Biotemas (Sep 2020)

Arctiini Leach, [1815] (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) of the Amazônia National Park, Pará, Brazil

  • José Augusto Teston,
  • Margarida Pereira de Freitas,
  • Ana Carla Walfredo da Conceição,
  • Danúbia Marcela Pereira Valente

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7925.2020.e72695
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 33, no. 3

Abstract

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This study evaluated the Arctiini fauna of the Amazônia National Park (Pará, Brazil) collected in four expeditions between July 11 to 15 and October 02 to 06, 2013 (dry season), and March 01 to 05 and June 25 to 29, 2014 (rainy season). Light traps were left one night in each sampling site (SS) from 6pm to 6am of the following day. The following parameters were evaluated: richness (S), abundance (N), diversity index (H’), Shannon evenness (E’) index, and Berger-Parker dominance (BP). Richness was estimated using the non-parametric methods “Chao1, Chao2, ACE, ICE, Jackknife1, Jackknife2 and Bootstrap”. A total of 804 specimens were captured, belonging to 190 Arctiini taxa; 22 of these are new records for the state of Pará and, of these, four are new records for the Brazilian Amazon. The richness estimators and accumulation curve indicated the need for increased sampling efforts in the area.

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