Supplemental Material
Table S1 Species abundance of dung beetles collected in Los Tuxtlas. Species are ranked according to the total number of specimens collected along the gradient. BDP: Biogeographic distribution pattern; NEA: Nearctic; PMM: Montane Paleoamerican; PAT: Tropical Paleoamerican; MAM: Montane Mesoamerican; NTT: Typical Neotropical.
Species / BDP / Subfamily / Elevation (m a.s.l.) /200 / 400 / 600 / 800 / 1000 / 1200 / 1400 / 1600 / Total
Canthon subhyalinus (Harold, 1887) / NTT / Scarabaeinae / 263 / 28 / 1 / 3 / 295
Canthon femoralis (Chevrolat, 1834) / NTT / Scarabaeinae / 261 / 1 / 262
Onthophagus batesi (Howden y Cartwright, 1963) / PAT / Scarabaeinae / 18 / 9 / 44 / 127 / 59 / 2 / 259
Canthon euryscelis (Bates, 1887) / NTT / Scarabaeinae / 244 / 244
Dichotomius satanas (Harold, 1867) / NTT / Scarabaeinae / 135 / 3 / 9 / 1 / 18 / 45 / 1 / 212
Canthon vazquezae (Halffter y Halffter, 1964) / NTT / Scarabaeinae / 81 / 3 / 26 / 33 / 3 / 25 / 13 / 1 / 185
Ontherus mexicanus (Harold, 1869) / NTT / Scarabaeinae / 1 / 51 / 94 / 12 / 1 / 159
Deltochilum pseudoparile (Paulian, 1938) / NTT / Scarabaeinae / 29 / 29 / 18 / 60 / 5 / 141
Onthophagus rhynolophus (Harold, 1869) / PAT / Scarabaeinae / 74 / 3 / 1 / 78
Uroxys platypyga (Howden y Young, 1981) / NTT / Scarabaeinae / 49 / 10 / 1 / 1 / 61
Canthon cyanellus (Le Conte, 1859) / NTT / Scarabaeinae / 58 / 58
Eurysternus angustulus (Harold, 1869) / NTT / Scarabaeinae / 8 / 1 / 43 / 2 / 53
Copris leaeviceps (Harold, 1869) / PAT / Scarabaeinae / 50 / 1 / 51
Sulcophanaeus chryseicollis (Harold, 1863) / NTT / Scarabaeinae / 29 / 1 / 30
Ateuchus illaesum (Harold, 1869) / NTT / Scarabaeinae / 7 / 18 / 3 / 28
Eurysternus caribaeus(Herbst, 1789) / NTT / Scarabaeinae / 4 / 2 / 14 / 2 / 23
Copris sallei (Harold, 1869) / PAM / Scarabaeinae / 8 / 15 / 23
Canthidium ardens (Bates, 1887) / NTT / Scarabaeinae / 11 / 1 / 3 / 3 / 3 / 21
Eurysternus mexicanum (Harold, 1869) / NTT / Scarabaeinae / 15 / 1 / 2 / 1 / 19
Uroxys boneti (Pereira & Halffter, 1961) / NTT / Scarabaeinae / 14 / 3 / 1 / 1 / 19
Canthidium centrale (Boucomont, 1928) / NTT / Scarabaeinae / 15 / 15
Uroxys microcularis (Howden & Young, 1981) / NTT / Scarabaeinae / 1 / 8 / 5 / 14
Deltochilum gibossum sublaeve (Bates, 1887) / NTT / Scarabaeinae / 3 / 7 / 3 / 13
Coprophanaeus telamon corythus (Harold, 1863) / NTT / Scarabaeinae / 5 / 1 / 1 / 7
Bdelyropsis newtoni (Howden, 1971) / NTT / Scarabaeinae / 6 / 6
Onthophagus nasicornis (Harold, 1869) / PAT / Scarabaeinae / 6 / 6
Phanaeus endymion (Harold, 1863) / NTT / Scarabaeinae / 4 / 1 / 5
Coprophanaeus gilli (Arnaud, 1997) / NTT / Scarabaeinae / 1 / 2 / 2 / 5
Dichotomius colonicus (Say, 1835) / NTT / Scarabaeinae / 1 / 1 / 2
Eurysternus aff. foedus / NTT / Scarabaeinae / 1 / 1
Onthophagus landolti (Harold, 1880) / PAT / Scarabaeinae / 1 / 1
∑ Specimens / 1382 / 116 / 182 / 236 / 158 / 190 / 30 / 2 / 2296
∑ Species / 24 / 16 / 19 / 13 / 10 / 8 / 5 / 2 / 31
∑ Genera / 14 / 9 / 11 / 6 / 9 / 7 / 5 / 2 / 14
Table S2 Species abundance of dung beetles collected in La Chinantla. Species are ranked according to the total number of specimens collected along the elevation gradient. BDP: Biogeographic distribution pattern; NEA: Nearctic; PMM: Montane Paleoamerican; PAT: Tropical Paleoamerican; MAM: Montane Mesoamerican; NTT: Typical Neotropical.
