Indicative response of Oxysternon festivum Linné (Coleoptera: Scarabaidae) to vegetation condition in the basin of the Orinoco river, Venezuela

R., Ferrer-Paris José; Lozano, Cecilia; Cardozo-Urdaneta, Arlene; Thomas‐Cabianca, Arianna

doi:10.1007/s10841-016-9886-6

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“…Even at low levels of light pollution, prolonged and sustained exposure to light pollution can affect the behavior and physiology of individuals and have population-level consequences (Hoelker et al, 2010;Davies et al, 2013;Gaston et al, 2015;Bennie et al, 2016). Insects are photosensitive animals and ecological indicator species (Lawes et al, 2005;Ferrer-Paris et al, 2016). The abundance and biomass of insect populations are declining significantly worldwide, and ALAN, which is near ubiquitous in urban habitats and interferes with insect behavior, is thought to be one of the major drivers of declines in insect populations (Owens et al, 2020;Kalinkat et al, 2021).…”

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Assessing the attraction of narrow-spectrum and broad-spectrum artificial light to nocturnal insects: patterns and predictive models

Hao,

Liu,

Wang

et al. 2023

Front. Ecol. Evol.

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The significant ecological risks posed by artificial light at night (ALAN) are rapidly increasing globally. The rapid development of narrow-spectrum light-emitting diodes (LEDs) presents various challenges for reducing fatal attraction to ALAN and associated ecological risks. However, the potential risks and variations in the fatal attraction have not been precisely measured and assessed. Insects are ecological indicator species and photosensitive animals that are often fatally attracted to ALAN. In this paper, we conduct phototaxis experiments in Tianjin, China. We explored insect phototactic behavior and rhythms by comparing the effects of different time periods and spectra on the number of phototactic insects using UV light as a baseline. The spectra include seven narrow-spectrum lights with different peak wavelengths and two broad-spectrum lights with different color temperatures. In general, shorter wavelength light was more attractive: short-wave blue light (447 nm and 478 nm) was the most attractive, followed by medium-wave green light (500 nm and 519 nm) and long-wave red light (627 nm, 660 nm, and 740 nm). Insects were more attracted to 4,500 K LEDs than 3,000 K LEDs, but the difference in attraction between 4,500 K and 3,000 K LEDs was not significant. For eco-risk periods, that is, the peak hours of the fatal attraction of insects to ALAN in the field, LEDs attract insects at the fastest rate from 20:00 to 21:30 (from 1.5 hours to 3 hours after sunset). The phototactic rate curves of insect orders differed among different spectral LEDs. We proposed a method to predict the relative attractiveness of LEDs to insects and orders by calculating the relative attraction coefficient (Pi) of each narrow-spectrum LED and assigning Pi as a coefficient to the spectral irradiance percentage of the corresponding band of the LEDs to be predicted. The model-calculated relative attraction was highly significantly correlated with both the experimentally obtained attraction and the spectral response of insect vision. The results demonstrate that the attractiveness of broad-spectrum LEDs to insects can be altered, evaluated, and predicted through narrow-spectrum LEDs. Our findings will aid the development of ecological light sources, ecological conservation, and improvements in urban light ecology.

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Assessing the attraction of narrow-spectrum and broad-spectrum artificial light to nocturnal insects: patterns and predictive models

Hao,

Liu,

Wang

et al. 2023

Front. Ecol. Evol.

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“…En Venezuela se ha reportado la presencia de cinco especies: O. festivum (Linné, 1767), O. conspicillatum (Weber, 1801), O. silenus Laporte, 1840, O. ebeninum (Nevison, 1890) y O. spiniferum Laporte, 1840 (Edmonds y Zídek 2004). Todas estas especies se encuentran presentes en algún sector de la Guayana Venezolana (estados Amazonas, Bolívar, Delta Amacuro y la Guayana Esequiba), O. festivum también se ha registrado en el Oriente del país (estados Monagas y Sucre), mientras que O. conspicillatum y O. silenus han sido encontradas en el piedemonte de los Andes entre Mérida, Táchira y Barinas (Gámez 2004;Ferrer-Paris et al 2016;Gámez y Acconcia 2018).…”

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“…Durante estos muestreos, la especie O. festivum fue la más abundante en comparación con las otras especies congenéricas. Está especie fue capturada en ocho transectos de muestreo: El Manteco, Guri, Gavilán, Samariapo, Bochinche, Anacoco, Piacoa y Campamento de Río Grande (Ferrer-Paris et al 2016). Otras dos especies de Oxysternon (O. ebeninum y O. conspicilliatum) fueron capturadas, aunque en menor abundancia, y el resto de las especies de este género que se esperaba recolectar no fueron detectadas con los métodos empleados.…”

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Evaluando la novedad de un nuevo registro de Oxysternon ebeninum (Nevison, 1890) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) en Venezuela

Lozano

Cardozo-Urdaneta

2022

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The Neotropical Biodiversity Mapping Initiative: Transforming Venezuelan biodiversity monitoring and capacity building

Ferrer-Paris,

Sánchez-Mercado

2024

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Indicative response of Oxysternon festivum Linné (Coleoptera: Scarabaidae) to vegetation condition in the basin of the Orinoco river, Venezuela

Cited by 4 publications

References 53 publications

Assessing the attraction of narrow-spectrum and broad-spectrum artificial light to nocturnal insects: patterns and predictive models

Assessing the attraction of narrow-spectrum and broad-spectrum artificial light to nocturnal insects: patterns and predictive models

Evaluando la novedad de un nuevo registro de Oxysternon ebeninum (Nevison, 1890) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) en Venezuela

The Neotropical Biodiversity Mapping Initiative: Transforming Venezuelan biodiversity monitoring and capacity building

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