Monthly variation of leaf litter Collembola in the tropical rainforest of Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, Mexico
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https://doi.org/10.25674/n03y-sn47Keywords:
Springtails, pitfall traps, seasonal variation, abundanceAbstract
In order to evaluate leaf litter Collembola at the tropical rainforest of Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, México, fifteen pitfall traps were activated monthly for about one week, in a new experimental area during 2015. A total of 4,291 specimens were captured in the 180 samples collected. Ten families were recorded, those better represented were Paronellidae (27 %), Neanuridae (20.5 %), Entomobryidae (16.9 %), Dicyrtomidae (15 %), and Isotomidae (11.6 %). Among the 32 genera reported, most abundant were Trogolaphysa (18 %), Ptenothrix (13 %), Isotoma (10 %), Neotropiella (10 %) and Pseudachorutes (10 %). Results were compared with three other similar studies carried out in two different localities from Mexico: Huitepec, Chiapas, and Tlayacapan, Morelos and one other from Nicaragua: Moropotente. Each of these localities has different weather patterns and type of vegetation. Los Tuxtlas showed a moderate similarity with Huitepec, and less with Tlayacapan, and a very low similarity with Moropotente. Our study found that the abundance of individuals in the four most important families in Los Tuxtlas was much less than those reported for other similar studies.
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