Diversity and influencing factors of flower-visiting insects in the Yanshan area

doi:10.17520/biods.2021448

Abstract

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Aim Our aim is to clarify the relationship between diversity and community structure of flower-visiting insects and their habitat type, disturbance degree, and altitude in the Yanshan area.

Methods Throughout July-August of 2019 and 2020, we collected flower-visiting insects in five habitats, including wetland, forest, shrub, grassland and farmland, with different gradients of 0-1,200 m above the sea level by using the method of transects and light lures.

Result A total of 1,306 flower-visiting insects were collected, belonging to 153 species, 44 families, and 7 orders, among which Lepidoptera had the largest number of species and Hemiptera had the largest number of individuals. The diversity of flower-visiting insects is highest in the shrub cluster. The Shannon-Wiener, Margalef, and Simpson indices are the highest in the middle and low altitudes of 200-400 m. The results of bivariate regression indicate that the Shannon-Wiener and Margalef indices are positively correlated with precipitation in the warmest season and annual precipitation respectively (P< 0.05). Redundancy analysis (RDA) demonstrated that environmental factors significantly affected the diversity of flower-visiting insects, but there was some variation among different measures. Temperature and humidity are positively correlated with the Pielou index and negatively correlated with the Shannon-Wiener, Margalef, and Simpson indices. The results further indicate that scientific management of husbandry activities is the key to protecting the diversity of flower-visiting insects.

Conclusion Scientific management of husbandry activities is the key to protecting the diversity of flower-visiting insects.

Key words: flower-visiting insects, diversity, disturbance degree, redundancy analysis, Yanshan area

Yiru Han, Qiqi Xue, Houjuan Song, Jingyu Qi, Ruihe Gao, Shaopeng Cui, Lina Men, Zhiwei Zhang. Diversity and influencing factors of flower-visiting insects in the Yanshan area[J]. Biodiv Sci, 2022, 30(3): 21448.

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类群 Order	科数 No. of families	种数 No. of species	个体数 No. of individuals
螳螂目 Mantodea	1 (2.27%)	2 (1.32%)	20 (1.53%)
直翅目 Orthoptera	3 (6.82%)	4 (2.62%)	51 (3.91%)
半翅目 Hemiptera	8 (18.18%)	35 (22.88%)	634 (48.55%)
鞘翅目 Coleoptera	8 (18.18%)	33 (21.57%)	341 (26.11%)
双翅目 Diptera	6 (13.65%)	17 (11.11%)	60 (4.59%)
鳞翅目 Lepidoptera	9 (20.45%)	40 (26.14%)	98 (7.5%)
膜翅目 Hymenoptera	9 (20.45%)	22 (14.37%)	102 (7.81%)
合计 Total	44	153	1,306

类群 Order	科数 No. of families	种数 No. of species	个体数 No. of individuals
螳螂目 Mantodea	1 (2.27%)	2 (1.32%)	20 (1.53%)
直翅目 Orthoptera	3 (6.82%)	4 (2.62%)	51 (3.91%)
半翅目 Hemiptera	8 (18.18%)	35 (22.88%)	634 (48.55%)
鞘翅目 Coleoptera	8 (18.18%)	33 (21.57%)	341 (26.11%)
双翅目 Diptera	6 (13.65%)	17 (11.11%)	60 (4.59%)
鳞翅目 Lepidoptera	9 (20.45%)	40 (26.14%)	98 (7.5%)
膜翅目 Hymenoptera	9 (20.45%)	22 (14.37%)	102 (7.81%)
合计 Total	44	153	1,306