Diversity of Insects in Corn Fields at Thasakae Subdistrict, Chat Trakan District Phitsanulok Province
Keywords:
species diversity, insects, corn field, Phitsanulok provinceAbstract
A survey of insect species diversity of corn grown in the community of Thasakae, Chat Trakan district, Phitsanulok province was conducted during February to May 2020 by using an aerial insect net together with hand picking along five line transects (40 meter each). A total number of 3,566 individual insects representing 24 species from 14 families under seven orders, namely Coleoptera, Diptera, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Mantodea and Orthoptera were observed. Herein, the highest abundance was in Hymenoptera (97.08%), followed by Orthoptera (2.10%), Lepidoptera (0.42%), Coleoptera (0.28%), Hemiptera (0.06%), Mantodea (0.03%) and Diptera (0.03%) of which the orders Diptera and Mantodea displayed as the lowest abundances in this observation. Based on analysis of biological indices, Shannon diversity index (H'=1.54), evenness (J'=0.49 and dominance (D=0.73) were also computed and shown. It was found that the accumulation curve in all study sites of corn insect could be raised gradually if this survey would be further carried out covering day and night. Additionally, different techniques to monitor the species together with ecological niche of insect utilizing corn field should be initially conducted.
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