Pengaruh Ketinggian dan Habitat Terhadap Keragaman Kumbang Koprofagus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) di Jalur Pendakian Apuy dan Linggarjati, Taman Nasional Gunung Ciremai

Abstract

ABSTRACT
The influence of altitude and habitat to Coprophagous beetles diversity (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
at two site (Apuy and Linggarjati) of Gunung Ciremai National Park. As a new
National Park, the data about insects diversity from Gunung Ciremai and surrounding areas are
lack especially about the influence of altitude and habitat to Coprophagous beetles.
Coprophagous beetles is important to the ecological process related to nutrient cycling and
soil aeration, dispersal of seeds deficated by frugivorous and phoretic mites. The most
importance the coprofagous beetles was very sensitive to environment or habitat changes
especially the vertebrate where they live within. Coprophagous beetles as forest indicator
cause of their behaviors and primary correlated with the population of the vertebrate faunas in
habitat conditions. This study aims to know the impact of altitude and habitat to the
coprophagoes beetles community in two forest areas (Apuy and Linggarjati), Gunung Ciremai
National Park. Totally 15 species (1089 specimens) of coprophagoes beetles collected by
human dung traps and dominated by Onthophagus luridipennis (603 specimens).
Key words: Coprophagous beetles, habitat, altitude and Ciremai