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A new trap for collecting aquatic and semi‐aquatic insects from madicolous habitats
Author(s) -
Shimabukuro Erika M.,
Pepinelli Mateus,
PerbicheNeves Gilmar,
TrivinhoStrixino Susana
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
insect conservation and diversity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.061
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1752-4598
pISSN - 1752-458X
DOI - 10.1111/icad.12135
Subject(s) - trap (plumbing) , netting , ecology , habitat , chironomidae , altitude (triangle) , wetland , biology , environmental science , larva , geometry , mathematics , environmental engineering , political science , law
A new trap is described for capturing adult insects (especially Chironomidae) from madicolous habitats in mountainous environments. The trap is light enough to be carried and is easy and inexpensive to build, being constructed of mosquito netting fabric (no‐see‐um mesh size), galvanised wire, a plastic bottle, a plastic conduit and nylon clamps. Seventy‐one traps deployed along an altitudinal gradient on three different mountains (altitude 0–2700 m above sea level) captured c . 1400 adult insects, representing 20 higher taxa (i.e. families or orders) of insects.