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SPECIES DIVERSITY AND COMPOSITION OF DUNG BEETLE (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEOIDEA) ASSEMBLAGES IN NORTH AMERICA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Jorge M. Lobo
Jorge M. Lobo*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, c/ José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2, 28006, Madrid, España
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1 E-mail: menj117@mncn.csic.es).
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Abstract

Data from 18 studies carried out on dung beetles from temperate North America (north of 25 ° latitude) are compared to verify the existence of some geographical pattern in the variation of three parameters: (1) species number, (2) taxonomic composition, and (3) number of introduced species. Southern localities are characterized by a larger number of species and a significantly higher number of scarabaeine species than northern localities (only southern communities located inside the Chihuahuan desert do not conform to this pattern). To explain the latitudinal pattern in faunistic composition and number of species, historical factors are postulated. Foreign species of the tribe Aphodiini seem to be more frequent in the northern localities where more aphodiine native species occur. In contrast, foreign species of the subfamily Scarabaeinae are not more frequent in the southern localities with a greater number of native scarabaeine species. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that the more diverse assemblages of native dung beetle are more resistant to invasion by foreign species.

Résumé

Ce travail met en relation la richesse en espèce, la composition taxonomique, ainsi que le nombre des espèces introduites dans les communautés de Scarabaeidae coprophages d’Amérique du Nord. L’objetif était de verifier l’existence d’une règle de la variation géographique de ces differents paramètres en traitant les informations de dix-huit études réalisées dans les régions au dessus des 25 ° de latitude. L’analyse des donnés montre que les régions méridionales se caractérisent par une plus grande richesse et un nombre d’espèces de la sous-famille Scarabaeinae plus élevé que les regions septentrionales. Seules les régions méridionales situées à l’intérieur du désert de Chihuahua ne suivent pas cette règle. On suggère que les facteurs historiques peuvent expliquer cette variation latitudinale en composition faunistique et nombre d’espèces. La présence d’espèces introduites d’Aphodiini paraît être plus fréquente dans les localités plus septentrionales, lesquelles contiennent le plus grand nombre d’espèces indigènes. Au contraire, la présence des espèces de Scarabaeinae introduites n’est pas plus fréquente dans les localités méridionales, là où les espèces indigènes sont plus nombreuses. Ces résultats appuient l’hypothèse selon laquelle les communautés indigènes de Scarabaeidae coprophages d’Amérique du Nord les plus riches sont plus résistantes à l’invasion par des espèces introduites.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 132 , Issue 3 , June 2000 , pp. 307 - 321
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 2000

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