Diversity of nocturnal coleoptera in Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Jeli Campus, Kelantan

Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK), Jeli campus located in the state of Kelantan, Malaysia, Jeli district. Jeli has beautiful georgical landscape that contribute and benefit to people and the state of Kelantan. UMK is surround by hills and a lot of nature attraction such as waterfall for recreation activities, which contribute to benefits to the public and the states of Kelantan. A study on diversity of beetle of Night-Flying Coleoptera has been conducted at Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Jeli campus, Kelantan from 1st march to 7th March 2024. The objective of this study was to to collect the diversity index of Night-Flying Coleoptera at Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Jeli campus, Kelantan. Light trap methods were used to sample the diversity of Night-Flying Coleoptera. A total of 79 individuals belonging to 7 species from 6 families were recorded in this study. Shannon-Wiener Diversity value is 1.645 and the Pielou evenness value is 0.845 this value shows low beetle diversity and also low species richness of beetle. The diversity of beetle in Jeli, Kelantan is considered low. As the outcome, the diversity of beetle species Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Jeli campus, Kelantan is quite low because of the human disturbance of beetle’s habitat at, Jeli, Kelantan.