Table 1 Example observations of diel distributions in richness and abundance in insect communities derived from the insect diel activity dataset.

From: A global dataset of diel activity patterns in insect communities

Country

Latitude

Habitat

Taxa

Observed richness

Observed abundance

Study

Total

D

N

Total

D

N

Borneo

4.90

forest

Formicidae (ants)

92

82

76

91128

48725

42403

Grevé et al.33

Brazil

−22.57

forest

Culicidae (mosquitoes)

63

47

39

933

571

362

Alencar et al.34

Hungary

48.32

river

Chironomidae (midges)

61

55

50

42479

8559

33920

Móra et al.35

Botswana

−20.45

forest

Scarabaeoidea (dung beetles)

48

14

35

13032

206

12826

Sands et al.29

Russia

55.45

forest

Carabidae (ground beetles)

14

14

14

1677

797

880

Gryuntal et al.36

Brazil

−8.07

forest

Calliphoridae (blowflies)

6

6

2

1700

1634

66

Soares et al.22

USA

43.82

pond

Heteroptera (water bugs)

3

3

3

NA

NA

NA

Hampton & Friedenberg37

  1. Presented are observations of seven taxonomic communities from different parts of the world. Observations of richness are in terms of species, while observations of abundance are in terms of individuals. The values correspond to the total number of species or individuals observed across both diel periods (‘Total’), during the day (‘D’), or during the night (‘N’). Note: in addition to the variables presented here, a variety of environmental variables as well as sample-based values for observations are available in the dataset (see main text).
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