Brookings County (cattle manure)
Basic information
Sample name: Brookings County (cattle manure)
Reference: H. Kessler, E. U. Balsbaugh Jr, and B. McDaniel. 1974. Faunistic comparison of adult coleoptera recovered from cattle and sheep manure in east central South Dakota. Entomological News 85:67-71 [ER 359]
Geography
Country: United States
State: South Dakota
County: Brookings
Coordinate: 44.37° N, -96.79° W
Latlng basis: based on political unit
Geography comments: coordinate based on county
Environment
Habitat: temperate savanna
Substrate: ground surface
WMT: 22.7
CMT: -6.7
MAP: 629.0
Habitat comments: climate data based on station 72651 (Sioux Falls Regional Airport)
Methods
Life forms: beetles, scarab beetles
Sampling methods: no design, hand capture
Sample size: 11178 individuals
Years: 1969
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "collected from bovine dung" between 18 June and 10 September
Metadata
Sample no: 689
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2014-04-01 11:39:41
Modified: 2015-10-02 10:41:16
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
40 species
5 singletons
total count 11178
geometric series index: 48.0
Fisher's α: 5.215
geometric series k: 0.8185
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8783
Shannon's H: 2.5225
Good's u: 0.9996
Register
| Hister abbreviatus | 20 | |
| Phelister subrotundus | 31 | |
| Hister americanus | 1 | |
| Sphaeridium lunatum | 521 | |
| Sphaeridium scarabaeoides | 428 | |
| Sphaeridium bipustulatum | 294 | |
| Cercyon pygmaeus | 2262 | |
| Cercyon quisquilius | 1278 | |
| Cercyon lateralis | 136 | |
| Cercyon unipunctatus | 19 | |
| Cercyon praetestatus | 1 | |
| Cryptopleurum minutum | 247 | |
| Onthophagus hecate | 315 | |
| Onthophagus pennsylvanicus | 43 | |
| Aphodius haemorrhoidalis | 824 | |
| Aphodius granarius | 297 | |
| Aphodius fimetarius | 139 | |
| Aphodius vittatus | 45 | |
| Aphodius distinctus | 18 | |
| Aphodius ruricola | 24 | |
| Aphodius coloradensis | 19 | |
| Aphodius sterocorosa | 11 | |
| Aphodius fossor | 10 | |
| Aphodius prodromus | 1 | |
| Copris tullius | 7 | |
| Ataenius spretulus | 103 | |
| Platystethus americanus | 2466 | |
| Falagria dissecta | 797 | |
| Oxypoda sagulata | 412 | |
| Oxytelus suspectus | 5 | |
| Aleochara bipustulata | 40 | |
| Aleochara bimaculata | 17 | |
| Philonthus cruentatus | 162 | |
| Philonthus umbrinus | 25 | |
| Philonthus rectangularis | 40 | |
| Philonthus varians | 13 | |
| Gyrohyphus obsidianus | 1 | |
| Ontholestes cingulatus | 1 | |
| Aleocharinae indet. | 103 | |
| Xantholinini indet. | 2 | |