| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 2003 |
| Authors: | C. H. Marchiori |
| Journal: | Arq. Instituto de Biologia, Sao Paulo |
| Volume: | 70 |
| Pagination: | 377-380 |
| Date Published: | jul/sep |
| Keywords: | brazil, cattle dung, diptera, Insecta, Scarabaeidae |
| Abstract: | The collection of insects in cattle dung deposited in pasture were observed from January to October 2001 in Itumbiara, Goias, Brasil. Cattle dung pats were exposed at a pasture for 24, 48, 72, 96, 120, 144, 168, 192, 216 and 240 hours and were than taken to the laboratory separate from each other, for Diptera extraction. A total of 100 dung pats were exposed at pasture. A total of 3,229 Scarabaeidae (Coleoptera) and 3,099 Diptera were collected. The most abundant species dipterous were: Palaeosepsis spp. and Sarcophagula occidua and coleopterous: Ataenius aequalis e Aphodius lividus. The periods of the highest population peak were: 24, 48 and 72 hours. |