Monday, December 10, 2001 -
D0102

Biodiversity and rarity of nocturnal Cerambycidae in a temperate hardwood forest

Jeffrey D. Bradshaw and Marlin E. Rice. Iowa State University, Department of Entomology, 21 Insectary, Ames, IA

Longhorned beetles (Coleoptera:Cerambycidae) were collected with a blacklight trap during an 10-year period at a single site in a relict hardwood forest in central Iowa. The objective of the study was to assess the biodiversity of nocturnal cerambycids and determine which species could be categorized as ecologically rare in this habitat. Data will be presented on biodiversity, species abundance, and species accumulation curves.

Species 1: Cerambycidae (longhorned beetle)
Keywords: biodiversity, Cerambycidae

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