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StudiesonNeotropicalFaunaandEnvironmentTable1.Spectrumandabundance(,%)ofcoprophagousbeetles(AphodiinaeandScarabaeinae)caughtwithalighttrapinapastureareaintheBrazilianCerrado(GuiaLopesdaLaguna,MatoGrossodoSul,Brazil),fromNovember2007toOctober2008. Abundance Taxon AphodiinaeAidophusechtmanniStebnicka&Dellacasa,2001100.39aff.20.08aff.100.39aff.351.38AtaeniuscrenulatusSchmidt,19101797.04AtaeniusforsteriBalthasar,19601134.45AtaeniusgracilisMelsheimer,1845170.67AtaeniusimbricatusMelsheimer,184580.31sp.1847.24Flechtmanniellalaticollis(Petrovitz,1973)391.53Labarruspseudolividus(Olivier,1789)92536.40Lomanoxoidessp.1301.18Lomanoxoidessp.240.16Nialaphodiusnigrita(Fabricius,1801)2409.45Pleuraphodiussp.1204.72TrichiopsammobiusbrasiliensisPetrovitz,1963210.83ScarabaeinaeAteuchuslatusBoucomont,192880.31Ateuchuspauperatus(Germar,1824)180.71Ateuchussp.30.12Besourengasp.40.16aff.30.12Dichotomiusbos(Blanchard,1843)37314.68Dichotomiusnisus(Olivier,1789)150.59Dichotomiussexdentatus(Luederwaldt,1925)10.04Dichotomiusaff.20.08DichotomiusglaucusHarold,186920.08DichotomiusopacipennisLuederwaldt,193110.04Digitonthophagusgazella(Fabricius,1787)220.87Eutrichillumhirsutum(Boucomont,1928)271.06Genieridiumbidens(Balthasar,1942)361.42Ontherusappendiculatus(Mannerheim,1829)642.52OntheruscarinicollisLuederwaldt,193020.08TrichillumexternepunctatumPreudhommedeBorre,1886230.91Total2541100.00 Table2.Richnessestimatesofcoprophagousbeetles(Apho-diinaeandScarabaeinae)caughtwithalighttrapinapas-tureareaintheBrazilianCerrado(GuiaLopesdaLaguna,MatoGrossodoSul,Brazil),fromNovember2007toOctober2008. NumberofspeciesStandarddeviation Observedrichness33Chao133.20Chao233.32Jackknife135.88Jackknife231.61 correlatedwithmonthlyprecipitation,withagreaterabundanceofindividualscollectedbetweenNovemberandMay(Figure2).Averagemonthlytemperaturedidnotinuencethenumberofindividualscaptured0.05),butwaspositivelyrelatedtothenumberofspeciescollected(0.05)(Figure2).Labarruspseudolividusspecimenswereobservedduringalmosttheentireyear,butwithastrongreductioninabundanceduringthewinter,whennospecimenswerecapturedinJuneandSeptember(Figure2,3).Dichotomiusbosindividualswereprin-cipallyobservedduringtherainyperiodoftheyear,andwerenotcapturedfromJunetoSeptemberwhichcorrespondstothecoldanddryseason(Figure2,3).RichnessandabundancepatternOurstudyofthecoprophagousbeetlecommunityinapastureagroecosystemlocatedintheCerrado StudiesonNeotropicalFaunaandEnvironment TemperatureIndividualsNumber of individualsTemperature (°C)Nov.Dec.Jan.Feb.Mar.Apr.MayJuneJulyAug.Sept.Oct. Figure2.Averagemonthlytemperatureandprecipitation,speciesrichnessandabundanceofcoprophagousbeetles(AphodiinaeandScarabaeinae)caughtwithalighttrapinapastureareaintheBrazilianCerrado(GuiaLopesdaLaguna,MatoGrossodoSul,Brazil),fromNovember2007toOctober2008.etal.1998,2006;Verdúetal.2007).Grazinginten-sitymaybeconsideredakeyfactorindeterminingthevariationindiversityandcompositionofthedungbeetlecommunity(Loboetal.2006;Verdúetal.2007).Asgrazingpressureincreases,therateofherbivorefecesrenewalwouldincrease,favoringlargerdung 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