of mammals) in the Atlantic forest in Santa Catarina, Brazil
| Species |
Resource (feces)
|
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pc | Ct | Sn | Tt | |
| Canthi. aff. trinodosum (Boheman, 1858) | 7 (14%) | 29 (59%) | 7 (14%) | 6 (12%) |
| Canthidium dispar Harold, 1867 | 1 (14%) | 2 (29%) | 2 (29%) | 2 (29%) |
| Canthon luctuosus (Harold, 1868) | 1 (50%) | 1 (50%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| Cantho. rutilans cyanescens (Harold, 1868) | 15 (10%) | 98 (63%) | 31 (20%) | 11 (7%) |
| Coprophanaeus cerberus (Harold, 1869) | 0 (0%) | 1 (33%) | 2 (67%) | 0 (0%) |
| Co. saphirinus (Sturm, 1826) | 3 (12%) | 13 (52%) | 6 (24%) | 3 (12%) |
| Deltochilum brasiliense (Laporte, 1840) | 0 (0%) | 4 (80%) | 1 (20%) | 0 (0%) |
| D. furcatum (Laporte, 1840) | 0 (0%) | 8 (44%) | 9 (50%) | 1 (6%) |
| D. morbillosum Burmeister, 1848 | 4 (29%) | 8 (57%) | 2 (14%) | 0 (0%) |
| Deltochilum multicolor Balthasar, 1939 | 0 (0%) | 2 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| Dichotomius fissus (Harold, 1867) | 0 (0%) | 6 (46%) | 6 (46%) | 1 (8%) |
| Dichotomius mormon (Ljungh, 1799) | 0 (0%) | 1 (50%) | 1 (50%) | 0 (0%) |
| Dichotomius sericeus (Harold, 1867) | 12 (12%) | 57 (56%) | 21 (21%) | 11 (11%) |
| Eurysternus cyanescens Balthasar, 1939 | 1 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| E. inflexus (Germar, 1824) | 0 (0%) | 15 (63%) | 9 (38%) | 0 (0%) |
| Phanaeus splendidulus (F., 1781) | 0 (0%) | 4 (100%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| Uroxys sp1 | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (100%) |
| Individuals | 44 (10%) | 249 (59%) | 97 (23%) | 36 (8%) |
| Species | 8 (47%) | 15 (88%) | 12 (70%) | 8 (47%) |
Pc, P. concolor ; Ct, C. thous ; Sn, S. nigritus ; Tt, T. terrestris .