Histeridae beetles were collected using pitfall traps baited with cattle manure, placed in a pasture area in Piracicaba, SP, Brazil. The following species were collected from April 15th 1995 to February 17th 1996.: Hister punctifer, Phelister panamensis, P. haemorrhous and P. rufinotus. The species P. panamensis, an important predator of the horn fly, Haematobia irritans, represented 72,93% of all insects collected.
Histeridae; dung pats; pitfall trap; biological control
