01868nas a2200217   4500008004100000245011900041210006900160300001200229490000700241520109400248653001501342653001701357653001701374653002301391653001301414653001701427100002101444700002601465700002001491856013901511       2000                        eng d00aDung beetle geographic diversity variation along a Western Iberian latitudinal transect (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)0 aDung beetle geographic diversity variation along a Western Iberi  a235-2430 v933 aTo explore the richness and geographic turnover of dung beetle assemblages (Scar- abaeinae and Aphodiinae) inhabiting the Western Iberian peninsula, a latitudinal northÐsouth transect was carried out in Portuguese territory. Estimators of alpha, beta, and gamma diversities were used, as well as the ratio Scarabaeinae/Aphodiinae, which puts into evidence some dung beetle community spatial characteristics. Clustering methods were also used to ascertain relationships between biogeographical Portuguese regions and geographical patterns of species replacement. Although Scarabaeinae appears mainly responsible for overall and regional richness, Aphodiinae richness was rather low everywhere except for the southernmost plot of the transect investigated. The scarcity of Aphodiinae species is reßected in the Scarabaeinae/Aphodiinae ratio, a score that is, however, clearly biased toward the Aphodiinae in almost all the Iberian Peninsula. For this reason the pairwise turnover in species composition between sites is mainly determined by the variation in Scarabaeinae species. Peaks of 10aAphodiinae10abiogeography10aDung beetles10afaunistic turnover10aPortugal10aScarabaeinae1 aHortal-Munoz, J.1 aMartin-Pierra, Fermin1 aLobo, Jorge, M.  uhttps://scarabnet.myspecies.info/dung-beetle-geographic-diversity-variation-along-western-iberian-latitudinal-transect-coleoptera-sc-0