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Do sexual gonadic maturity and age determine habitat occupancy of Canthon cyanellus LeConte, 1859 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)?

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Renato Portela Salomão Open the ORCID record for Renato Portela Salomão [Opens in a new window] ,
Lucrecia Arellano ,
Carmen Huerta  and
Jorge Leonel León-Cortés
Renato Portela Salomão
Affiliation:
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Av. André Araújo 2936, Manaus, Amazonas, 69060-001, Brazil
Lucrecia Arellano
Affiliation:
Red de Ecoetología, Instituto de Ecología, A. C., Carretera Antigua a Coatepec 351, El Haya, Xalapa, Veracruz, 91070, Mexico
Carmen Huerta*
Affiliation:
Red de Ecoetología, Instituto de Ecología, A. C., Carretera Antigua a Coatepec 351, El Haya, Xalapa, Veracruz, 91070, Mexico
Jorge Leonel León-Cortés
Affiliation:
Departamento de Conservación de la Biodiversidad, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Carretera Panamericana and Av. Periférico Sur S/N, San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, 29290, Mexico.
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*Corresponding author. Email: carmen.huerta@inecol.mx
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Abstract

High-quality habitats presumably have the resources required to sustain relatively high rates of survival and reproduction. We assessed how habitat type and local environmental conditions determine the distribution of individuals of Canthon cyanellus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), an eurytopic dung beetle, according to age category and sexual gonadic maturity. Beetles were surveyed in forest fragments, live fences, and pastures in Mexico. Individuals were categorised into six age categories according to the glandular volumes in males and oocyte number and length in females. Mature females in forest fragments were the most abundant females found among the habitats. Air humidity and soil hardness were positively and negatively related to mature female abundance, respectively. Mature beetles were the most abundant among males, and higher abundance of males occurred in forest fragments than in live fences and pastures. Light quantity was negatively related to the abundance of young males. Compared to forest fragments, females in pastures had larger oocytes. However, sites with higher soil hardness and air humidity had females with lower numbers of oocytes. Our results demonstrate that, although C. cyanellus occurs across a wide range of habitats, forest habitats might host sexually mature individuals, which translates into more effective individual dispersion and potential reproduction.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 153 , Issue 4 , August 2021 , pp. 412 - 427
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