Beetles (coleoptera) abundance and diversity in two zones of intensive rubber production in côted'ivoire (bongo and toupah)
In order to study the abundance and diversity of beetlesinrubberagro systems, a study was conducted in Bongo and Toupahrespectively in the south and south-east of Côted'Ivoire. Beetle were sampled by the combination off our types of traps in different plantations aged from1to 5,6 to10 years, overthan 15 years old, and a forest as control. A total of 10874 beetles distributed in 55 families were collected. The distribution of beetles families in different groups according to their size, shows that abundant Beetle have a higher abundance than the common and rare ones.