Composition and Abundance of Above Ground Insects in Areas Affected by Ant Population Outbreak

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10.2991/978-94-6463-128-9_42How to use a DOI?

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abundance; ants; composition; ground insects; guild

Abstract

An ant outbreak occurred in an area of Pageraji Village, Cilongok District, Banyumas Regency, at the end of 2020; this disrupted resident activities and caused economic losses. This preliminary study reports the composition and abundance of ground insects in the region of the ant attack. The insects are a community resource in that they are important members of the food web. The research was conducted from April to May 2021 in guava, long bean, and cassava fields. We employed a random sampling technique. In each field, we set a diagonal transect line and marked 10 equidistant sampling points, at each of which we set three pitfall traps for 3 days. The long bean field yielded the most insects (489 individuals from 15 families), followed by the guava field (318 individuals from 14 families) and the cassava field (240 individuals from 14 families). The highest diversity index (H’) was in the long bean field (1.86) followed by the cassava (1.80) and guava (1.65) fields. The evenness indexes were 0.43, 0.43, and 0.37 for the cassava, long bean, and guava fields, respectively. Detrivores were the most common insects (46%), followed by predatory (44%), herbivorous (9%), and parasitoid (1%) insects. Of the predatory insects, 90% were in the family Formicidae (ants); of the 46% detritivorous insects, 93% were in the order Collembola.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Trisnowati Budi Ambarningrum
AU  - Imam Widhiono
AU  - Hery Pratiknyo
AU  - Trisno Haryanto
AU  - Fathimah Nurfithri Hashifah
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/04/19
TI  - Composition and Abundance of Above Ground Insects in Areas Affected by Ant Population Outbreak
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Agriculture for Rural Development (ICSARD 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 431
EP  - 438
SN  - 2468-5747
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-128-9_42
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-128-9_42
ID  - Ambarningrum2023
ER  -