Abstract

The study of the Coleoptera associated with cattle dung pats had the objective of making a survey of the species in Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil. Twenty samples of bovine dung were taken at random, each month, from eight-day-old pats, placed in plastic containers and taken to the laboratory. Coleopterans were extracted using Berlese funnel. The most frequent species were: species 1 (Histeridae), Ataenius aequalis Harold (1880) (Scarabaeidae), Oxytelus sp. (Staphylinidae)

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