The objective of this work was to study richness, abundance, diversity and equitability of the species of Scarabaeinae, in two environments in the Charles Darwin Ecology Refuge (CDER), Pernambuco. Sampling was carried with flight intercept trap from April through June 2007, totaling six samples. 4576 scarabaeinaes, belonging to 35 species, 15 genera and six tribes were captured. Seven new species records were found for Pernambuco, whose known fauna increased from 26 to 33 species. The tribes recorded were Canthonini, Ateuchini, Coprini, Phanaeinae, Eurystenini and Onthophagini. The better represented genera were: Dichotomius with 84,6% of the beetles collected, followed by Canthidium with 7,62% and Canthon with 2,48%. Dichotomius aff.sericeus was the most abundant species with 3889 individuals. 17 species were sampled in open areas, with 11 of them restricted to this habitat, while 24 were recorded within the forest, 18 of them found only in this habitat. Most individuals captured in the forest belong to D. aff.sericeus, while in open areas no specimen of this species was collected. The estimators indicate a maximum richness of 21 species for the open environment and 32 species for the forest. The species accumulation curve, based on average richness values for the two environments at CDER, did not show tendency to assintote.
Community ecology; Atlantic Forest; dung beetles
