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INVESTIGATION ON POPULATION ABUNDANCE AND DIVERSITY OF SOIL-DWELLING ARTHROPODS IN RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY CAMPUS (RUC), BANGLADESH

By: Shah H. A. Mahdi, aslima Akter Shilpi,Md. Nasir Uddin,Istiak Mahfuz

Key Words: Population Abundance, Species Diversity, Soil-Dwelling Arthropods, Diversity Indices, Pitfall trap

JLES-Vol-15-No-P-101-107, December 2020.

Abstract

: Measuring population abundance and diversity are important components of many ecosystems for conservation biology. The present study was done to assess the population abundance and diversity of soil-dwelling arthropods in Rajshahi University Campus (RUC), Bangladesh from November 2017 to April 2018. A total number of 438 individuals of soil-dwelling arthropods were examined during the study. Twenty three species of soil-dwelling arthropods were identified belong to the class Insecta (19 species, 76.71%), Arachnida (2 species, 12.79%) and Myriapoda (2 species, 10.50%) under 10 orders and 20 families. Among the species, the most dominant species was Monomorium minimum (n= 67) followed by Eccoptoptera cupricollis (n= 56), and their relative abundance (RA) was 15.30% and 12.79% respectively. The lowest population abundance was Entomobrya sp., Reduvius personatus and Forficula auricularia (n= 1, RA= 0.23%). There were 2 very common (VC), 4 common (C), 6 fairly common (FC), 5 rare (R) and 6 very rare (VR) species. The maximum diversity was recorded from the order Coleoptera (8 species, 37.67%) followed by the order Hymenoptera (3 species, 28.77%), and the order Hemiptera was 4 species but the percentage was (4.11%) less than Hymenoptera. Among the 20 families, Formicidae was the most dominant taxa comprised with 28.77% of total captured populations followed by family Carabidae (12.79%) and Gryllidae (12.33%). Diversity indices of Shannon (H’), Simpson (1-D) and Margalef (DMg) were 2.41, 0.92 and 3.62 respectively. Menhinick richness (DMn), Berger-Parker dominance (d) and Pielous evenness index (J’) were 1.10, 0.15 and 0.77 respectively. As the soil-dwelling arthropods populations are excellent bio-indicator, a review of their population’s status at regular intervals may provide important biological information about the ecological condition in Rajshahi University Campus (RUC), Bangladesh.

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Shah H. A. Mahdi, aslima Akter Shilpi,Md. Nasir Uddin,Istiak Mahfuz

INVESTIGATION ON POPULATION ABUNDANCE AND DIVERSITY OF SOIL-DWELLING ARTHROPODS IN RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY CAMPUS (RUC), BANGLADESH

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