Dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) attraction to woodcreeper (Aves: Dendrocolaptidae) dropping in the central Amazon

Dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) attraction to woodcreeper (Aves: Dendrocolaptidae) dropping in the central Amazon

ABSTRACT Bird droppings are an unusual food resource for coprophagous insects and used mostly by opportunistic decomposers. Among them, dung beetles feed mainly on dung, although the species differ in their trophic plasticity. Here we report a record of a dung beetle, Canthidium cf. gracilipes, reac...

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Main Authors: Renato Portela SALOMÃO, Fernando VAZ-DE-MELLO, Mario Jardim CUPELLO, Liara de Azevedo CASSIANO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia 2024-01-01
Series:Acta Amazonica
Subjects:
Brazil
coprophagous
feeding behavior
Neotropics
Scarabaeidae
tropical forest
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