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Scarabaeidae diversity (Insecta: Coleoptera) in the Priority Conservation Region Sierras de Taxco-Huautla, Mexico

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We studied the composition and diversity of Scarabaeidae communities found in the main plant associations of the Priority Conservation Region Sierras de Taxco-Huautla. The field study was carried out from May 2007 to November 2014. The dominant vegetation types were grouped into temperate forest (BTE), tropical dry forest (BTC), mountain cloud forest (BMM), and agricultural and pasture management zones (MA). The collections were made by hand, necrotraps, and light traps. We collected 2596 individuals grouped in 164 scarab morphospecies from six subfamilies, 23 tribes and 47 genera. Melolonthinae (59 species) and Scarabaeinae (39 species) were the subfamilies with the highest number of species. Phyllophaga was the most diverse and abundant genus. BTC and MA had the highest diversity (1D) and dominance (2D) values. We found that BTC had significantly more species than BTE and MA. The composition in BTC was different from the other vegetations. The rhizophilophagous guild (73 species) was the most diverse guild; however, the most abundant was the coprophagous guild (1038 organisms).

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The first author thanks the Dirección General de Asuntos del Personal Académico (DGAPA-UNAM) and the Programa de Apoyos para la Superación del Personal Académico (PASPA) for the scholarship provided during this research. We thank Juan Omar Martínez Aguilar for preparing Fig. 1. We also thank the anonymous reviewer for helping improve the quality of the manuscript. This research was supported by the Carrera de Biología of the Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).

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    María Magdalena Ordóñez-Reséndiz

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Ordóñez-Reséndiz, M.M., Corcuera, P., Ballesteros-Barrera, C. et al. Scarabaeidae diversity (Insecta: Coleoptera) in the Priority Conservation Region Sierras de Taxco-Huautla, Mexico. Biologia 78, 2473–2488 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11756-023-01380-z

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