Studies on the dung-inhabiting beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) community of western Anatolia, Turkey

Autor: Anla Sinan

Resumen

In Bozdaðlar Mountain of western Turkey, the diversity and composition of the dung-inhabiting beetles in two locations situated in different altitudes (600 m and 900 m) in 2004 and 2006 assemblages were sampled. A total of 5.709 individuals from 88 species belonging to the families Scarabaeidae, Aphodiidae, Geotrupidae, Carabidae, Hydrophilidae, Histeridae and Ptilidae of the order Coleoptera are recorded.

Palabras clave: Ecology dung-inhabiting beetles Coleoptera Bozdaglar Mountain Turkey.

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Vol. 3 Núm.2. Diciembre 2011 Pags. 9-14 Ecologia Balkanica 2011; 3(2)