Effect of Environmental Conditions on Distribution Patterns of Rove Beetles

Irmler, Ulrich; Lipkow, Erhard

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-70257-5_7

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“…The abundance and diversity of staphylinids is often associated with high soil moisture content (Irmler and Lipkow 2018). This may be a result of their small elytra which in turn reduces the subelytral space.…”

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Diversity and phylogenetic community structure across elevation during climate change in a family of hyperdiverse neotropical beetles (Staphylinidae)

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Environmental stress from abiotic conditions imposes physiological limits on individuals within communities, and these stressful conditions can act as a filter on the species present in any given environment. Such abiotic stressors can reduce a community's diversity and make its composition more phylogenetically clustered. Using a decade of staphylinid beetle (Staphylinidae, Coleoptera, rove beetles) collections made across a 1500 m elevation gradient in northwestern Costa Rica (2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013)(2014)(2015)(2016)(2017) we asked what species lived there, how large and overlapping were the communities across this gradient, and what relationship was there between elevation and diversity. Using DNA barcodes for identification and phylogenetic estimates of community structure, we found high turnover across elevation, and that staphylinid diversity increased linearly with elevation. Because of this, we found staphylinid diversity was negatively related to surface area and temperature, and positively with precipitation. We suggest that historical biogeography and contemporary environmental stress have combined to produce these observed patterns. The forests in which these beetles are found are heating and drying rapidly and our finding that diversity increases with elevation suggests that there will be catastrophic biodiversity loss in the coming decades.

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Section: Staphylinids and Elevationmentioning

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Diversity and phylogenetic community structure across elevation during climate change in a family of hyperdiverse neotropical beetles (Staphylinidae)

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“…These ecosystem "disservices" may also reflect changes to the terrestrial invertebrate communities in our study. For instance, species of staphylinid coleopteran Paederus favor open habitats with higher temperatures [76,77], and Philonthus spp. have been associated with the presence of animal dung [77], potentially helping to explain increased abundances of Staphylinidae at our unbuffered sites.…”

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Riparian Vegetation Structure Influences Terrestrial Invertebrate Communities in an Agricultural Landscape

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Stream and terrestrial ecosystems are intimately connected by riparian zones that support high biodiversity but are also vulnerable to human impacts. Landscape disturbances, overgrazing, and diffuse pollution of agrochemicals threaten riparian biodiversity and the delivery of ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes. We assessed how terrestrial invertebrate communities respond to changes in riparian vegetation in Romanian agricultural catchments, with a focus on the role of forested riparian buffers. Riparian invertebrates were sampled in 10 paired sites, with each pair consisting of an unbuffered upstream reach and a downstream reach buffered with woody riparian vegetation. Our results revealed distinct invertebrate community structures in the two site types. Out of 33 invertebrate families, 13 were unique to either forested (6) or unbuffered (7) sites. Thomisidae, Clubionidae, Tetragnathidae, Curculionidae, Culicidae, and Cicadidae were associated with forested buffers, while Lycosidae, Chrysomelidae, Staphylinidae, Coccinellidae, Tettigoniidae, Formicidae, and Eutichuridae were more abundant in unbuffered sites. Despite statistically equivocal results, invertebrate diversity was generally higher in forested riparian buffers. Local riparian attributes significantly influenced patterns in invertebrate community composition. Our findings highlight the importance of local woody riparian buffers in maintaining terrestrial invertebrate diversity and their potential contribution as a multifunctional management tool in agricultural landscapes.

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“…They were 60% more diverse than MSC and SGC; and 30% than PSC, and they were the largest contributor to increasing the beetle diversity in this coffee region. This could be explained because staphylinids are associated with habitats with high relative humidity sites, decomposing organic matter, and low light levels (Irmler, & Lipkow, 2018; Pohl et al, 2008).…”

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“…Staphylinids are considered a model beetle group to evaluate land‐use change at a local scale. Rove beetles are a megadiverse group of insects belonging to Staphylinidae family (Irmler, & Lipkow, 2018) that occupy different trophic levels (Navarrete‐Heredia et al, 2002), and present a differential response to habitat changes (Bohac, 1999; Méndez‐Rojas et al, 2021; Pohl et al, 2008). Rove beetles show high abundance and dominance in the agroecosystems, accounting for 53% and 60% of the adult and larval abundance in the soil surface (Krooss, & Schaefer, 1998).…”

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Rove beetle diversity and coffee agroecosystems in the Colombian Andes

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The intensification of coffee plantations has driven biodiversity loss worldwide, but little is known about how it affects the ecological structure of Andean rove beetle communities. The rove beetle diversity was estimated in a coffee‐intensification gradient located on the western slope of Central Andes (1300–1800 m elevation). Sixteen sampling sites in four land uses were selected: four native forest patches and twelve coffee production systems (four polygeneric shade coffee plantations, four monogeneric shade coffee plantations, and four sun‐grown coffee plantations). We used unbaited pitfall traps and leaf litter extraction and recorded environmental and vegetation variables in each land use. 101 staphylinid species were collected in 12 subfamilies and 45 genera (N = 522 individuals). We recorded for the first time the subfamily Leptotyphlinae in Colombia. Anotylus sp. 1 was the most abundant species with about 16% of the total individuals, while 60% of the remaining species showed <2 individuals. Native forest and polygeneric shade coffee plantations were more diverse than monogeneric shade and sun‐grown coffee plantations (for all qD measures). Monogeneric shade coffee plantations were the least diverse in all studies. Species composition was different between forests and coffee plantations, and the sun‐grown coffee had a low number of exclusive species. The rove beetle diversity did not show a linear reduction with the intensification levels of the coffee plantation, and the sun‐grown coffee did not represent an absolutely hostile environment. We discuss the role of staphylinid as model group for comparative ecological studies in the tropical agricultural landscape.

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Effect of Environmental Conditions on Distribution Patterns of Rove Beetles

Cited by 10 publications

References 42 publications

Diversity and phylogenetic community structure across elevation during climate change in a family of hyperdiverse neotropical beetles (Staphylinidae)

Diversity and phylogenetic community structure across elevation during climate change in a family of hyperdiverse neotropical beetles (Staphylinidae)

Riparian Vegetation Structure Influences Terrestrial Invertebrate Communities in an Agricultural Landscape

Rove beetle diversity and coffee agroecosystems in the Colombian Andes

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