Altitudinal Change of Fauna, Diversity and Food Preference of Dung and Carrion Beetles on Mt. Kinabalu, Borneo.

Abstract

On Mt. Kinabalu, the altitudinal distribution of dung beetles (Scarabaeoidea) was studied in a lowland forest at Poring (550-950 m in altitude), a montane forest at Park Headquarters (PHQ) (1350-1950 m), and a transitional lowland-montane forest at Sayap (950-1350 m), by using carrion or dung baited traps. Among 61 collected species (12 genera, four families), dominant species were Onthophagus obscurior, O, cervicapra, Catharsius molossus and Synapsis cambeforti in the lowland forest