Scarabaeinae (Dung beetle) from tropical forest (Bubeng)

Thilina Nimalrathna; Akihiro Nakamura

doi:10.15468/3r73vw

Scarabaeinae (Dung beetle) from tropical forest (Bubeng)

Citation

Nimalrathna T, Nakamura A (2023). Scarabaeinae (Dung beetle) from tropical forest (Bubeng). Version 1.1. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/3r73vw accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-16.

Description

This dataset consists of Dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) specimens collected from a dung beetle community assessment project in Yunnan Province, China. The project includes dung beetles collected using standard baited pitfall traps (baited with ~ 25g of human feces) from Bubeng (rainforest and rubber plantation) during 03-22 May 2020 (dry season) and 01-16 August 2021 (rainy season). Sampling was conducted in the 20-hectare CTFS plot and the adjacent rubber plantation in Bubeng, Xishuangbanna. We defined five 1-hectare plots in the plot and deployed a single baited pitfall trap in the middle. The plots were distanced at least 200m and a maximum of 300m. The collection cup in the pitfall trap was filled with 200 ml of propylene glycol and 50 ml of 99% ethanol as the preservative solution. All traps were left for 48 hours before beetle collection. Dung beetle community data acquired through this project was aimed to go beyond reporting occurrence by understanding beetle responses for tropical forests' conversation with rubber plantations.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

The project includes dung beetles collected using standard baited pitfall traps (baited with ~ 25g of human feces) from Bubeng (rainforest and rubber plantation) during 03-22 May 2020 (dry season) and 01-16 August 2021 (rainy season).

Sampling

Sampling was conducted in the 20-hectare CTFS plot and the adjacent rubber plantation in Bubeng, Xishuangbanna.

Method steps

We defined five 1-hectare plots in the plot and deployed a single baited pitfall trap in the middle. The plots were distanced at least 200m and a maximum of 300m. The collection cup in the pitfall trap was filled with 200 ml of propylene glycol and 50 ml of 99% ethanol as the preservative solution. All traps were left for 48 hours before beetle collection. Then the trapping was conducted three times in the same plot.

Taxonomic Coverages

Presenting dung beetle samples were identified species belonging to order Coleoptera, down genus level.

Amphistomus
rank: genus
Aphodius
rank: genus
Catharsius
rank: genus
Liatongus
rank: genus
Onthophagus
rank: genus
Paragymnopleuru
rank: genus
Sisyphus
rank: genus

Geographic Coverages

Sampling was conducted in the 20-hectare CTFS plot and the adjacent rubber plantation in Bubeng, Xishuangbanna. We defined five 1-hectare plots in the plot and deployed a single baited pitfall trap in the middle.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Thilina Nimalrathna
originator
position: PhD Candidate
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Menglun
Mengla
666303
Yunnan
CN
Telephone: +8618813173762
email: tnimalrathna@gmail.com
userId: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=KfutJrsAAAAJ&hl=en

Akihiro Nakamura
originator
position: Professor
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Menglun
Mengla
666303
Yunnan
CN
Telephone: +86187 8798 2704
email: a.nakamura@xtbg.ac.cn
userId: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=sDh4uTYAAAAJ&hl=en

Thilina Nimalrathna
metadata author
position: PhD Candidate
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Menglun
Mengla
666303
Yunnan
CN
Telephone: +8618813173762
email: tnimalrathna@gmail.com
userId: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=KfutJrsAAAAJ&hl=en

Akihiro Nakamura
metadata author
position: Professor
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Menglun
Mengla
666303
Yunnan
CN
Telephone: +86187 8798 2704
email: a.nakamura@xtbg.ac.cn
userId: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=sDh4uTYAAAAJ&hl=en

Thilina Nimalrathna
owner
position: PhD Candidate
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Menglun
Mengla
666303
Yunnan
CN
Telephone: +8618813173762
email: tnimalrathna@gmail.com
userId: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=KfutJrsAAAAJ&hl=en

Akihiro Nakamura
principal investigator
position: Professor
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Menglun
Mengla
666303
Yunnan
CN
Telephone: +86187 8798 2704
email: a.nakamura@xtbg.ac.cn
userId: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=sDh4uTYAAAAJ&hl=en

Thilina Nimalrathna
administrative point of contact
position: PhD Candidate
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Menglun
Mengla
666303
Yunnan
CN
Telephone: +8618813173762
email: tnimalrathna@gmail.com
userId: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=KfutJrsAAAAJ&hl=en

Akihiro Nakamura
administrative point of contact
position: Professor
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Menglun
Mengla
666303
Yunnan
CN
Telephone: +86187 8798 2704
email: a.nakamura@xtbg.ac.cn
userId: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=sDh4uTYAAAAJ&hl=en