Beetle Diversity Across Micro-habitats on Lizard Island Group (Great Barrier Reef, Australia).

ABSTRACT: The beetles (Coleoptera) of Lizard Island group, a complex of small granitic islands on the Great Barrier Reef, have never been systematically assessed. In April 2019, we conducted the first survey of the island group across different micro-habitats. We specifically aimed to determine which beetle families are the most diverse, and how beetle diversity varies across the island group. We sampled several sites on seven large collection areas using a variety of methods: pitfall traps, beating sheet, sifting leaf litter, and active night and day collection. Our sampling yielded 108 beetle morphospecies representing at least 21 families. The most diverse families on Lizard Island group were Curculionidae, Carabidae, Scarabaeidae, Tenebrionidae, and Cerambycidae, in general accordance with globa

SUBMITTER: Mccormack JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8473672 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature