Research Article

Dung Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) Attracted to Lagothrix lagotricha (Humboldt) and Alouatta seniculus (Linnaeus) (Primates: Atelidae) Dung in a Colombian Amazon Forest

Table 1

List of the species associated with each of the primate’s dung, with their relocation habits (T: tunneler, R: roller, and D: dweller), in the CIEM station, Meta, Colombia.

TribeSpeciesrhL. lagotrichaA. seniculus

AteuchiniAteuchus murrayi (Harold, 1868)TX
Ateuchus pygidialis (Balthasar, 1939)TX
Ateuchus sp.TX
CopriniCanthidium aurifex (Bates, 1887)TX
Canthidium cupreum (Blanchard, 1843)TX
Canthidium funebre (Balthasar, 1939)TX
Canthidium onitoides (Perty, 1830)TX
Canthidium ruficolle (Germar, 1824)TXX
Canthidium sp. ATX
Canthidium sp. BTX
Canthidium sp. CTX
Dichotomius compressicollis (Luederwaldt, 1929)TX
Dichotomius problematicus (Luederwaldt, 1922)TX
Ontherus pubens (Genier, 1996)TX
CoptodactyliniUroxys bidentis (Howden and Young, 1981)TX
Uroxys sp. ATX
Uroxys sp. BTX
DeltochiliniCanthon aequinoctialis (Harold, 1868)RX
Canthon angustatus (Harold, 1867)RXX
Canthon femoralis (Chevrolat, 1834)RX
Canthon fulgidus (Redtenbacher, 1867)RX
Canthon juvencus (Harold, 1868)RX
Canthon luteicollis (Erichson, 1847)RXX
Canthon sp.RX
Deltochilum amazonicum (Bates, 1887)RX
OniticelliniEurysternus hamaticollis (Balthasar, 1939)DX
Eurysternus velutinus (Bates, 1887)DX
OnthophaginiOnthophagus buculus (Mannerheim, 1829)TX
Onthophagus haematopus (Harold, 1875)TXX
PhanaeiniOxysternon conspicillatum (Weber, 1801)TX
Phanaeus cambeforti (Arnaud, 1982)TX
Phanaeus chalcomelas (Perty, 1830)TXX