Insects in Caves

Culver, David C.; Pipan, Tanja

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“…Many scientific studies in cave ecosystems show that hexapods are more diverse than other arthropod classes. Additionally, a significant proportion of the arthropod species that are collected in the cave ecosystems are hexapods (Poulson & Culver, 1969;Schneider et al, 2010;Culver & Pipan, 2018;Niemiller & Taylor, 2019;Ledesma et al, 2020). Biodiversity parameters can be measured differently, even in different regions in the same cave ecosystem.…”

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Determination of arthropod biodiversity and some ecological parameters of Erdal Şekeroğlu (Isparta, Turkey) and Kadıini (Antalya, Turkey) cave ecosystems with evaluation of usability of insects in cave mapping

Aydin¹,

Şen²

2020

Turkish Journal of Entomology

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The aim of the study was to determine the species composition, diversity, similarity and completeness of cavedwelling arthropods in cave zones (entrance, twilight and dark zones) in Erdal Şekeroğlu Cave (ESC) (Atabey-Isparta Province) and Kadıini Cave (KIC) (Alanya-Antalya Province) ecosystems in Turkey. The study also aimed to investigate whether these species can be used for mapping cave zones. The samplings were conducted by using aspirator and pitfall trap methods in ESC among 2010-2020 and in KIC in 2017. Hence statistical analyses were performed with the data gathered from the field studies conducted in the same year (2017) in order to evaluate ecological data in the two cave ecosystems homogeneously. During the study, a total of 51 arthropod species, mostly hexapods, belonging to five classes were collected. Biodiversity parameters, similarity index, indicator species analyses, and species richness estimators were calculated for each cave and cave zones. In addition to reporting the distributions of hexapods in cave ecosystems, this paper discusses for the first time if such ecological data can inform cave mapping and exploration.

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Determination of arthropod biodiversity and some ecological parameters of Erdal Şekeroğlu (Isparta, Turkey) and Kadıini (Antalya, Turkey) cave ecosystems with evaluation of usability of insects in cave mapping

Aydin¹,

Şen²

2020

Turkish Journal of Entomology

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“…Some aquatic Diptera develop in subsurface habitats. Aquatic Diptera are typically absent from obligatory cave faunas, perhaps because of the visual limitations for the adults [22]. However, they can be found in interstitial habitats with water, such as the hyporheic and phreatic zones.…”

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Ecological and Societal Services of Aquatic Diptera

Adler

Courtney

2019

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More than any other group of macro-organisms, true flies (Diptera) dominate the freshwater environment. Nearly one-third of all flies—roughly 46,000 species—have some developmental connection with an aquatic environment. Their abundance, ubiquity, and diversity of adaptations to the aquatic environment position them as major drivers of ecosystem processes and as sources of products and bioinspiration for the benefit of human society. Larval flies are well represented as ecosystem engineers and keystone species that alter the abiotic and biotic environments through activities such as burrowing, grazing, suspension feeding, and predation. The enormous populations sometimes achieved by aquatic flies can provide the sole or major dietary component for other organisms. Harnessing the services of aquatic Diptera for human benefit depends on the ingenuity of the scientific community. Aquatic flies have played a role as indicators of water quality from the earliest years of bioassessment. They serve as indicators of historical and future ecological and climate change. As predators and herbivores, they can serve as biological control agents. The association of flies with animal carcasses in aquatic environments provides an additional set of tools for forensic science. The extremophilic attributes of numerous species of Diptera offer solutions for human adaptation to harsh terrestrial and extraterrestrial environments. The potential pharmaceutical and industrial applications of the symbiotic microbial community in extremophilic Diptera are better explored than are those of dipteran chemistry. Many flies provide valuable ecological and human services as aquatic immatures, but are also pests and vectors of disease agents as terrestrial adults. The scientific community, thus, is challenged with balancing the benefits and costs of aquatic Diptera, while maintaining sustainable populations as more species face extinction.

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“…Morphological and ecological features are highly specialized among subterranean insects [ 1 ]. These features have been the subject of many taxonomic and evolutionary studies [ 2 , 3 , 4 ].…”

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“…Figure 3. Left lateral(1), ventral(2), right lateral (3), and dorsal (4) views of aedeagus (part) with the everted endophallus and left lateral view (5) of right paramere of the macrogenys species group; (A-C) P. chokaisanus males from Sakunami (A), Kamihôzawa (B), and holotype male from "Yashima" (C), (D), (E) P. kurikomasanus male from Yuhama Pass (D) and holotype male from "Mts Kurikomasan" (E). go: gonopore, lal: left apical lobe, lpl: left preapical lobe, rpl: right preapical lobe.…”

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“…Figure 7. Left lateral(1), ventral(2), right lateral (3), and dorsal (4) views of aedeagus (part) with the everted endophallus and left lateral view (5) of right paramere of the macrogenys species group; (A), (B) P. eboshiyamanus male from Yunosawa (A) and holotype male from "River Tokorozawa" (B), (C), (D) P. monolineatus sp. n. holotype (C) and paratype (D) male from Aobaminami.3.2.9.…”

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Unexpected Species Identities and Interspecific Relationships in a Subterranean Beetle Lineage, the Pterostichus macrogenys Species Group (Coleoptera, Carabidae), Revealed by Fine-Scale Field Sampling and Detailed Morphological Comparisons

Sasakawa

Mitsuduka

Itô

2020

Insects

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An endemic subterranean Japanese carabid beetle lineage, the Pterostichus macrogenys species group, was recently revealed to have marked regional differentiation. Studies of such features reveal insect species diversity and provide insight into the mechanisms driving species diversity. We examined specimens of this species group collected from the southern Tohoku District of Honshu, Japan, where its diversity has not yet been fully elucidated, using fine-scale field sampling and detailed comparative morphological analysis of male genitalia. In total, 103 specimens from 13 localities were classified into one new (P. monolineatus sp. n.) and eight known species. In four of the known species, we observed disjunct distributions, which have not previously been reported in this species group and may be more common than previously recognized. Species coexistence was observed at four sites, with two species of different body sizes coexisting at three sites and three species coexisting at the remaining site. The three coexisting species included one large and two small species, the latter of which have male genitalia of a different size. This newly discovered coexistence pattern implies separate effects of differential body and genital size in species coexistence, which has rarely been reported in insects.

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Insects in Caves

Cited by 6 publications

References 64 publications

Determination of arthropod biodiversity and some ecological parameters of Erdal Şekeroğlu (Isparta, Turkey) and Kadıini (Antalya, Turkey) cave ecosystems with evaluation of usability of insects in cave mapping

Determination of arthropod biodiversity and some ecological parameters of Erdal Şekeroğlu (Isparta, Turkey) and Kadıini (Antalya, Turkey) cave ecosystems with evaluation of usability of insects in cave mapping

Ecological and Societal Services of Aquatic Diptera

Unexpected Species Identities and Interspecific Relationships in a Subterranean Beetle Lineage, the Pterostichus macrogenys Species Group (Coleoptera, Carabidae), Revealed by Fine-Scale Field Sampling and Detailed Morphological Comparisons

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