COLEÓPTEROS (SCARABAEIDAE, TROGIDAE Y SILPHIDAE) ASOCIADOS A UN CADÁVER DE LECHÓN SUS SCROFA (LINNAEUS, 1758) EN EL BOSQUE LOS COLOMOS, GUADALAJARA, JALISCO

A Survey to known the carrion beetles associated to corpses was done in an urban forest from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. A single piglet carcass was sampled. Four species were collected Dichotomius amplicollis(Harold, 1869) (Scarabaeidae), Nicrophorus olidus Matthews, 1888 (Silphidae), Omorgus rub...

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Autores: A. L. GONZÁLEZ-HERNÁNDEZ, J. L. NAVARRETE-HEREDIA, G. A. QUIROZ-ROCHA, J. B. LÓPEZ-CARO
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:México
Institución:Universidad de Guadalajara
Repositorio:Redalyc-UDG
OAI Identifier:oai:redalyc.org:57525802017
Acceso en línea:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=57525802017
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Biología
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Sumario:A Survey to known the carrion beetles associated to corpses was done in an urban forest from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. A single piglet carcass was sampled. Four species were collected Dichotomius amplicollis(Harold, 1869) (Scarabaeidae), Nicrophorus olidus Matthews, 1888 (Silphidae), Omorgus rubricans Robinson, 1946, and Trox spinulosus dentibius Robinson, 1940 (Trogidae), the last one as the most abundant species (123 specimens). Highest abundance of trogids was unusual for these kinds of studies, so more fieldwork needs to be done to explain these data.