Species / BDP / Subfamily / Elevation (m a.s.l.) /200 / 400 / 600 / 800 / 1000 / 1200 / 1400 / 1600 / 1800 / 2000 / 2200 / 2400 / 2600 / Total
Deltochilum pseudoparile (Paulian, 1938) / NTT / Scarabaeinae / 113 / 185 / 32 / 152 / 283 / 16 / 781
Deltochilum mexicanum (Burmeister, 1848) / MAM / Scarabaeinae / 3 / 81 / 103 / 135 / 96 / 47 / 465
Dichotomius satanas (Harold, 1867) / NTT / Scarabaeinae / 14 / 8 / 97 / 121 / 99 / 20 / 359
Eurysternus velutinus (Bates, 1887) / NTT / Scarabaeinae / 1 / 23 / 83 / 104 / 2 / 213
Sulcophanaeus chryseicollis (Harold, 1863) / NTT / Scarabaeinae / 78 / 104 / 19 / 201
Eurysternus caribaeus (Herbst, 1789) / NTT / Scarabaeinae / 26 / 45 / 46 / 3 / 3 / 123
Copris leaeviceps (Harold, 1869) / PAT / Scarabaeinae / 68 / 48 / 1 / 117
Ontherus mexicanus (Harold, 1868) / NTT / Scarabaeinae / 4 / 23 / 23 / 23 / 11 / 19 / 103
Coprophanaeus gilli (Arnaud, 1997) / NTT / Scarabaeinae / 15 / 52 / 12 / 79
Canthon femoralis (Chevrolat, 1834) / NTT / Scarabaeinae / 11 / 65 / 76
Onthophagus subcancer (Howden, 1973) / MAM / Scarabaeinae / 8 / 10 / 45 / 5 / 2 / 70
Canthidium centrale (Boucomont, 1928) / NTT / Scarabaeinae / 25 / 27 / 11 / 2 / 65
Agrilinellus azteca (Harold, 1863) / NEA / Aphodiinae / 8 / 47 / 55
Phanaeus endymion (Harold, 1863) / NTT / Scarabaeinae / 8 / 18 / 4 / 18 / 7 / 55
Dichotomius amplicollis (Harold, 1869) / NTT / Scarabaeinae / 36 / 15 / 2 / 53
Geotrupes viridioscurus (Jekel, 1865) / NEA / Geotrupinae / 5 / 4 / 23 / 32
Coprophanaeus telamon corythus (Harold, 1863) / NTT / Scarabaeinae / 10 / 8 / 1 / 4 / 2 / 25
Eurysternus angustulus (Harold, 1869) / NTT / Scarabaeinae / 4 / 9 / 8 / 21
Canthon circulatus (Harold, 1868) / NTT / Scarabaeinae / 3 / 16 / 19
Onthophagus crinitus(Harold, 1869) / PAT / Scarabaeinae / 15 / 4 / 19
Phanaeus sallei (Harold, 1863) / NTT / Scarabaeinae / 8 / 8 / 1 / 1 / 18
Gonaphodiellus hoffmanni (Islas, 1945) / NEA / Aphodiinae / 3 / 5 / 6 / 14
Eurysternus mexicanus (Harold, 1869) / NTT / Scarabaeinae / 3 / 10 / 13
Onthophagus chevrolati (Harold, 1869) / PAM / Scarabaeinae / 11 / 2 / 13
Uroxys platypyga (Harold, 1880) / NTT / Scarabaeinae / 6 / 5 / 11
Onthophagus maya (Zunino, 1981) / PAT / Scarabaeinae / 1 / 3 / 5 / 1 / 10
Canthon cyanellus (LeConte, 1860) / NTT / Scarabaeinae / 3 / 7 / 10
Ateuchus illaesum (Harold, 1868) / NTT / Scarabaeinae / 9 / 1 / 10
Uroxys microcularis (Howden y Young, 1981) / NTT / Scarabaeinae / 6 / 2 / 8
Deltochilum gibossum (Bates, 1887) / NTT / Scarabaeinae / 5 / 1 / 1 / 7
Copris sallei (Harold, 1869) / PAM / Scarabaeinae / 2 / 4 / 6
Canthon euryscelis (Bates, 1887) / NTT / Scarabaeinae / 6 / 6
Geotrupes nebularum (Howden, 1964) / NEA / Geotrupinae / 1 / 1 / 3 / 5
Canthidium ardens (Bates, 1887) / NTT / Scarabaeinae / 4
Onthophagus batesi (Howden y Cartwight, 1963) / PAT / Scarabaeinae / 3 / 1 / 4
Canthon subhyalinus (Harold, 1867) / NTT / Scarabaeinae / 1 / 1 / 2
Uroxys boneti (Pereira y Halffter, 1961) / NTT / Scarabaeinae / 2 / 2
Onthophagus belorhynus (Bates, 1887) / PAT / Scarabaeinae / 1 / 1
Onthophagus chryses (Bates, 1887) / PAT / Scarabaeinae / 1 / 1
Onthophagus petenensis (Howden & Gill, 1993) / PAT / Scarabaeinae / 1 / 1
∑ Specimens / 451 / 591 / 240 / 452 / 665 / 180 / 155 / 125 / 95 / 10 / 14 / 24 / 75 / 3077
∑ Species / 24 / 24 / 14 / 15 / 14 / 7 / 4 / 3 / 3 / 2 / 4 / 4 / 4 / 40
∑ Genera / 12 / 12 / 9 / 10 / 10 / 6 / 4 / 3 / 3 / 2 / 3 / 3 / 3 / 16