Seasonal and vertical distrubition of Aphodiinae and Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Kutahya Gumus Mountain

This study was monitored using dung baited pitfall traps from June 2010 to May 2011 in 5 localities at different altitudes in Gümüş mountain, Kütahya. Totaly 7307 specimens belonging to 57 species from 11 genus to were trapped. Of these species, Aphodius (Esymus) alkani Petrovitz, 1963, A. (Agrilinus) constans (Duftschmid, 1805), A. (Amidorus) cribrarius (Brulle, 1832), A. (Nimbus) johnsoni (Baraud, 1976), A. (Nimbus) obliteratus (Panzer, 1823), A. (Esymus) pusillus (Herbst, 1789), A. (Eudolus) quadrinaevulus (Reitter, 1892), A. (Nobius) serotinus (Panzer, 1799), A. (Amidorus) thermicola (Sturm, 1800), Euheptaulacus carinatus (German, 1824), E. sus (Herbst, 1783), Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) aleppensis Redtenbocher, 1843, O. (Palaeonthophagus) coenobita (Herbst, 1783), O. (Palaeonthophagus) dellacasai Pittino & Mariani, 1981, O. (Amphionthophagus) falzonii Goidanich, 1926, O. (Palaeonthophagus) gibbulus (Pallas, 1781), O. (Palaeonthophagus) sericatus Reitter, 1892 and Plagiogonus arenarius Olivier, 1789 are new records for the Aegean region and Kütahya. Aphodius (Esymus) merdarius (Fabricius, 1775), Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) lemur (Fabricius, 1781), O. (Palaeonthophagus) medius (Kugelann, 1792), O. (Palaeonthophagus) similis (Scriba, 1790) and Scarabaeus (Ateuchetus) armeniacus Menetries, 1832 new records for fauna of Kutahya. Dominance, frequency, Sørensen index and analysis of correlation were made for the identified species. The distribution in Turkey and Palaearctic region were given for the species.