Oribatid mites and springtails from a coffee plantation in Sierra Sur, Oaxaca, Mexico

Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira

Aldo Bernal Rojas²  Gabriela Castaño-meneses²  José G. Palacios-vargas²  Norma E. García-calderón¹ 

[1] ,Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Facultad de Ciencias Departamento de Ecología y Recursos NaturalesMéxico DF ,México

关键词: Coffea arabica;    biodiversity;    cloud mountain forest;    Collembola;    litter;    microarthropods;    secondary vegetation;    Coffea arabica;    biodiversidade;    floresta nublada de montanha;    Collembola;    serapilheira;    microartrópodos;    vegetação secundária;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0100-204X2009000800030

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The objective of this work was to compare the oribatid mite and springtail communities in three plots with different soil use - Coffee (CP), secondary vegetation or fallow fields (acahual, A) and a cloud mountain forest (CMF) - within a coffee plantation located in Santa Maria Huatulco, Oaxaca State, Mexico. In each plot 20 samples (10 of soil, 10 of litter) were taken and processed in Berlese funnels. The extracted fauna was preserved in 70% ethanol. A total of 3,031 oribatid mites belonging to 33 species, and 1,177 specimens of springtails belonging to 43 species, were collected. The number of species recorded was: 27 at CP (14 oribatids; 13 springtails), 44 at A (19 oribatids; 25 springtails) and 62 at CMF (32 for each group). A total of 26 oribatid and 27 springtail species was found in the soil, and 25 oribatid and 32 springtail species were found in the litter. The most abundant species were the oribatids Rostroztes foveolatus (Haplozetidae), Tectocepheus sp. (Tecocepheidae), Karenella sp. (Oppidae), Atropacarus (Hoplophorella) cf. fonseciai (Phthiracaridae), Epilohmannia pallida americana (Epilohmannidae), and the springtails Ceratophysella cf. gibbosa (Hypogastruridae), Mesaphorura sp. (Tullbergidae) and Proisotoma cf. minuta (Isotomidae). Fourteen families and 18 species of Oribatida species and 5 families and 34 species of Collembola were recorded for the first time for the State.

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