DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6477719
title: Dung beetle trait data

description: <b>Description: </b>Dung beetle trait data (ctmax, pilosity, length, colouration)<b>Project: </b>This dataset was collected as part of the following SAFE research project: <b>Assessing the Impact of Microclimate During Development on the Physiological Thermal Tolerance of Lowland Malaysian Dung Beetles </b><b>Funding: </b>These data were collected as part of research funded by: NERC (PhD for JW, NE/L002485/1)This dataset is released under the CC-BY 4.0 licence, requiring that you cite the dataset in any outputs, but has the additional condition that you acknowledge the contribution of these funders in any outputs.<b>Permits: </b>These data were collected under permit from the following authorities:SaBC (Research licence JKM/MBS.1000-2/2JLD.7(83))<b>XML metadata: </b>GEMINI compliant metadata for this dataset is available here<b>Files: </b>This consists of 1 file: trait_data.xlsx<b>trait_data.xlsx</b>This file contains dataset metadata and 1 data tables:<b>Dung beetle trait dataset</b> (described in worksheet Dung_Beetles)Description: Dung beetle traitsNumber of fields: 10Number of data rows: 990Fields: <b>Site</b>: SAFE points at second order (Field type: location)<b>Date</b>: Date specimen collected (Field type: date)<b>Taxon</b>: dung beetle species (Field type: taxa)<b>ctmax</b>: critical thermal maximum (Field type: numeric trait)<b>length</b>: body length (clypeus to pygidium) (Field type: numeric trait)<b>pro.width</b>: Pronotum width (Field type: numeric trait)<b>lum.pro</b>: luminosity of pronotum (Field type: numeric trait)<b>lum.ely</b>: luminosity of elytra (Field type: numeric trait)<b>hair.pro</b>: hairiness of pronotum (Field type: numeric trait)<b>hair.ely</b>: hairiness of elytra (Field type: numeric trait)<b>Date range: </b>2015-01-17 to 2107-10-25<b>Latitudinal extent: </b>4.5000 to 5.0700<b>Longitudinal extent: </b>116.7500 to 117.8200<b>Taxonomic coverage: </b><br> All taxon names are validated against the GBIF backbone taxonomy. If a dataset uses a synonym, the accepted usage is shown followed by the dataset usage in brackets. Taxa that cannot be validated, including new species and other unknown taxa, morphospecies, functional groups and taxonomic levels not used in the GBIF backbone are shown in square brackets. - Animalia <br> - - Arthropoda <br> - - - Insecta <br> - - - - Coleoptera <br> - - - - - Scarabaeidae <br> - - - - - - <i>Onthophagus</i> <br> - - - - - - - <i>Onthophagus hidakai</i> (as homotypic_synonym: <i>Microcopris hidakai</i>)<br> - - - - - - - [Onthophagus (aff) hidakai] <br> - - - - - - - [Onthophagus (aff) tridentitibialus] <br> - - - - - - - [Onthophagus (aff) falculatus] <br> - - - - - - - <i>Onthophagus angustatus</i> <br> - - - - - - - <i>Onthophagus aphodioides</i> <br> - - - - - - - <i>Onthophagus borneensis</i> <br> - - - - - - - <i>Onthophagus cervicapra</i> <br> - - - - - - - <i>Onthophagus deliensis</i> <br> - - - - - - - <i>Onthophagus dux</i> <br> - - - - - - - <i>Onthophagus fujiii</i> <br> - - - - - - - <i>Onthophagus incisus</i> <br> - - - - - - - <i>Onthophagus laevis</i> <br> - - - - - - - <i>Onthophagus nigriobscurior</i> <br> - - - - - - - [Onthophagus nr. borneensis] <br> - - - - - - - <i>Onthophagus obscurior</i> <br> - - - - - - - <i>Onthophagus ochromerus</i> <br> - - - - - - - <i>Onthophagus pacificus</i> <br> - - - - - - - <i>Onthophagus pastillatus</i> <br> - - - - - - - <i>Onthophagus rorarius</i> <br> - - - - - - - <i>Onthophagus rudis</i> <br> - - - - - - - <i>Onthophagus rugicollis</i> <br> - - - - - - - <i>Onthophagus semiaureus</i> <br> - - - - - - - <i>Onthophagus semicupreus</i> <br> - - - - - - - <i>Onthophagus taeniatus</i> <br> - - - - - - - <i>Onthophagus trituber</i> <br> - - - - - - - <i>Onthophagus vulpes</i> <br> - - - - - - - <i>Onthophagus waterstradti</i> <br> - - - - - - - [Onthophagus (agg) indachorius] <br> - - - - - - - <i>Onthophagus mulleri</i> <br> - - - - - - <i>Ochicanthon</i> <br> - - - - - - - <i>Ochicanthon dytiscoides</i> <br> - - - - - - - <i>Ochicanthon masumotoi</i> <br> - - - - - - <i>Proagoderus</i> <br> - - - - - - - <i>Proagoderus watanabei</i> <br> - - - - - - <i>Microcopris</i> <br> - - - - - - - <i>Microcopris doriae</i> <br> - - - - - - <i>Oniticellus</i> <br> - - - - - - - <i>Oniticellus tessellatus</i> <br> - - - - - - <i>Sisyphus</i> <br> - - - - - - - <i>Sisyphus thoracicus</i> <br> - - - - - - <i>Catharsius</i> <br> - - - - - - - <i>Catharsius dayacus</i> <br> - - - - - - - <i>Catharsius renaudpauliani</i> <br> - - - - - - <i>Paragymnopleurus</i> <br> - - - - - - - <i>Paragymnopleurus maurus</i> <br> - - - - - - - <i>Paragymnopleurus sparsus</i> <br> - - - - - - - <i>Paragymnopleurus striatus</i> <br> - - - - - - <i>Synapsis</i> <br> - - - - - - - <i>Synapsis ritsemae</i> <br> - - - - - - <i>Caccobius</i> <br> - - - - - - - <i>Caccobius bawangensis</i> <br> - - - - - - <i>Copris</i> <br> - - - - - - - <i>Copris agnus</i> <br> - - - - - - - <i>Copris ramosiceps</i> <br> - - - - - - - <i>Copris sinicus</i> <br>