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Can the vegetation structure and composition in urban green spaces determine diversity of green lacewings (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae)?
- Green spaces represent the only natural areas in several cities around the world, providing good shelters for the local fauna. Based on this premise, many ecological studies have been conducted focused on these areas. Most of these works are about insects, particularly butterflies and beetles. Our study is centered on a different group: green lacewings (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae). These insects exhibit a similar feeding behavior to some other groups, such as beetles. We estimated diversity, richness, distribution, abundance and similarity employing two methods: sweep netting and suction trapping. Also, oviposition hosts were identified in 20 different green spaces. Approximately 740 specimens were collected representing 15 species in five genera. Seven species are new state records for Yucatán, Mexico. We identified about 300 species of plants, if which 75 are considered ovipositional associated hosts. Our work is the first of its kind, employing green lacewings in an urban ecological model and additionally providing new information about chrysopids in South Mexico. We encourage the conduct of similar studies not only in Mexico but also in other Central and South American countries. ZooBank registration. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2EDE9BDC-ECDD-4613-82A0-36C6877DD6A7
Author: | Jose I. MartinezORCiD, Raiza J. CastilloORCiD, Adrian Ardila-CamachoORCiD, Charles V. CovellORCiD, Jose Isabel López-ArroyoORCiD, Francisco Javier Nava-Guízar |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-731345 |
URL: | https://centerforsystematicentomology.org/insectamundi/1023_Martinez_etal_2023.pdf |
ISSN: | 1942-1354 |
ISSN: | 0749-6737 |
Parent Title (English): | Insecta Mundi |
Series (Serial Number): | Insecta Mundi (1023) |
Publisher: | Flora & Fauna Publ. |
Place of publication: | Gainesville, Fla. |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2023/12/29 |
Date of first Publication: | 2023/12/29 |
Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Release Date: | 2023/12/30 |
Tag: | chrysopids; distribution; ovipositional associated hosts; richness; urban ecology |
Volume: | 2023 |
Issue: | article 1023 |
Article Number: | 1023 |
Page Number: | 24 |
First Page: | 1 |
Last Page: | 22 |
HeBIS-PPN: | 51617360X |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie) |
Sammlungen: | Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell 3.0 |