Insect Taxonomy and Distribution in Forests

A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 December 2024 | Viewed by 947

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Dear Colleagues,

As is well known, insects serve various biological components in forests. Insects have many functions, such as herbivores, carnivores, decomposers, pollinators, and useful functions, e.g., food for other organisms, natural enemies, and so forth. Additionally, insects are one of the most abundant organisms in forest ecosystems. Thus, it is important to understand and improve our knowledge about the distribution, taxonomy, and phylogeny of forest insects, focusing on various functional groups.

We encourage studies from all fields, including taxonomic studies, phylogenetic approaches, and models, to contribute to this Special Issue in order to promote knowledge for the distribution, taxonomy, and phylogeny of forest insects.

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Keywords

  • forest insect
  • taxonomy
  • distribution
  • phylogeny
  • biodiversity

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Diversity in the Herpetobiont Ground Beetle Assemblage (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in the Val Grande National Park, Italy
by Enrico Busato, Serena Gallizia, Matteo Angeli, Michele E. D’Amico and Chiara Ferracini
Forests 2024, 15(10), 1779; https://doi.org/10.3390/f15101779 - 10 Oct 2024
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We evaluated the richness, diversity, and assemblage of Carabidae in the Val Grande National Park. Monitoring, by pitfall-trapping, was performed in 2021–2022 in two sites (S1 and S2), and considering six vegetation habitats (“Terraced ferns”, “Terraced grassland”, “Wood”, “Chestnut grove”, “Ecotone”, and “Grassland”). [...] Read more.
We evaluated the richness, diversity, and assemblage of Carabidae in the Val Grande National Park. Monitoring, by pitfall-trapping, was performed in 2021–2022 in two sites (S1 and S2), and considering six vegetation habitats (“Terraced ferns”, “Terraced grassland”, “Wood”, “Chestnut grove”, “Ecotone”, and “Grassland”). A total of 2707 carabids consisting of 34 species were collected. The assemblage displayed the dominance of Calathus fuscipes graecus (27%), followed by Carabus glabratus latior (15%), and Carabus problematicus problematicus (15%). Besides the species already known for the Park, seven further species have been recorded. While in S1 the carabid assemblage was unexpectedly poor, a rich biodiversity with an excellent balance among the numerous brachypterous, macropterous, and pteropolymorphous species was recorded in S2. The species recorded in the habitat “Terraced ferns” and in “Ecotone” constituted the dominant groups and they accounted for 51% and 41%, in S1 and S2, respectively. The awareness of the species composition, richness, and ecology can be a useful tool for the Park to address the management of the surfaces in order to avoid disturbing the carabid fauna, especially for carabids of conservation concern, to mitigate their potential decline. Full article
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