Supplementary Material – Apendix 1

Abundance of beetle taxa captured in pitfall traps baited with dung in three different ecosystems at Sierra de Minas (Uruguay) between May2002 and April2003. UF: Xeric upland forests; OP: open pastures; PP: pine plantations.

Taxon – abbreviations / UF / OP / PP / Total
Scarabaeidae / 581 / 323 / 437 / 1341
Ateuchus robustus (Harold) – Ar / 6 / 194 / 67 / 267
Canthidium moestum Harold- Cm / 1 / 11 / 0 / 12
Trichillum morelli Verdú & Galante - Tm / 0 / 12 / 0 / 12
Uroxys terminalis Waterhouse- Ut / 563 / 1 / 296 / 860
Onthophagus hirculus Mannerheim- Oh / 11 / 102 / 74 / 187
Canthon muticum Harold / 0 / 3 / 0 / 3
Aphodiidae / 474 / 61 / 4355 / 4890
Ataenius platensis Blanchard- Ap / 9 / 44 / 9 / 62
Ataenius perforatus Harold- Ape / 335 / 11 / 4278 / 4624
Ataenius sp. – As / 9 / 2 / 64 / 75
Labarrus pseudolividus(Balthasar) / 2 / 4 / 4 / 10
Aphodius sp. – Asp / 119 / 0 / 0 / 119
Trogidae / 3 / 0 / 0 / 3
Polynoncus patriciae Pittino / 2 / 0 / 0 / 2
Polynoncus pilularius Germar / 1 / 0 / 0 / 1
Hydrophyllidae / 3 / 0 / 30 / 33
Cercyon sp. – Cs / 3 / 0 / 30 / 33
Histeridae / 25 / 20 / 250 / 295
Hister sp. / 18 / 2 / 219 / 239
Phelister sp.1 / 6 / 12 / 28 / 46
Phelister sp.2 / 1 / 6 / 3 / 10
Ptiliidae / 2 / 0 / 0 / 2
Ptiliidae sp. / 2 / 0 / 0 / 2
Leiodidae / 1 / 0 / 17 / 18
Leptodirinae sp. / 0 / 0 / 17 / 17
Leiodinae sp. / 1 / 0 / 0 / 1
Staphylinidae / 410 / 58 / 299 / 767
Osorius sp. / 0 / 2 / 0 / 2
Rugilus sp.1 – Ru / 1 / 4 / 15 / 20
Pinophilus sp.1 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 1
Taxon – abbreviations / UF / P / PP / Total
Pinophilus sp.2 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 4
Palaminus sp. / 1 / 0 / 0 / 1
Paederinae sp.3 – Pae / 6 / 0 / 22 / 28
Neohypnus sp. / 0 / 5 / 2 / 7
Lithocharodes sp. / 0 / 0 / 2 / 2
Platydracus scabrosus Curtis / 0 / 1 / 6 / 7
Rolla sp. – Ro / 182 / 2 / 86 / 270
Quedius sp. – Qs / 17 / 0 / 0 / 17
Philontus bonaeriensis Bernhauer- Pb / 0 / 15 / 0 / 15
Philontus flavolimbatus Erichson / 0 / 5 / 4 / 9
Philontus longicornis Stephens- Pl / 16 / 1 / 36 / 53
Heterothops sp. – Hes / 11 / 0 / 0 / 11
Bryoporus sp. / 2 / 0 / 0 / 2
Aleocharinae sp. / 0 / 1 / 0 / 1
Aleochara spp. – Al / 17 / 9 / 29 / 55
Atheta spp. At / 44 / 8 / 58 / 110
Falagriinisp. / 1 / 3 / 0 / 4
Scaphidiinae sp. / 2 / 0 / 0 / 2
Staphylinidae – Oxytelinae
Anotylus sp.1 – An1 / 102 / 1 / 22 / 125
Anotylus sp.2 – An2 / 7 / 0 / 11 / 18
Anotylus sp.3 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 2
Anotylus sp.4 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 1
Nitidulidae / 47 / 1 / 35 / 83
Lobiopa sp.1 / 42 / 1 / 35 / 78
Lobiopa sp.2 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 5
Corylophidae / 4 / 0 / 0 / 4
Corylophidae sp. / 4 / 0 / 0 / 4
Total families / 10 / 5 / 7 / 22
Total no. of individuals / 1550 / 463 / 5423 / 7436
Number of species / 35 / 28 / 27 / 48
Number of unique species / 13 / 6 / 4 / -