PRELIMINARY CHECKLIST OF CAVE-DWELLING INSECTS IN GUNUNG SENYUM CAVE, PAHANG, MALAYSIA

Nur Athirah Abdullah, zeti aktar ayob, Nor Fatihah Ghozali, Nurul Wahida Kamaruddin

Abstract


A preliminary study of cave-dwelling insects were conducted in Gunung Senyum Cave, Pahang to identify diurnal insect present in the cave environment. The objective of this study is to make a preliminary checklist of diurnal cave-dwelling insects found within Gunung Senyum Cave, Pahang. This study is done in order to fill in the knowledge gap regarding cave insects which is very sparse in Malaysia. Gunung Senyum Cave is a limestone cave estimated to be around 3000 years old. The insects were collected by four different traps which were pitfall trap, light trap, impact trap and sticky trap. The light trap was set up at 3 m high above the ground. Pitfall trap and impact trap were placed on cave floor while sticky trap were stick flat on the cave wall. A total of 2291 individuals from six orders (Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera, Diptera, Ephemeroptera and Orthoptera) and 21 families were successfully collected. The most abundance individuals identified were from family Formicidae, from order Hymenoptera (57.18%), family Ripiphoridae, from order Coleoptera (25.70%), family Simuliidae from order Diptera (5.85%) and family Ephemeridae from order Ephemeroptera (4.58%). Most insect collected are considered as trogloxene and troglophile insect.


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