Diversity and recent population trends of assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) on Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/icad.12191/abstract" target="_blank" >http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/icad.12191/abstract</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/icad.12191" target="_blank" >10.1111/icad.12191</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Diversity and recent population trends of assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) on Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Original language description

1. In tropical rainforests, most assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) represent important predators preying on other arthropods. Apart from the hematophagous Triatominae of medical importance, Reduviidae remain poorly known. 2. Here, we address the importance of Reduviidae for long-term monitoring of secondary consumers in tropical rainforests, using data from Barro Colorado Island (BCI), Panama. First, we demonstrate that light traps allow catching a wide and representative diversity of Reduviidae, and are more efficient than other collection methods tested. 3. Second, we present one of the very first checklists of Reduviidae for a tropical locality, including 118 species. These baseline data will be necessary for interpreting any long-term changes in reduviid populations on BCI. 4. Last, we show that the low abundance of Reduviidae collected at light remains challenging for statistical analyses of long-term population trends. During a 7-year period (2009-2015), we observed no significant changes in the short-term population dynamics of most reduviid taxa, although these results do not account for the complexity of the intra-annual population dynamics of each species. In particular, the population of the rather abundant Panstrongylus geniculatus, which is a known vector of Chagas' disease, appears to be fluctuating but so far is stable. 5. Daily maximum temperature and rainfall were negatively correlated with the overall abundance of Reduviidae during light traps surveys. During the past 25 years, global warming has induced significant increases in annual temperature and rainfall in Panama. Therefore, we conclude that reduviid populations on BCI may be vulnerable in the future to these global effects.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EH - Ecology - communities

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/GB14-36098G" target="_blank" >GB14-36098G: Center for tropical biology</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Insect Conservation and Diversity

ISSN

1752-458X

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

9

Issue of the periodical within the volume

6

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

13

Pages from-to

546-558

UT code for WoS article

000386355400007

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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