Description
The investigation on assessing arthropod community structure in tea stands was conducted at the Lakkatura Tea Estates of Sylhet, Bangladesh, from November 2017 to 2018. The actual project was carried out to determine variations in insect biodiversity among four microhabitat types in tea estates and to determine relationships of various functional groups of insects with understory vegetation and microclimate changes in tea estates. A total of 20 Malaise traps were set to capture arthropod samples from a large gap tea stand, a small gap tea stand, a gapless tea stand and a shade tree tea stand. Arthropod samples were collected at every 15-day interval, identified to taxonomic classes and categorized into various functional groups like pest, beneficial and neutral insects.
A total of 3219 individuals were captured under 71 arthropod species, belonging to 56 families and 14 orders; which are listed in this occurance dataset. The study was carried out under the project titled "Status of insect biodiversity and ecosystem functions in tea estates of the Sylhet region", funded by the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council.
The dataset of the arthropod community in the tea ecosystem will help to facilitate research on distribution, abundance and migration of these arthropods around the world.
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 71 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
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How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Maleque M A, Ahmod M M, Islam M S, Islam A F M S (2025). Arthropod diversity in the tea ecosystem of North-Eastern Bangladesh. Version 1.0. Sylhet Agricultural University. Occurrence dataset. https://cloud.gbif.org/asia/resource?r=arthropod_tea_ecosystem_sylhet_01&v=1.0
Rights
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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Sylhet Agricultural University. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
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Keywords
Occurrence; Specimen
Contacts
- Point Of Contact
- Professor, Department of Entomolgy
- Publisher ●
- Originator
- Research Assistant, Department of Crop Botany and Tea Production Technology
- Originator
- PhD Fellow, Department of Crop Botany and Tea Production Technology
- Originator
- Professor, Department of Crop Botany and Tea Production Technology
- Point Of Contact
- Professor, Department of Entomology
- Sylhet Agricultural University
- +8801758571672
Geographic Coverage
The arthropods were captured at the tea estates of north-eastern Sylhet region of Bangladesh
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [24, 91], North East [25.5, 92.5] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
No Description available
| Kingdom | Animalia |
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| Phylum | Arthopoda |
| Order | Diptera, Hemiptera, Dictyoptera, Homoptera, Orthoptera, Isoptera, Coleoptera, Heteroptera, Odonata, Blattodea, Hymenoptera, Dermaptera, Araneae, Lepidoptera |
| Family | Tephritidae, Membracidae, Delphacidae, Drosophillidae, Nymphalidae, Rhipiceridae, Muscidae, Acrididae, Aeshnidae, Noctuidae, Hispidae, Culicidae, Aphididae, Tortricidae, Cicadellidae., Sphecidae, Calliphoridae, Carabidae, Braconidae, Thomicidae, Hesperidae, Sphingidae, Scolytidae, Miridae, Latridiidae, Staphylinidae, Elateridae, Asilidae, Dolichopodidae, Gryllotalpidae, Oecophoridae, Gracillariidae, Lampyridae, Tenthridinidae, Forficulidae, Gelechiidae, Scarabaeidae, Mantidae, Gryllidae, Alydidae, Pentatomidae, Ichneumonidae, Termitidae, Erebidae, Tachinidae, Coccinellidae, Syrphidae, Reduviidae, Pieridae, Geometridae, Tipulidae, Vespidae, Blattidae, Coenagrionidae, Tricogrammatidae, Formicidae |
Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 2017-11-01 / 2018-03-31 |
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Project Data
No Description available
| Title | Status of insect biodiversity and ecosystem functions in tea estates of the Sylhet region |
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The personnel involved in the project:
Sampling Methods
Malaise trap was used to catch the Arthropods at the four types of tea stands. Dead insects were collected at 15-day intervals for taxonomic identification and documentation.
| Study Extent | The study was carried out at Lakkatura Tea estate in Sylhet, Bangladesh |
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Method step description:
- Lakkatura tea estate was selected to carry out the investigation > Four types of tea stands (Large gap tea stand, small gap tea stand, gapless tea stand and shade tree stand) were identified in the tea estate > 20 malaise trap was set in four types of tea stands > dead insect were collected at 15-day interval > insect were brough to laboratory of department of Entomology, Sylhet Agricultural University > taxonomic identification of the specimen were done with expert entomolgist > data were documented and curated > specimen were stored at the Entomology lab
Additional Metadata
| Acknowledgements | The project was funded by the "Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council" |
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| Introduction | The investigation of arthropod community structure in tea stands was implemented under the project "Status of insect biodiverisity and ecosystem functions in tea estates of the Sylhet region". The purpose of the investigation was to determine variations in insect biodiversity among four microhabitat types existing at the tea stand and determine relationships of various functional groups of insects with understory vegetation & microclimate changes in the tea estates. Malaise trap was set at the selected 20 locations to catch the insects, which were collected at 15-day intervals for taxonomic determination. |
| Purpose | The dataset includes a list of 71 arthropod species found in the tea ecosystem by capturing 3219 individuals. The occurrence information of these species will help to understand the global distribution, abundance, and migration of these insects. |
| Alternative Identifiers | https://cloud.gbif.org/asia/resource?r=arthropod_tea_ecosystem_sylhet_01 |