Studies on the Dung-inhabiting Beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) Community of Western Anatolia, Turkey

Journal Title: Ecologia Balkanica - Year 2011, Vol 3, Issue 2

Abstract

In Bozdağlar 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.

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Sinan Anlaş

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Sinan Anlaş (2011). Studies on the Dung-inhabiting Beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) Community of Western Anatolia, Turkey. Ecologia Balkanica, 3(2), 9-14. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-145345