Identification guide of dung beetle species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) of the Brazilian Pantanal

IF 1 4区环境科学与生态学 Q3 BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION

Biota Neotropica Pub Date : 2023-06-30 DOI:10.1590/1676-0611-bn-2022-1443

A. A. Mota, E. Carvalho, C. M. Correa, F. Vaz-de-Mello

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Abstract The Pantanal is the largest seasonal freshwater wetland on Earth, characterized by the seasonal flooding and complex mosaic vegetation, which determines its biodiversity. Among this biodiversity, dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) are a group of insects that perform important ecological functions, such as: nutrient cycling, seed dispersion and parasite control. In order to mitigate the lack of information on dung beetle fauna of the Brazilian Pantanal, we conducted a bibliographic search of virtually all literature published until november-2020 on dung beetles sampled in the Pantanal. In addition, we had accessed to the records the largest collection of the dung beetle species from Brazilian Pantanal. We recorded 68 dung beetle species of 30 genera. The genera Canthon Holffmanseg 1847 is the most diverse with 13 species recorded. Although our knowledge about the dung beetle fauna in this ecosystem is still incipient, our results demonstrated a high richness of dung beetles in the Brazilian Pantanal. In addition, our study provides first list of dung beetle species and an illustrated dichotomy key to identify genera and some species occurring in the Brazilian Pantanal. Thus, the use of this guide for identification of dung beetle species and a list of species can be important tools to help researchers and provide incentive for new inventories on dung beetle fauna in the Brazilian Pantanal.

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巴西潘塔纳尔地区屎壳郎种类鉴定指南(鞘翅目:金龟甲科:金龟甲科)

潘塔纳尔湿地是地球上最大的季节性淡水湿地，其特征是季节性洪水和复杂的马赛克植被，这决定了其生物多样性。在这种生物多样性中，屎壳虫(鞘翅目:金龟子科:金龟子科)是一种具有养分循环、种子传播和寄生虫控制等重要生态功能的昆虫。为了减轻巴西潘塔纳尔地区蜣螂动物群信息的缺乏，我们对截至2020年11月发表的几乎所有关于潘塔纳尔地区蜣螂样本的文献进行了书目检索。此外，我们还获得了来自巴西潘塔纳尔的最大的蜣螂种类的记录。共记录到屎壳郎30属68种。属Canthon Holffmanseg 1847是最多样化的，有13种记录。虽然我们对这个生态系统中屎壳郎动物群的了解还处于初级阶段，但我们的研究结果表明，巴西潘塔纳尔地区的屎壳郎丰富度很高。此外，本研究还提供了巴西潘塔纳尔地区第一个屎壳郎种类列表，并提供了一个图解二分法键来识别属和部分种。因此，使用本指南鉴定屎壳虫种类和物种列表可以成为帮助研究人员和激励对巴西潘塔纳尔地区屎壳虫动物群进行新调查的重要工具。

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Biota Neotropica BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION-

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2.90

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16.70%

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4-8 weeks

期刊介绍： BIOTA NEOTROPICA is an electronic, peer-reviewed journal edited by the Program BIOTA/FAPESP: The Virtual Institute of Biodiversity. This journal"s aim is to disseminate the results of original research work, associated or not to the program, concerned with characterization, conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity within the Neotropical region. Manuscripts are considered on the understanding that their content has not appeared, or will not be submitted, elsewhere in substantially the same form, because once published their copyrights are transferred to BIOTA NEOTROPICA as established in the Copyright Transfer Agreement signed by the author(s).