Beetle data set collected using pitfall trapping in the Gobi Desert of the Hexi Corridor

The central part of the Hexi Corridor is one of the main distribution areas of the Gobi desert. In 2012, the research team established a long-term monitoring set for the distribution and diversity of ground beetles in the northern arid desert national desertification protection zone of Linze County, Gansu Province, located in the central part of the Hexi Corridor. This dataset mainly accumulates information on ground beetle species composition, beetle species photos, activity rhythms, quantity, and functional traits in the Gobi desert. This dataset consists of six parts: (1) Monthly precipitation and average temperature information in the Gobi desert; (2) Collection of specimens and ecological photos of typical beetle species in the Gobi desert; (3) Information on the composition and functional traits of beetle species in the Gobi desert; (4) Composition of ground beetle fauna in the Gobi desert; (5) Statistical of monthly activity rhythm of ground beetles in the Gobi desert; (6) Number of individual ground beetles at 72 uniform grid points in the Gobi desert from May 2014 to December 2020. This dataset will provide data support and scientific basis for the study of the conservation and maintenance mechanisms of animal diversity in typical Gobi desert under the background of global change.