Scarabaeinae Latreille, 1802
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We collected 3,772 dung beetles from 96 species and 19 genera. Only 14 of the 96 identified species were found in both FLONAS (Table 1 View Table 1 ). Canthidium deyrollei was the most abundant species, with exclusive records from FLONA Tapajós. The three most diverse genera comprise distinct functional strategies in dung beetles: Eurysternus (endocoprids - i.e. residents in the dung resource); Dichotomius (paracoprids - i.e. tunnellers, where all species mostly dig tunnels close to or immediately below the resource) and Canthon (telecoprids - i.e. rollers), which could be an indicator of whole exploitation of dung resources in Amazonian forests. However, if abundance is considered, small paracoprids (especially Onthophagus species) were the most abundant functional group, which is expected for the Amazon Region (FVM, pers. obs). We discuss below the current knowledge about the distribution and ecology of each identified genera.
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