Dinámica espacio-temporal de la diversidad de insectos del Bosque Protector Prosperina

Abstract

Insects are broad dominators of the planet, almost 70% of all organisms belong to the Insecta class, they fulfill very important roles within the ecosystem as decomposers of organic matter, pollination and even for the pest control in crops. In the Bosque Protector Prosperina (BPP), the identification of insects has not been developed, this being the first collection of information regarding these organisms within the area in order to assess the variability of insect populations, to establish an information base line in relation to space-time parameters on insects in the BPP. Two areas for insect collection were selected using collection techniques to cover as many taxa as possible; Statistical techniques were used to explain the relationship between variables, the identification of insects was carried out until the family hierarchy. A total of 11868 individuals in 11 orders and 55 families were collected. Being the family Cicadellidae, Coccinelidae and Formicidae the most abundant, at the end of September the largest number of families were collected and for the months of October and November the number of families obtained decreased, being one of the main causes the loss of plant cover by variations of physical parameters of the environment. The data represent a small part of the entomological abundance of BPP, so further studies are recommended