The community succession of arthropods on a pig carcass in Lebanon: different taxonomic level approaches with faunistic notes

Omnivorous Notoxus trinotatus Pic (Coleoptera: Anthicidae) is a newly recognized vector of northern leaf blight in maize

“…The habitats of adults are diverse and usually include bare surfaces, organic debris, and flowers or leaves. The adults are omnivores and appear to feed on anything nutritious: some eat decaying cadavers (Shayya et al, 2018), other are opportunistic predators (Dias et al, 2010; Kitayama, 1982; McCarty et al, 1980; Royer & Walgenbach, 1991), and or feed on dead vegetable and animal matter, pollen, plant exudates, fungal mycelia and spores (Chandler, 2016; Hemp & Dettner, 1997; Viljoen et al, 1996). Anthicid larvae are saprophytic, phytophagous, and mainly live in detritus, compost piles, and similar environments where they feed on decaying plant material and the spores and hyphae of fungi (Hemp & Dettner, 2003; Yadav et al, 1994; Young, 1991).…”