02224nas a2200253   4500008004100000245010600041210006900147260001200216300001200228520148700240653001301727653001801740653001501758653001501773653000901788653002001797100001601817700001601833700001701849700001701866700001701883700001601900856005401916       2015                        eng d00aStay Out (Almost) All Night: Contrasting Responses in Flight Activity Among Tropical Moth Assemblages0 aStay Out Almost All Night Contrasting Responses in Flight Activi  c02/2015  a7 pages3 a<p>Variations in diel activity among hyperdiverse tropical communities of&nbsp;moths, despite representing a key component of niche partitioning between&nbsp;species, have barely been studied so far. Using light trapping from&nbsp;dawn to sunset over a 1-year period in French Guiana, we investigated&nbsp;these variations within and between two families of moths (Sphingidae&nbsp;and Saturniidae). Our results revealed contrasting patterns in flight activity&nbsp;at night between Sphingidae and Saturniidae. Sphingidae reached their&nbsp;peak in species richness and abundance between 7:00 and 8:00 p.m.,&nbsp;followed by a decrease around 11:00 p.m. to midnight, whereas&nbsp;Saturniidae were continuously present throughout the night, with a peak&nbsp;around midnight. In addition, we found changes in diel activity among&nbsp;some of the most common genera in each family, highlighting distinct&nbsp;behavioral, physiological, and functional traits among taxa. Given differences&nbsp;in flight activity at different taxonomic levels, it is strongly recommended&nbsp;to monitor by light trapping throughout the night to effectively&nbsp;sample saturniid and sphingid assemblages, even though the activity of&nbsp;Sphingidae sharply declines after midnight. These results improve the&nbsp;general natural history information of tropical moths and reinforce the&nbsp;need of further research on the ecological and taxonomic consequences&nbsp;of differences in diel activity.</p>
10aBehavior10adiel activity10alight trap10amonitoring10amoth10atropical forest1 aLAMARRE, G.1 aMendoza, I.1 aRougerie, R.1 aDecaëns, T.1 aHérault, B.1 aBENELUZ, F.  uhttps://insectafgseag.myspecies.info/fr/node/145501915nas a2200241   4500008004100000245008700041210006900128300001000197490000800207520123000215653002901445653001801474653001701492653001601509653002401525653002001549653002001569100001601589700001401605700001701619700001701636856002001653       2012                        eng d00aA comparison of two common flight interception traps to survey tropical arthropods0 acomparison of two common flight interception traps to survey tro  a43-550 v2163 a<p>Tropical forests are predicted to harbor most of the insect diversity on earth, but few studies have been conducted to characterize insect communities in tropical forests. One major limitation is the lack of consensus on methods for insect collection. Deciding which insect trap to use is an important consideration for ecologists and entomologists, yet to date few study has presented a quantitative comparison of the results generated by standardized methods in tropical insect communities. Here, we investigate the relative performance of two flight interception traps, the windowpane trap, and the more widely used malaise trap, across a broad gradient of lowland forest types in French Guiana. The windowpane trap consistently collected significantly more Coleoptera and Blattaria than the malaise trap, which proved most effective for Diptera, Hymenoptera, and Hemiptera. Orthoptera and Lepidoptera were not well represented using either trap, suggesting the need for additional methods such as bait traps and light traps. Our results of contrasting trap performance among insect orders underscore the need for complementary trapping strategies using multiple methods for community surveys in tropical forests.</p>
10aflight interception trap10aFrench Guiana10amalaise trap10aperformance10asampling strategies10atropical forest10awindowpane trap1 aLAMARRE, G.1 aMolto, Q.1 aFine, P.V.A.1 aBaraloto, C.  uwww.zookeys.org