Fauna de Coleópteros Scarabaeidae Laparosticti y Trogidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) asociados al Bosque Mesofilo de Montaña, cafetales bajo sombra y comunidades derivadas en el Centro de Veracruz, México

Beetles were collected from April 2002 to July 2003 from the following sites in the centre of the state of Veracruz located every 200 m along an altitudinal gradient (1000 - 1400 m asl): three fragments of cloud forest, three shaded coffee plantations, an open canopy coffee plantation, secondary forest, and a pasture. A total of 9,982 specimens were captured, belonging to the families Scarabaeidae and Trogidae, and representing 21 genera and 50 species. The genera Ataenius Harold, Onthophagus Latreille and Aphodius Illiger represented 48% of the species of Scarabaeidae. Species richness was fo...