Diversity and Geographical Ranges of Insects in Crocker Range Forest Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia

An insect diversity survey was carried out in May, 2011 in the Crocker Range Forest Reserve. This is a Class VI Forest Reserve (Virgin Jungle Reserve), gazetted in 1967 and then regazetted in 1984. It comprises an area of 3,279 ha. The nocturnal insect diversity was very high, with an average of 148 insect species from 207 individuals in a square metre of the light-trapping cloth. The mean Shannon, Simpson and Fisher Alpha indices are H’ = 4.77 (>3.0), D = 322.49 and S = 417.04 respectively. Apart from having the highest diversity of nocturnal insects in all the 20 forest reserves surveye... Mehr ...