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Table 3 Species collected in the four sampling areas

From: Physiological, morphological and ecological traits drive desiccation resistance in north temperate dung beetles

Family

Species

Nesting strategy

Sampling areas

Torino

Foresto

Demonte

S. Anna di Vinadio

Geotrupidae

Geotrupes stercorarius (Linnaeus, 1758)

Tunneler

8

  

30

Scarabaeidae

Onthophagus fracticornis (Preyssler, 1790)

Tunneler

9

  

30

Onthophagus taurus (Schreber, 1759)

Tunneler

9

 

7

 

Euoniticellus fulvus (Goeze, 1777)

Tunneler

7

 

8

 

Sisyphus schaefferi (Linnaeus, 1758)

Roller

 

8

  

Aphodiidae

Rhodaphodius foetens (Fabricius, 1787)

Dweller

7

   

Colobopterus erraticus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dweller

  

7

 

Bodilopsis rufa (Moll, 1782)

Dweller

  

7

 
  1. Dwellers include both dung- and soil-ovipositing species. Dweller species with a soil-ovipositing behaviour are C. erraticus [64, 65]. The number of individuals of each species used in the experiment is specified. The overall sample size was 137 individuals