Distribution and Habitat of Three Species of Riparian Tiger Beetle in the Tedori River System of Japan

Satoh, Ayumi; Uéda, Tetsuyuki; Ichion, Eiji; Hori, Michio

doi:10.1603/0046-225x-35.2.320

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“…Pearson (1984) noted Odontocheila annulicornis as the only one cicindelid taxon (of 29 species) inhabiting more than one forest habitat type in the Tambopata Reserve Zone in Peru. Also data from Japan by Satoh et al (2006) show that usually only single tiger beetle species are eurytopic. In their studies on riparian Cicindelinae in the Tedori River System only Cicindela transbaicalica was distributed widely along the river while two other taxa were restricted to only one habitat type.…”

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The Maghreb – one more important biodiversity hot spot for tiger beetle fauna (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Cicindelinae) in the Mediterranean region

Jaskuła¹

2015

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The tiger beetle fauna of the Maghreb region is one of the richest in the Palaearctic, including 22 species and 5 subspecies and 19% of all Palaearctic species of Cicindelinae. Assembled to their chorotypes, the Maghreb tiger beetles fall into eight different groups that include Maghreb endemics (26% of fauna), Mediterranean (7%), West Mediterranean (40%), North African (4%), Mediterranean-Westturanian (4%), West Palaearctic (4%), Afrotropico-Indo-Mediterranean (4%), and Saharian (11%) species. The Mediterranean Sclerophyl and Atlas Steppe are the Maghreb biogeographical provinces with the highest species richness, while the Sahara Desert has the lowest Cicindelinae diversity. Twenty-five cicindelid species and subspecies (93% of Maghreb fauna) are restricted to only one or two habitat types in lowland areas. Only Calomera littoralis littoralis and Lophyra flexuosa flexuosa are recognized as eurytopic species and occur in three types of habitat. The highest tiger beetle diversity characterizes salt marshes and river banks (in both cases 11 species and subspecies or 41% of Maghreb fauna). Approximately 85% of all Maghreb tiger beetle species and subspecies are found in habitats potentially endangered by human activity.

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The Maghreb – one more important biodiversity hot spot for tiger beetle fauna (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Cicindelinae) in the Mediterranean region

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2015

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“…The reservoirs of Sri Lanka are known to constitute one of the richest sources of wetland biodiversity (GIAHS, 2005;Boccardo et al, 2006). Tiger beetles are predators of a range of invertebrates such as earthworms, spiders, larval glow worms, sandhoppers, bugs, ants and other insects (Hori, 1982;Knisley and Hill, 1992;Satoh et al, 2006;Sinu et al, 2006;Pearson, 2011). Tiger beetles with large mandibles prey upon organisms with a broad range of sizes (1-46 mm), while species with small mandibles are limited to smaller prey (1-12 mm) (Pearson and Stemberger, 1980).…”

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“…Tiger beetles (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae) are highly habitat specific (Adis et al, 1998;Cardoso and Vogler, 2005;Dangalle et al, 2012a;Knisley and Hill, 1992;Morgan et al, 2000;Satoh et al, 2006;Pearson and Cassola, 2007;Rafi et al, 2010). Each species tends to be restricted to a narrow and unique habitat such as coastal sand dunes (Morgan et al, 2000;Neil and Majka, 2008;Dangalle et al, 2012a), riverine habitats (Ganeshaiah and Belavadi, 1986;Satoh et al, 2006;Dangalle et al, 2011a;Dangalle et al, 2011b), reservoirs (Dangalle et al, 2012b, forests (Adis et al, 1998), agroecosystems (French et al, 2004Sinu et al, 2006), parks, areas with human disturbances (Bhardwaj et al, 2008;Mosley, 2009), open areas with sparse vegetation (Schiefer, 2004) and grasslands (Acorn, 2004). The association of tiger beetle species with habitat has been related to their preferences for mating and oviposition sites, food availability, seasonality, vegetation cover and physical, chemical and climatic qualities of the habitat (Pearson et al, 2006).…”

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The Association between Body-size and Habitat-type in Tiger Beetles (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae) of Sri Lanka

Dangalle

Pallewatta

Vogler

2013

Ceylon J. Sci. (Biol. Sci.)

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Body size is an important feature of an animal that is linked with its life history, morphology, physiology and ecology. Understanding the association between body size and habitat type of an animal and the underlying causes for this are important for determining their distribution. The present study examines the association between body size and habitat types of tiger beetles in Sri Lanka and the environmental correlations for these associations. Morphometric parameters of tiger beetles and environmental parameters (air temperature, solar radiation, relative humidity, wind speed and, the colour, temperature, moisture content, pH and salinity of soil) in each habitat were recorded. Ten tiger beetle species were found from 37 locations which included coastal, riverine, urban and reservoir habitats. Species with larger body and mandible sizes prefer coastal and reservoir habitats with high wind speed, low soil moisture and high soil pH, whereas species with smaller body and mandible sizes prefer riverine habitats with low wind speed, high soil moisture and low soil pH. Species with smaller body size may also prefer urban habitats which may be due to similarity of environmental conditions that prevails in these two sites. These findings will assist in predicting the distribution of tiger beetles within various habitat types of Sri Lanka.

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“…Therefore it is likely that these species may have displaced C. waterhousei by competing for resources. Tiger beetles of different species have known to compete for food resources, thermal resources, oviposition sites and larval resources when they co-occur in the same location (Romey & Knisley, 2002;Satoh et al, 2006). It is likely that C. waterhousei was eliminated from its original sites in Labugama, Avissawella, Kitulgala and Karawanella due to interspecific competition, and not due to unsuitability of the localities.…”

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The occurrence of the endemic tiger beetle Cicindela (Ifasina) waterhousei in Bopath Ella, Ratnapura

Dangalle

Pallewatta

Vogler

2011

J. Natn. Sci. Foundation Sri Lanka

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The occurrence of the endemic tiger beetle Cicindela (Ifasina) waterhousei from Bopath Ella, Ratnapura is recorded for the first time. The study reveals a population of 276 beetles from the sandy bank habitat of Bopath Ella. A site description is given stating the abiotic environmental factors of climate and soil. Morphology of the species is described using diagnostic features of the genus, and in comparison with reference specimens at the Department of National Museums, Colombo and the type specimen at the British Natural History Museum, London. According to the findings of the study, at present, the species is recorded only from Bopath Ella and is absent from its previously recorded locations at Labugama, Kitulgala, Karawanella and Avissawella. The habitat conditions in Bopath Ella with shady, riverine areas, temperatures ranging from 32 to 35 ºC and yellow brown sandy moist soil are considered as suitable for the occurrence of C. waterhousei. The presence of other tiger beetle species, Cicindela (Ifasina) willeyi and Cicindela (Ifasina) labioaenea, in the previously recorded locations of Cicindela waterhousei, that may compete for food, thermal resources, oviposition sites and larval resources, is likely to have caused C. waterhousei to become locally displaced from its previous locations.

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Distribution and Habitat of Three Species of Riparian Tiger Beetle in the Tedori River System of Japan

Cited by 12 publications

References 19 publications

The Maghreb – one more important biodiversity hot spot for tiger beetle fauna (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Cicindelinae) in the Mediterranean region

The Maghreb – one more important biodiversity hot spot for tiger beetle fauna (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Cicindelinae) in the Mediterranean region

The Association between Body-size and Habitat-type in Tiger Beetles (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae) of Sri Lanka

The occurrence of the endemic tiger beetle Cicindela (Ifasina) waterhousei in Bopath Ella, Ratnapura

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