Open AccessData on aquatic insects of Ngoc Linh Special-use Forest, Quang Nam province
Author(s) -
Nam Ngo Xuan
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
tạp chí khoa học đại học quốc gia hà nội: khoa học tự nhiên và công nghệ (vnu journal of science:natural sciences and technology)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2615-9317
pISSN - 2588-1140
DOI - 10.25073/2588-1140/vnunst.4519
Subject(s) - odonata , aquatic insect , fauna , species richness , ecology , biology , habitat
Three investigations into species composition in aquatic insects in Ngoc Linh Special-use Forest in Quang Nam (March, September, 2015 and March, 2016). At 15 sampling sites in selected waterbodies, aquatic insects were sampled quantitatively by Surber net and qualitatively by hand net. The study has showed a total of 86 species, belonging to 69 genera, 40 families, 8 orders of aquatic insects: 24 Odonata species, 21 Ephemeroptera species, 13 Tricoptera species, 11 Hemiptera species, 7 Plecoptera species, 6 Coleoptera species, 3 Diptera spieces and 1 Megaloptera species. The three orders, Odonata, Ephemeroptera, Tricoptera, predominated (67,45%) the aquatic insect fauna in terms of species richness. This study has provided the data of aquatic insects in this area