Santos-Heredia, C.1
[0000-0001-7617-0581]
, car.santos@mail.udes.edu.co, Universidad de Santander
Villalobos-Moreno, A.2
[0000-0003-1713-7823]
, avillalobosmo@unal.edu.co, Universidad del Cauca
Gallego-Ropero, M.C.3
[0000-0001-9457-9487]
, mgallego@unicauca.edu.co, Universidad del Cauca
Castro-Marín, D.4
[0000-0001-7059-8368]
, dcastrom@uqvirtual.edu.co, Universidad del Quindío
Cardozo-Rueda, A.5
[0000-0003-3652-5194]
, acardozor@uqvirtual.edu.co, Universidade Federal de Lavras
Vanegas-Alarcón, D.A.6
[0000-0002-4394-1711]
, davidvaneal@gmail.com, Instituto de Ecología AC
Rojas-Molina, J.7
[0000-0003-3929-9487]
, jrojas@agrosavia.co, Corporacion Colombiana de Investigacion Agropecuaria
Abstract
Objective: To report the butterflies, honeybees and dung beetles of three vegetable covers on Convencion (Norte de Santander, Colombia). Scope: Introduce a list of species of butterflies, honeybees and dung beetles of study zone. Methodology: butterflies were collected using entomological nets and Van Someren-Rydon traps baited with a mixture of fermented fruit. For the collection of bees, carpotraps with essences (eucalyptol and methyl salicylate) and active collection with entomological nets on flowers were used. The dung beetles were collected using pitfall traps baited with a mixture of pig manure and human dung. Main results: A total of 262 butterflies belonging to 78 species were collected, the most abundant were Hermeuptychia hermes (23), Abaeis albula (17) and Pyrisitia venusta (14); 261 bees belonging to 21 species were collected, being Eulaema flavescens (47) and Euglossa aff. iopyrrha (36) the most abundant; and 1735 dung beetles belonging to 24 species were collected. Conclusions: The butterflies collected correspond to widely distributed species and most are typical of open and fragmented areas. About bees, some recorded species of Euglossa and Eulaema often to frequent both conserved areas and disturbed areas, but the abundance decrease according to the plant cover. Regarding dung beetles collect, which less than half were found in the three covers, showing their tolerance to different degrees of intervention. These data become an important contribution to an unexplored area.
How to cite
Santos-Heredia, C., Villalobos-Moreno, A., Gallego-Ropero, M. C., Castro-Marín, D., Cardozo-Rueda, A., Vanegas-Alarcón, D. A., & Rojas-Molina, J. (2024). Mariposas (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea), abejas (Hymenoptera: Apidae) y escarabajos coprófagos (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) de tres coberturas vegetales en Convención, Norte de Santander, Colombia. Boletín Científico Centro de Museos Museo de Historia Natural, 28(1), 175–193. https://doi.org/10.17151/bccm.2024.28.1.10