| Diversity of dung beetles was studied from 3 different forest sites from Sirinthorn Dam area in Unbonrachathanee province. A total of forty five pig dung baited traps (fifteen traps/site) were used to trap dung beetles from the three studied sites per time. Data were collected five times between January – September 2011. A total of 8,763 dung beetle individuals was found. Among those 7,130 was diurnal beetle and 1,633 was nocturnal beetle. A total of 68 species from 7 genera as Aphodius, Caccobius, Catharsius, Copris, Paragymnopleurus, Synapsis and Onthophagus. The genus Onthophagus was the most abundant with 56 species. The Shannon-Wiener diversity index (H’) of diurnal and nocturnal dung beetle was highest at the first forest site of savanna mixed... |
