Insectos Presentes en Necrotrampas Expuestas y Enterradas en Cadereyta Jiménez, Nuevo León, México

Insects associated with buried and exposed pig heads (necrotraps) were identified in this study in Cadereyta Jimenez, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Samples were taken weekly; all insects were separated, counted and identified in laboratory. A total of 41 genus/species belonging to 19 families of Coleoptera, Diptera and Hymenoptera was identified. Thirty and 28 genus/species were recorded in buried and exposed necrotraps respectively, but only 16 of them were found in both types of traps. Ecological indexes were higher in exposed than in buried necrotraps.