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Euoniticellus Intermedius (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Tribe Coprini): Its Presence and Relative Abundance in Cattle Pastures in Northcentral Florida

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Euoniticellus Intermedius (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Tribe Coprini): Its Presence and Relative Abundance in Cattle Pastures in Northcentral Florida 128 Florida Entomologist 91(1) March 2008 EUONITICELLUS INTERMEDIUS (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE: SCARABAEINAE: TRIBE COPRINI): ITS PRESENCE AND RELATIVE ABUNDANCE IN CATTLE PASTURES IN NORTHCENTRAL FLORIDA LOIS A. WOOD AND PHILLIP E. KAUFMAN Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-0620 USA Several species of dung beetles have been in- Mexico in 1994 (Montes de Oco & Halffter 1998). troduced into pasture habitats around the world Those and subsequent surveys have recorded E. to improve the efficiency at which manure is pro- intermedius in 15 of Mexico's 32 states, from the cessed (Fincher 1986). Benefits of this tactic in- northern border with the United States, to the clude reducing survival of dung-breeding pest southern border with Guatemala (Montes de Oca flies and gastrointestinal parasites of livestock, et al. 1994; Navarrete-Heredia 2001; Morales et returning nutrients to the soil, and physically al. 2004). moving manure off the fouled forage (Anderson et In Jim 2005, we initiated a 2-year survey to al. 1984). document the diversity and seasonal occurrence Efforts to monitor populations and track the of dung beetles in pastures at 3 study sites around spread of introduced beetles have varied with spe- Gainesville, Florida, using the baited pitfall trap cies and localities. The Afro-Asian dung beetle, method described in Bertone et al. (2005). The Onthophagom gazella F. (Family Scarabaeidae, bait for each site was prepared by collecting fresh Subfamily Scarabaeinae, Tribe Onthophagini) cow dung from that site, measuring 55-ml por- was introduced into several states (TX,CA, AR, tions, and setting each portion on a 21-cm2 paper GA, and MS) of the continental United States in towel which was then stapled into a pouch. These the 1970s (Fincher 1981). Subsequent surveys re- were frozen (-20°Cuntil needed. When deployed, corded its presence and spread (Fincher et al. the dung pouches were clipped to a hardware 1983; Hunter & Fincher 1985; Howden & Scholtz cloth platform, which positioned the bait over a 9 1986; Fincher et al. 1986; Howden & Howden ern diameter funnel that sat at ground level and 2001). Currently, it is found in every state across extended into a 9 cm diameter PVC canister with the southern U.S. and up the east coast as far a screened bottom. The entire trap assembly was north as North Carolina. It also occurs through- positioned into a semi-permanently installed 35- out most of Mexico and into northern Guatemala cm length of 10.6-cm diameter PVC pipe. Baited (Rivera-Cervantes & Garcia-Real 1991; Montes traps were placed at field sites at least every 3 de Oca & Halffter 1998; Bertone et al. 2005). weeks. Traps were recovered from field sites fol- Another less-studied introduced dung beetle is lowing a 24-h bait exposure and captured beetles the Afro-Tropical species, Euoniticellus interme- were returned to the laboratory for identification dius (Reiche) (Family Scarabaeidae, Subfamily and enumeration. Ten traps were placed along Scarabaeinae, Tribe Coprini) (Fig. 1). It was re- pasture fence lines at each of 3 sites (30 total leased in California, probably in 1978, in Texas in traps). Traps were at least 20 m apart. Beetles 1979, and in Georgia in 1984 (Fincher 1981,1986; were identified with the keys of Woodruff (1973). Montes de Oca & Halffter 1998). Its establish- Species verification was performed by Michael C. ment in Texas and California was documented in Thomas and Paul E. Skelley of the Florida De- the mid-1980s (Blume 1984; Fincher 1986), but partment of Agriculture and Consumer Services, further distribution patterns in the United States Bureau of Entomology. are not accurately known. Almquist (2001) re- In this note we report numbers of E. interme- ported new collection records of E. intermedius in dius collected