The annual life history of a population of the aquatic Coleopteran Derallus angustus (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)

 

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Autor: Alicia Fernández, Liliana
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Status:Versión publicada
Data wydania:2008
Opis:Derallus Sharp, 1882 is a Neotropical genus of aquatic coleopterans that belongs in the tribe Berosini and includes 15 species. D. angustus Sharp is widely distributed from Guatemala to Argentina. The population dynamics of this species was studied by periodic sampling of a natural population from the southernmost Subtropical Domain of the Neotropical Region. The study site was near Punta Lara (34°47' S, 58°01' W; Ensenada, Buenos Aires province, Argentina). Twenty seven samples consisting of 20 units of aquatic vegetation (200 cm² each) were taken during one year. Larvae and adults were removed from the vegetation and counted (pupae were not studied). There was a peak of first instar larvae abundance at the end of spring, and another at the end of summer. Adults and third instar larvae were present throughout the whole year. The population is interpreted as being univoltine and including two periods of enhanced reproductive activity.
Kraj:Portal de Revistas UCR
Instytucja:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Język:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/5529
Dostęp online:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/5529
Access Level:acceso abierto
Słowo kluczowe:Insectos acuáticos
Hydrophilidae
Derallus angustus
dinámica poblacional
Argentina
Aquatic insects
population dynamics