Studies catches of certain species of nocturnal coleoptera as indicated by two different light traps at two different levels in Qena Governorate

Abstract

Forty eight species belonging to forty three genera were identified. These genera were arranged into eighteen families. Scarabaeidae includes 9 species. Tenebrionidae includes 7 species, whereas Staphylinidae, Elateridae and Carabidae include 4 species. On other hand, the remaining thirteen families includes between 1-3 species. The total catches were over (40,000 individuals), which captured by one trap in the first year (2007-2008), and four traps in the second year (2008-2009) at two different levels.