Abstract
Longhorned beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) are an important component of temperate forest ecosystems. We trapped longhorned beetles in forests in northwest Ohio during 2008 to test the hypothesis that larger forests have greater species diversity than smaller forests. Large forests had a significantly greater cerambycid species richness than small forests (t = 3.16. P = 0.02), and there was a significant relationship between forest size and cerambycid species richness.
Highlights
Longhorned beetles, or cerambycids, are important species in temperate forest ecosystems, due to their feeding impacts on trees
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Many cerambycids feed on dead wood and assist in the decomposition of dead trees in forest ecosystems
Summary
Longhorned beetles, or cerambycids, are important species in temperate forest ecosystems, due to their feeding impacts on trees. Large forests had greater cerambycid species richness than small forests (Figure 5–Figure 6). Strangalepta abbreviata (Germar) Cyrtophilus verrucosus (Olivier) Xylotechus colonus (Fabricius) Clytus ruricolis (Olivier) Gaurotes cyanipennis (Fabricius) Neoclytus acuminatus (Fabricius) Microgoes oculatus (LeConte) Urographis fasciatus (DeGeer) Pidonia ruficollis (Say) Phymatodes testaceus (Linnaeus) Sarosesthus fulminatus (Fabricius) Strophiona nitens (Forster) Urgleptes querci (Fitch) Total number of individuals (N) Species richness (s). Clytus ruricola (Olivier) Cyrtophilus verrucosus (Olivier) Pidonia ruficollis (Say) Gaurotes cyanipennis (Fabricius) Microgoes oculatus (LeConte) Psenocerus supernotatus (Say) Trachysida mutabilis Astylopsis collaris (Haldeman) Total number of individuals (N) Species richness (s). Strangalepta abbreviata (Germar) Clytus ruricola (Olivier) Gaurotes cyanipennis (Fabricius) Microgoes oculatus (LeConte) Cyrtophilus verrucosus (Olivier) Analeptura lineola (Say) Pidonia ruficollis (Say) Total number of individuals (N) Species richness (s). Neoclytus acuminatus (Fabricius) Sternidius variegatus (Haldeman) Urgleptes signatus (Fabricius) Anelaphus villosus (Fabricius) Total number of individuals (N) Species richness (s)
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