at our 3 cattle pasture sites from northcentral Florida, based on a museum speci- Jun 2005 through Jun 2007, a period of 25 I men collected in Suwannee County in 2001, and months. The relative abundance of E. intermedius afterwards, collecting it himself at one site in Ala- is described for the 6-month interval for which we chua County and collecting it again, with P. E. have 2 seasons of data (Aug through Jan). This in- Skelley, at another site (same county). These col- terval was chosen because it encompasses the lection data are included in the updated, elec- months during which E. intermedim was most tronic version of A Distributional Checklist of the abundant. Beetles of Florida (http://www.fsca-dpi.org/Co- Site 1, first sampled on Jul21,2005, is the Uni- leoptera/Mike/intro44.htm),originally published versity of Florida's Santa Fe River Ranch, located in hardcopy form (Peck & Thomas 1998). in northern Alachua County, which pastures beef Euoniticellus intermedius was not released in cattle. During the first year of the survey (Jul2005 Mexico, but its spread throughout that country is through Jun 2006), peak collections occurred in well-documented. The species was first recorded Oct, with a total of 213 E. intermedius collected in north-central Mexico in 1992 and northwestern from Sep 2005 through May 2006. Ten out of 15 Scientific Notes 129 Fig. 1. Male (a, b) and female (c, d) Euoniticellus intermedius (Reiche) collected in northcentral Florida, 2005. Image by L. Buss, editing by J. Medley, University of Florida. sampling dates (between Aug 2005 and Jan 2006) trapped from Aug 2005 to Jan 2006. Eight out of yielded E. intermedius. Of those 100 pitfall trap the 15 sampling dates (80 traps) yielded 11 E. in- placements, 45 traps caught a total of 200 individ- termedius. The highest number of E. intermedius uals. This number comprised 7.6% of the total collected (9) was in mid-Oct. During the second Scarabaeidae captured in that specific 6-month in- year, 31 individuals were captured between Aug terval. During the second year, 586 E. intermedius and Dec 2006, peaking in early Oct, and again were collected from Jul 2006 through Jun 2007, comprised 2.3% of the total beetles caught be- with a peak in late Oct 2006. Nine out of 10 sam- tween Aug 2006 and Jan 2007. This represented pling dates between Aug 2006 and Jan 2007 10 sampling dates of which 6 yielded beetles. Of yielded E. intermedius. Of those 90 pitfall traps, the 60 pitfall traps placed, only 13 yielded E. in- 40 caught a total of 549 individuals. This was con- termedius. A total of 10 beetles were captured siderably more than in the previous year's 6- from Mar through Jun 2007. month interval (200) and also comprised a greater A privately-owned beef cattle ranch in south- percentage (16.9%) of the total Scarabaeidae cap- ern Alachua County served as Site 3 and was first tured during that comparative interval. sampled on Jun 17,2005. Euoniticellus interme- Site 2 was first sampled on July 19,2005, and dius was not collected at this site during the first is a privately-owned dairy in eastern Gilchrist year, and only 3 individuals were collected during County. During the first year, a total of 19E. inter- the second year, all in Dec 2006. This constituted medius were captured between Sep and Nov 2005. 1.9% of the total number of Scarabaeidae caught This comprised 2.3% of the total Scarabaeidae between Aug 2006 and Jan 2007. ..-. .. .- &st Counties, Florida. We report on the HUNTER,J.S. Ill, AND G. T. FINCHER1985. Five new ~easonalityof this beetle over a two-year period. state records for the Afro-Asian dung beetle Ontho- The beetle was found principally between Aug phugus gazella (Coleoptera: scarabaeidae). J. Ento- nd Jan with the largest collections recorded dur- mol. Sci. 20: 24-25. 06. The numbers of MONTESDE OCA, E., S. ANDUAGA, AND E. RIVERA.1994. reased from 2005 to 2006, Presence of the exotic dung beetle Euoniticellus in- beetle may be firmly estab- termedius (Reiche) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). The Coleopterists Bull. 48: 244. MONTHS DE OCA, E.,AND G. HALFFTER 1998. Invasion of Mexico by two dung beetles previously introduced REFERENCESCITED into the United States. Stud. Neotrop. 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