Ambrosia beetle’s (COLEOPTERA: CURCULIONIDAE) occurrence and diversity in forest plantations in western Sarawak, Malaysia

Ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) are wood-boring beetles that play an important role in temperate forests. They live symbiotically with microorganisms such as fungi that can cause plant wilt and death. In Sarawak, Malaysia, the ambrosia beetles have been found attacking exotic tree speci...

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Main Authors: Erica Medina Abdullah,, Siti Nurlydia Sazali,, Wan Nurainie Wan Ismail,
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Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2024
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spelling my-ukm.journal.240532024-08-26T00:45:31Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/24053/ Ambrosia beetle’s (COLEOPTERA: CURCULIONIDAE) occurrence and diversity in forest plantations in western Sarawak, Malaysia Erica Medina Abdullah, Siti Nurlydia Sazali, Wan Nurainie Wan Ismail, Ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) are wood-boring beetles that play an important role in temperate forests. They live symbiotically with microorganisms such as fungi that can cause plant wilt and death. In Sarawak, Malaysia, the ambrosia beetles have been found attacking exotic tree species such as Acacia mangium, Acacia crassicarpa and Eucalyptus pellita in some forest plantations. This research aimed to investigate the occurrence of the ambrosia beetles and determined their diversity in forest plantations located in western Sarawak, Malaysia. This research was conducted in exotic plantations at Licence Planted Forest 42 (LPF42), Sampadi, Lundu, and Sabal Model Forest, Simunjan from January 2022 until October 2022. A total of 20 units of modified intercept panel traps baited with 70% ethanol were used in each study site to trap the adult ambrosia beetles. The occurrence and diversity of ambrosia beetles were later analysed using Palentological Statistics Software (PAST). As a result, a total of 170 ambrosia beetles representing 12 species of Scolytinae and two species of Platypodinae were collected. There are seven species comprising 129 individuals of ambrosia beetles collected at LPF42 and 11 species comprising 41 individuals at Sabal Model Forest, respectively. The Shannon-Wiener and Simpson’s indices showed the greatest values in Sabal Model Forest (1.45 and 0.58 respectively), meanwhile, in LPF42 (0.50; 0.28) indicated a range of low to medium species diversity but low species evenness in both study sites. In general, Xylosandrus crassiusculus was dominant in both sites with a total capture of 141 individuals (82.94%). Overall, this study provided baseline information on ambrosia beetle occurrence and their diversity in forest plantations in western Sarawak. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2024 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/24053/1/serangga_3.pdf Erica Medina Abdullah, and Siti Nurlydia Sazali, and Wan Nurainie Wan Ismail, (2024) Ambrosia beetle’s (COLEOPTERA: CURCULIONIDAE) occurrence and diversity in forest plantations in western Sarawak, Malaysia. Serangga, 29 (2). pp. 26-39. ISSN 1394-5130 https://ejournals.ukm.my/serangga/issue/view/1729/showToc
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description Ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) are wood-boring beetles that play an important role in temperate forests. They live symbiotically with microorganisms such as fungi that can cause plant wilt and death. In Sarawak, Malaysia, the ambrosia beetles have been found attacking exotic tree species such as Acacia mangium, Acacia crassicarpa and Eucalyptus pellita in some forest plantations. This research aimed to investigate the occurrence of the ambrosia beetles and determined their diversity in forest plantations located in western Sarawak, Malaysia. This research was conducted in exotic plantations at Licence Planted Forest 42 (LPF42), Sampadi, Lundu, and Sabal Model Forest, Simunjan from January 2022 until October 2022. A total of 20 units of modified intercept panel traps baited with 70% ethanol were used in each study site to trap the adult ambrosia beetles. The occurrence and diversity of ambrosia beetles were later analysed using Palentological Statistics Software (PAST). As a result, a total of 170 ambrosia beetles representing 12 species of Scolytinae and two species of Platypodinae were collected. There are seven species comprising 129 individuals of ambrosia beetles collected at LPF42 and 11 species comprising 41 individuals at Sabal Model Forest, respectively. The Shannon-Wiener and Simpson’s indices showed the greatest values in Sabal Model Forest (1.45 and 0.58 respectively), meanwhile, in LPF42 (0.50; 0.28) indicated a range of low to medium species diversity but low species evenness in both study sites. In general, Xylosandrus crassiusculus was dominant in both sites with a total capture of 141 individuals (82.94%). Overall, this study provided baseline information on ambrosia beetle occurrence and their diversity in forest plantations in western Sarawak.
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author Erica Medina Abdullah,
Siti Nurlydia Sazali,
Wan Nurainie Wan Ismail,
spellingShingle Erica Medina Abdullah,
Siti Nurlydia Sazali,
Wan Nurainie Wan Ismail,
Ambrosia beetle’s (COLEOPTERA: CURCULIONIDAE) occurrence and diversity in forest plantations in western Sarawak, Malaysia
author_facet Erica Medina Abdullah,
Siti Nurlydia Sazali,
Wan Nurainie Wan Ismail,
author_sort Erica Medina Abdullah,
title Ambrosia beetle’s (COLEOPTERA: CURCULIONIDAE) occurrence and diversity in forest plantations in western Sarawak, Malaysia
title_short Ambrosia beetle’s (COLEOPTERA: CURCULIONIDAE) occurrence and diversity in forest plantations in western Sarawak, Malaysia
title_full Ambrosia beetle’s (COLEOPTERA: CURCULIONIDAE) occurrence and diversity in forest plantations in western Sarawak, Malaysia
title_fullStr Ambrosia beetle’s (COLEOPTERA: CURCULIONIDAE) occurrence and diversity in forest plantations in western Sarawak, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Ambrosia beetle’s (COLEOPTERA: CURCULIONIDAE) occurrence and diversity in forest plantations in western Sarawak, Malaysia
title_sort ambrosia beetle’s (coleoptera: curculionidae) occurrence and diversity in forest plantations in western sarawak, malaysia
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2024
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/24053/1/serangga_3.pdf
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