BESOUROS COPRÓFAGOS (COLEOPTERA; SCARABAEIDAE) COLETADOS EM PIRACICABA, SP

Coprophagous beetles were collected using pitfall traps baited with cattle manure, in a pasture area next to a cattle feedlot in Piracicaba, SP, Brazil, from April 15, 1995 to February 17, 1996. Eleven species were collected, distributed in the following genera: Aphodius, Ataenius, Trichillum, Eurysternus, Dichotomius and Canthon. The species Aphodius lividus was the most frequently collected.