Hluhluwe Game Reserve
Basic information
Sample name: Hluhluwe Game Reserve

Reference: B. M. Doube. 1983. The habitat preference of some bovine dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Hluhluwe Game Reserve, South Africa. Bulletin of Entomological Research 73:357-371 [ER 325]
Geography
Country: South Africa

State: Natal

Coordinate: 28° 13' S, 32° 57' E
Geography comments: coordinate based on Hluhluwe–iMfolozi Park

Environment
Habitat: tropical/subtropical savanna

Protection: wildlife protected area

Substrate: ground surface

MAT: 18.5

WMT: 25.9

CMT: 11.5

MAP: 791.0

Habitat comments: transect spans Acacia bushveld, open grassveld, and riverine forest
climate data based on Skowno et al. 1999 (Plant Ecology); MAP Is 671 to 910 mm in different areas of the park

Methods
Life forms: scarab beetles

Sites: 1

Site length: 540.0

Sampling methods: line transect, pitfall traps

Sample size: 32229 individuals

Years: 1979

Days: 3

Nets or traps: 28

Net or trap nights: 84

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: 28 pitfall traps spaced 20 apart on a transect that "were set on three consecutive days"
counts are broken down in all sorts of ways for common species but not at all for 21 rare species, so only grand totals are used

Metadata
Sample no: 642

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2014-03-28 21:18:13

Modified: 2015-09-30 04:10:03

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
70 species
8 singletons
total count 32229
geometric series index: 86.3
Fisher's α: 8.494
geometric series k: 0.8707
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.766
Shannon's H: 2.1502
Good's u: 0.9998
Register
Onthophagus flavolimbatus 9
Onthophagus bicallosus 8
Sarophorus costatus 8
Oniticellus zumpti 6
Catharsius tricornulus 4
Onitis piclicollis 4
Onthophagus alcyon 4
Onitis alexis 3
Oniticellus formosus 3
Caccobius convexifrons 2
Caccobius cuspidiger 2
Odontoloma sp. 2
Scarabaeus gangeticus 2
Scarabaeus lamarcki 1
Onthophagus sp. 20 1
Caccobius inops 1
Caccobius viridicollis 1
Copris sp. B 1
Copris sp. 4 1
Copris sp. 7 1
Heliocopris neptunus 1
Gymnopleurus nitens 121
Gymnopleurus unicolor 54
Sisyphus mirabilis 189
Sisyphus fasciculatus 23
Drepanocerus laticollis 774
Drepanocerus impressicollis 32
Drepanocerus kirbyi 345
Drepanocerus fastiditus 24
Oniticellus planatus 71
Caccobius balthasari 45
Caccobius nigritulus 72
Onthophagus cribripennis 202
Onthophagus aeruginosus 779
Onthophagus dives 36
Onthophagus aciculatus 12
Onthophagus tersidorsis 37
Onthophagus sugillatus 1881
Anachalcos convexus 230
Onthophagus carbonarius 5217
Onthophagus vinctus 1895
Onitis viridulus 12
Onthophagus ebenus 11
Onthophagus pugionatus 46
Onthophagus quadrinodosus 14
Onitis fulgidus 267
Gymnopleurus thalassinus 21
Sisyphus costatus 14120
Sisyphus ruber 151
Oniticellus intermedius 23
Liatongus militaris 172
Phalops flavocinctus 41
Digitonthophagus gazella 344
"Onthophagus gazella"
Onthophagus beiranus 181
Sisyphus spinipes 232
Sisyphus fortuitus 75
Tiniocellus spinipes 2473
Drepanocerus bechynei 153
Drepanocerus ambiguus 69
Drepanocerus freyi 37
Drepanocerus abyssinicus 27
Onthophagus pullus 13
Onthophagus fimetarius 1156
Onthophagus stellio 169
Onthophagus sp. 133
Onthophagus depressus 19
Pedaria sp. 11
Copris amyntor 127
Copris mesacanthus 16
Copris elphenor 12