The effect of land-use modification in Sabah, Malaysia on the morphology of two beetle families: Carabidae and Chyrsomelidae

Description:

Feeding morphology and body size of carabid and chrysomelid beetles

Project: This dataset was collected as part of the following SAFE research project: Spatial scaling of beetle community diversity

XML metadata: GEMINI compliant metadata for this dataset is available here

Data worksheets: There are 1 data worksheets in this dataset:

1. Beetle morphometrics (Worksheet Data)

   Dimensions: 762 rows by 18 columns

   Description: Feeding morphology and body size of carabid and chrysomelid beetles

   Fields:

   • Date: Date sample was collected in field (Field type: Date)
   • Trap_ID : SAFE Project sample site (Field type: Location)
   • Traptype: Component of the insect collection trap (Field type: Categorical)
   • Individual_ID: Specimen reference code (Field type: ID)
   • Family: Family ID (Field type: Taxa)
   • Pronotum_Length: Elytra length (Field type: Numeric Trait)
   • Elytra_Length: Elytra length (Field type: Numeric Trait)
   • Body_length: Body length (Field type: Numeric Trait)
   • Mean_Antennae_length: Antennal length (Field type: Numeric Trait)
   • Labrum_Width: Labrum width (Field type: Numeric Trait)
   • Mean_Maxillary_Palp_Length: Length of maxillary palp (Field type: Numeric Trait)
   • Distance_Protruding_from_Labrum: distance that the mandibles protruded from the labrum (Field type: Numeric Trait)
   • No_of_Hairs_on_Upper_Lips: Number of hairs on clypeus (Field type: Numeric Trait)
   • Hairs_on_Palps: NA (Field type: Numeric Trait)
   • Curved_Labrum: Is the labrum curved? (Field type: Categorical Trait)
   • Mandible_Width: Mandible width (Field type: Numeric Trait)
   • Fringe_extending_from_Labrum: Is there a fringe of hairs extending from the labrum? (Field type: Categorical Trait)
   
   

Date range: 2011-02-21 to 2012-07-31

Latitudinal extent: 4.6350 to 4.7716

Longitudinal extent: 116.9477 to 117.7028

Taxonomic coverage:
All taxon names are validated against the GBIF backbone taxonomy. If a dataset uses a synonym, the accepted usage is shown followed by the dataset usage in brackets. Taxa that cannot be validated, including new species and other unknown taxa, morphospecies, functional groups and taxonomic levels not used in the GBIF backbone are shown in square brackets.