Soil Arthropod Diversity, Richness and Abundance in Agricultural Ecosystems

Authors

  • G Deepika Department of Entomology, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Cooch Behar 736165, West Bengal
  • N Kennedy School of Crop Protection, CPGS-AS, Umiam 793103, Meghalaya
  • I Y Longkumer Department of Entomology, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara 144001, Punjab

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55446/IJE.2023.1382

Keywords:

Biodiversity, arthropods, agroecosystem, soil, richness, diversity, macroarthropods, microarthropods, Shannon Weiner index, Simpson’s index, Arachnida, Insecta and Crustacea

Abstract

Soil arthropods play a crucial role in an ecosystem and act as predators, pollinators, parasitoids, herbivores and decomposers. Arthropods are used as biological indicators for agroecosytem integrity. In the present study a total of 1914 species was recorded. Class Arachnida, Insecta and Crustaceans were found. Class Entognatha and Chilopoda were the others recorded. Family Paronellidae from Entognatha, Scarabaeidae from Insecta and Lycosidae from Arachnida revealed highest number of individual species of 189, 114 and 132, respectively. In Chilopoda and Crustacea a total number of 63 and 138 species were recorded. Highest value of Shannon Weiner index 3.12 at familial species and 3.44 at species level and Simpson’s index of 20.03 and 25.71 at familial level and species level, respectively was recorded during November.

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Author Biography

I Y Longkumer, Department of Entomology, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara 144001, Punjab

Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology

Lovely Professional University, Punjab

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Published

2023-10-01

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Deepika, G., Kennedy, N., & Longkumer, I. Y. (2023). Soil Arthropod Diversity, Richness and Abundance in Agricultural Ecosystems. Indian Journal of Entomology, 1–5. https://doi.org/10.55446/IJE.2023.1382

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