Avaliação da diversidade alfa de Passalidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) na Amazônia Colombiana (Parque Nacional Natural La Paya, Putumayo)

Abstract

It is presented an inventory of the Passalidae fauna from Southeastern National Natural Park La Paya, Colombia. This corresponds to the first survey of this family for the Putumayo region. The collections were conducted from February 9-16th 2008, along forest tracks, assessing a total of 80 decaying logs. In general, 40% of the logs were colonized by passalids. The 225 individuals collected belong to two tribes, four genera and 16 species, which represent between 73 to 96% of the richness estimated by species accumulation curves. The tribe with the greatest richness was Passalini, while the most diverse genus was Passalus Fabricius, 1792 with 12 species. The local diversity of the study area is among the highest when compared to other Neotropical areas.