First record of the largest copro-necrophagous beetle in South America (Coprophanaeus lancifer) feeding on fruits

IF 0.7 4区环境科学与生态学 Q4 ECOLOGY

Acta Amazonica Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI:10.1590/1809-4392202201651

Elena Chaboteaux, Alejandro Lopera Toro, A. Forsyth

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Coprophanaeus lancifer is a copro-necrophagous beetle endemic to the Amazon region. Although beetles belonging to the subfamily Scarabaeinae primarily feed on dung, some have a greater diet plasticity that includes carrion, fungi, rotten fruits and invertebrates. The diet of the scavenger beetle C. lancifer mainly consists of vertebrate carcasses, although it is also attracted to mammal faeces. Here, we describe the first record of this species feeding on fruits of the genus Nectandra.

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南美洲最大的粪腐甲虫（Coprophaneus lancifer）以水果为食的首次记录

摘要：柳叶刀菌是亚马逊地区特有的一种粪尸食性甲虫。尽管属于Scarabainae亚科的甲虫主要以粪便为食，但有些甲虫的饮食可塑性更强，包括腐肉、真菌、腐烂的水果和无脊椎动物。食腐甲虫C.lancifer的饮食主要由脊椎动物的尸体组成，尽管它也会被哺乳动物的粪便所吸引。在这里，我们描述了该物种以仙人掌属果实为食的第一个记录。

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Acta Amazonica PLANT SCIENCESECOLOGYZOO-ECOLOGY

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1.70

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22 weeks

期刊介绍： Acta Amzonica is a multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed, open access, free-of-charge scientific journal for research in and about the Amazon region, published since 1971 by the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia - INPA, in Brazil. The journal publishes quarterly issues containing articles and short communications in English across a broad range of disciplines, including Agronomy and Forestry, Animal Sciences and Fisheries, Biodiversity and Conservation, Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacology, Environmental Sciences, Food Sciences, Geosciences, Health Sciences, Human and Social Sciences, and Materials Technology.