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<journal-id>0065-1737</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Acta zoológica mexicana]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Acta Zool. Mex]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0065-1737</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto de Ecología A.C.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0065-17372016000200213</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[A dung beetle in Mexico City: the case of Ceratotrupes fronticornis (Erichson) (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae)]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Un escarabajo estercolero en la Ciudad de México: el caso de Ceratotrupes fronticornis (Erichson) (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae)]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ramírez-Restrepo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Lorena]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Halffter]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gonzalo]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto de Ecología Red de Ecoetología ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Xalapa Veracruz]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>32</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>213</fpage>
<lpage>214</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0065-17372016000200213&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0065-17372016000200213&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0065-17372016000200213&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: Ceratotrupes fronticornis (Erichson) es un escarabajo estercolero de tamaño mediano, perteneciente a la subfamilia Geotrupinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Geotrupidae). Es endémico de México, distribuyéndose en la zona montañosa alta del Sistema Volcánico Transversal. En esta nota señalamos la presencia de esta especie en dos áreas urbanas (Cuajimalpa y Magdalena Contreras) de la Ciudad de México. Adicionalmente, recalcamos la plasticidad ecológica de C. fronticornis en ambientes urbanos, al utilizar una fuente de alimento alternativa y abundante como es el excremento de perro doméstico.]]></p></abstract>
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