The Saturniidae of Barro Colorado Island, Panama: A model taxon for studying the long-term effects of climate change?

ABSTRACT: We have little knowledge of the response of invertebrate assemblages to climate change in tropical ecosystems, and few studies have compiled long-term data on invertebrates from tropical rainforests. We provide an updated list of the 72 species of Saturniidae moths collected on Barro Colorado Island (BCI), Panama, during the period 1958-2016. This list will serve as baseline data for assessing long-term changes of saturniids on BCI in the future, as 81% of the species can be identified by their unique DNA Barcode Index Number, including four cryptic species not yet formally described. A local species pool of 60 + species breeding on BCI appears plausible, but more cryptic species may be discovered in the future. We use monitoring data obtained by light trapping to analyze recent population

SUBMITTER: Basset Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5723595 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature