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A preliminary study of aquatic Coleoptera in temporary ponds and
the ecological variables influencing their richness and diversity
GÓMEZ LUTZ, María C. & KEHR, Arturo I.
Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral (CECOAL (CONICET-UNNE)), Ruta 5, km 2.5 (3400)
Corrientes, Argentina. Email: [email protected]
Received 29 - IV - 2017 | Accepted 19 - IX - 2017 | Published 27 - XII - 2017
https://doi.org/10.25085/rsea.763402
Estudio preliminar de coleópteros acuáticos en estanques temporales y variables
ecológicas que influyen en su riqueza y diversidad
RESUMEN. Los escarabajos de agua poseen una gran variedad de atributos ecológicos
que les permiten ocupar una amplia gama de hábitats acuáticos. Los charcos temporarios
son ambientes que experimentan periodos de sequía recurrentes y que pueden diferir en
su duración; cada charco se caracteriza por la fauna particular que lo habita y por el
tamaño de la población que puede soportar. Se analizaron la riqueza (S) y la diversidad
(H') de los escarabajos acuáticos recolectados en charcos temporarios en la provincia de
Corrientes. La rarefacción se utilizó para evitar el sesgo en la estimación y utilizar una
metodología comparativa. Se calculó la correlacion de Pearson utilizando la temperatura
del agua, la profundidad, la superficie (m²), la diversidad (Shannon & Wiener) y la riqueza.
Se registraron un total de 660 individuos, incluyendo 42 especies, 22 géneros y 7 familias.
El mayor porcentaje de especies perteneció a la familia Hydrophilidae (45%), seguido por
Dytiscidae(32%)yNoteridae(15%),mientrasquelasrestantesfamiliasrepresentaronmenos
del 10% del total de las especies. Las pruebas de Kruskal-Wallis no registraron diferencias
significativas en la diversidad y riqueza entre los diferentes charcos temporarios
analizados.Lasvariablesmáscorrelacionadasenlosdiferentescharcosfueronladiversidad
con el hidroperiodo, la superficie y la profundidad.
PALABRAS CLAVE.Charcos temporarios.Coleópteros acuáticos.Estructura de la
comunidad.Hidroperíodo.
ABSTRACT.Waterbeetlespossessawidevarietyofecologicalattributesthatallowthemto
occupyawiderangeofaquatichabitats.Temporarypondsareenvironmentsthatexperience
recurrent drought periods that may differ in duration; each pond is further characterized by
a particular fauna, and by the size of the population that can be supported. The richness
(S) and diversity (H') of water beetles collected in temporary ponds in Corrientes province
were analyzed. Rarefaction was used to avoid estimation bias and to use comparative
methodology. Pearson correlations were calculated using water temperature, depth, surface
(m²), diversity (Shannon & Wiener) and richness. A total of 660 individuals, including 42
species, 22 genera and 7 families were recorded. The greatest percentage of species
belonged to the family Hydrophilidae (45%) followed by Dytiscidae (32%) and Noteridae
(15%),whiletheremainingfamiliesrepresentlessthan10%ofthetotalspecies.TheKruskal-
Wallistestsdidnotfindsignificantdifferencesindiversityandrichnessbetweenthetemporary
ponds analyzed. The most correlated variables in different ponds were diversity and
hydroperiod, surface and depth.
KEYWORDS.Aquatic beetles.Community structure.Hydroperiod.Temporary pond.
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INTRODUCTION MATERIAL AND METHODS
Temporary environments are spread throughout the Study sites
world and are characterized by diverse physical and The study was conducted in northeastern Argentina,
chemical properties, regardless of their type and origin inCorrientesprovince,whichhasanetworkofwetlands
(Williams,1996).Rainpoolsaresmalltemporaryponds composed of marshes, dams and lagoons; occupying
of variable duration formed in depressions where the 16.000 km2 of the total area. This area of wetlands
rain is accumulated (Williams, 2006). Temporary ponds
corresponds to the Central East Region. Water bodies
experience recurrent drought periods that may differ in
are partially or completely covered by different species
duration,andarefurthercharacterizedbytheparticular
ofaquaticplants(Bonettoetal.,1978).Someofthemost
fauna that inhabits them and by the size of the
commonareEgerianajasPlanch.,Cabombacaroliniana
populations that they can sustain (Williams, 1997). In
Gray, Salvinia biloba Raddi, Limnobium laevigatum
these environments water permanence and water
(Humb. and Bonpl. ex Willd.) Heine,PistiastratiotesL.,
temperature are the most important abiotic factors
Eichhornia azurea (Sw.) Kunth, Hydrocotyle
affecting fauna (Eyre et al., 1992; Nilsson & Svensson,
ranunculoidesL.f.andNymphoidesindica(L.)Kuntze,
1994; Eyre, 2006). Temporary environments impose
(Poi & Galassi, 2013). The climate is humid subtropical
strict conditions on the fauna that inhabits them and
without a dry season (Escobar et al., 1990; Bruniard,
require the development of different morphological,
1999). Rainfall is abundant, frequent and irregular;
physiological, and behavioral characteristics and
occurring mainly during the spring-summer and
adaptationstosurviveperiodsofdrought,migrationand
decreasing from east to west (between 1.700 - 1.900
changesinthelifehistory(Wigginsetal.,1980;Wellborn
mmperyear and between 1.300 - 1.500 mmperyear,
et al., 1996; Williams, 1996). According to Nilsson &
respectively) (Acosta et al., 2009).
Svensson (1994) the adaptation of the fauna to this
All temporary ponds included in this study were
particular type of environment is conditioned by the
formed by rainfall in depressed areas of land and are
abilityoftheseorganismstocompletetheirdevelopment
characterised by drying out regularly. Samples were
cycles before the pool dries up.
collectedinthosetemporaryponds(Fig.1).Theshape,
In these environments, dispersion and colonization
size,andperiodicityinwaterlevelvariedineachpond,
strategiesareimportantforthesuccessionprocessand
although they are generally shallow (less than 40 cm)
life cycles of most aquatic insects (Sheldon, 1984);
and of short duration.
these processes influence the population dynamics,
In total, nine temporary ponds were sampled. They
abundance and structure of the communities
were numbered 1 to 9 in the order in which samples
(Dieckmannetal.,1999;Biltonetal.,2001;Colbertetal.,
were taken. The dynamics, duration, and estimated
2001).Mostaquaticinsectsareabletoflyanddisperse
variables for each pond are detailed inTable I.
to other sites in order to reproduce and feed, both as
part of their life cycle and as an adaptation for survival
Experimental design
(Johnson, 1969).
Samplingswereperformedatafrequencyof48hours
Water beetles are an important part of the aquatic
(beginning 24 hours after the first rain) due to their
invertebratecommunity(Fernández&LópezRuf,1999);
limited duration. Samples were collected during April,
they present a variety of ecological attributes that allow
May and October 2010 (where accumulation of water
them to occupy a wide range of habitats within the
wasregistered),whichcorrespondtothefallandspring
wetlands (Fairchild et al., 2003). In temporary ponds,
seasons. Beetles were captured with an aquatic hand
physiologicalandbehavioralmechanismstosurvivedry
net (mesh size 300 μm, diameter 30 cm). The number
periodshavebeendocumentedinaquaticcoleopterans
of samples in each pond varied according to the
(Fernando, 1958; Fernando & Galbraith, 1973; Wiggins
hydroperiod dynamics of each of the aquatic
et al., 1980;Wellborn et al., 1996,Williams, 2006).
environments.Theextractionofthesampleswascarried
Theaimsofthisstudyweretoanalyzesomeattributes
out in a cup perpendicular to the main axis of the
of aquatic Coleoptera communities in temporary
temporary ponds,i.e.occupying the entire width of the
environments: describing the abundance and diversity
same. To ensure sample independence, the distance
of aquatic Coleoptera in temporary ponds and their
betweensamplingunitswas3m.Sampleswereusually
changesovertime,inrelationtothemodificationsinthe
collected between 10 AM and 1 PM and were fixed in
different temporary environments.
situ in 5% formaldehyde. Subsequently, samples were
transferred to the laboratory for identification, and then
stored in 70% ethanol. Puddles were sampled for a
periodofupto20daysincaseswhererainfallpersisted.
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& Fikáček (2011, 2013) for Hydrophilidae, and Nilsson
(2001) and subsequent updates for Dytiscidae.
Taxonomic identifications were done to the lowest
possible taxonomic level, using available keys and
literature(Young,1974,1990;Trémouilles&Bachmann,
1980; Trémouilles, 1984, 1989, 1995, 1996; Trémouilles
et al., 1995, 2005; Miller, 2000, 2005; Oliva et al., 2002;
Vondel & Spangler, 2008; Archangelsky et al., 2009;
Libonatti et al., 2011). The studied material was
deposited in the collection of the Centro de Ecología
Aplicada del Litoral (CECOAL, CONICET-UNNE),
Corrientes.Onlyadultswereconsideredintheanalyses.
Methodsusedtoassessthediversityandspecies
richness
Onlytemporaryenvironmentsfromwhichaminimum
of 3 samples could be taken were considered in
calculations (i.e. puddles that remained at least five
days after the first rain). The richness (S) and diversity
(H') of the species in each community studied were
analyzed with EcoSim Software (Gotelli & Enstminger,
2011).DiversitywasestimatedusingShannonDiversity
Index (Shannon & Weaver, 1949).
The richness and diversity of each temporary pond
was compared using the rarefaction method (1,000
permutations obtained from real data, with the average
and standard deviation for diversity and species
richness in each community) (Simberloff, 1972), as
implemented in EcoSim software. This method allowed
ustoestimate,bycalculatingprobabilities,thediversity
and richness of two or more communities with different
TableI.TemporarypondsampledinCorrientesprovince.
sample sizes. The data were unified by the number of
Date: date of sample; Day: day after rain; WT: water
individuals:10,20,30,40,50and60bysample.Using
temperature;D:depth;SP:surfaceofthepond;nºs:number
thedataobtainedinthisanalysis,comparisonsbetween
of samples taken; S: species richness and n: number of
the richness and diversity of the different temporary
individuals.
environments were carried out by means of Kruskal-
The systematics follows Lawrence & Newton (1995); Wallis tests with XLSTAT 2009 software (Hamann et al.,
Hansen (1999) for Hydrophiloidea classification, Short 2006;Duré et al., 2008).
Relationship between the different variables
Pearson correlations were calculated with EcoSim
software in different temporary ponds. The correlated
variables were: water temperature, depth, size (m2),
diversity and species richness.
RESULTS
Diversity and species richness
More than 10 temporary ponds have been identified
for being sampled after the rainfall, however 48 hours
after their formation they disappeared, perhaps the
water was absorbed due to the characteristics of the
soil. In different temporary environments sampled,
hydroperiodvariedfromtwodays(pondNo.3)tomore
than18days(pondsNo.5,6,and7).Watertemperature
Fig.1.Picturesofsomeofthetemporarypondssampled
ranged from 20 °C (ponds No. 2, 5, and 7) to 31 °C
inCorrientesProvince.Pond:a)No.5;b)No.7;c)No.8;
(pondNo.5),withanaverageof24°C.Thedepthofthe
d)No. 2.
ponds ranged from 2 cm (pond No. 1) to 42 cm (pond
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TableII(cont.).ListofaquaticColeopteraspeciesfound
in temporary ponds of Corrientes province, Argentina.
Table II. List of aquatic Coleoptera species found in
temporary ponds of Corrientes province, Argentina.
Test KW= 1.78, df 4; p > 0.05).
No. 7), and an average of 16 cm.
Relationship between variables
A total of 660 individuals of aquatic Coleoptera,
Analyzes were performed in five ponds. Results of
including 42 species, 22 genera and 7 families were
all of the correlations are available in Table IV. In the
recorded. Water beetles were the only species found
puddles that lasted less than 10 days (for example No.
in 7 of the 9 sampled ponds. The taxonomic list and
1andNo.2)fewsignificantcorrelationswererecorded.
the presence of each species by pond can be found in
However, in other ponds (example No. 5 and No. 7) a
Table II.
greaternumberofsignificantcorrelationswasrecorded.
The greatest percentage of species belonged to the
Speciesrichnessanddiversitywerehighlycorrelatedto
family Hydrophilidae (45%), followed by Dytiscidae
depth and hydroperiod (Table IV).
(32%) and Noteridae (15%), while the remaining families
represent less than 10% of the diversity. The most
DISCUSSION
frequent and abundant species in different ponds were
Liodessus sp., Laccophilus sp. 1, Berosus sp. 1 and
Some researchers found a greater species richness
Tropisternus lateralis. Other species were recorded in
in permanent ponds in comparison to that registered
a single sample site, as was the case of Haliplus
in temporary ponds (Williams, 1996; Boix et al., 2001;
indistinctus, Copelatus alternatus, C. longicornis,
Fontanarrosa et al., 2004). In this study, the richness
Thermonectus nobilis, T. succinctus, Anodocheilus
of aquatic Coleoptera is lower than that reported for
maculatus, Hemibidesus conicus, Laccophilus sp. 2,
permanent ponds in Corrientes province (107 species;
Laccophilus sp. 3, Pelonomus sp. 2, Derallus angustus,
Gómez Lutz et al., 2012). However, the Coloptera taxa
Paracymus graniformis, P. limbatus, Enochrus
collected in temporary ponds were similar to those
guarani, Phaenonotum sp. and Epimetopus sp.
previouslyreportedinpermanentponds(GómezLutzet
Table III shows the results of the rarefaction method
al.,2012,2015;Torresetal.,2012;Libonattietal.,2013).
used to analyze diversity and richness of species. No
Of the 42 taxa recorded in this study, 18 (45%) were
significant differences were found between ponds with
Hydrophilidae, dominated mainly by Derallus
regard to these two variables (diversity: Kruskal-Wallis
paranensisand Tropisternuslateralislimbatusin terms
Tests KW = 7.64, df 4; p > 0.05; richness: Kruskal-Wallis
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Table III. Summary of main results of the method of
rarefaction.Themeanandthestandarddeviation(±SD)
ofthediversity(H')andspeciesrichness(S)fordifferent
temporary ponds were estimated. Table IV. Pearson correlation of temporary ponds No. 1,
2,5,6and7.Day:dayafterrain;WT:watertemperature;D:
of abundance. This dominance of diversity and depth;SP:surfaceofthepond;H':diversityandS:species
abundance of the Hydrophilidae among the Coleoptera richness.Boldvaluesaredifferentfrom0withasignificance
isacommonphenomenoninpermanentandtemporary level alpha = 0.05
ponds (Torres et al., 2007; Gómez Lutz et al., 2012;
Macchia et al., 2015). Hydrophilidae and Dytiscidae belonging to seven families.
were the most diverse water beetle families, together Of all the taxa collected, only four (Liodessus sp.,
accounting77%ofthetotalspecies.Riberaetal.(2003) Laccophilussp. 1,Berosussp. 1 andT.lateralis)were
considered both families typical of temporary the most abundant and frequent in all the temporary
environments. These two families have also been ponds, perhaps being the main opportunistic species
reported in other studies as the best represented in this area. Helped by their biological capacity, these
Coleoptera both in Argentina (Fischer et al., 2000; species might use the temporary ponds as transitory
Fontanarrosaetal.,2004,2009)andotherregionsofthe placesinordertodispersetomorestableenvironments.
world(Williams,1983;Lakeetal.,1989;Bazzantietal., These four species have been previously registered in
1996;Boixetal.,2001;Boix&Sala,2002;Pérez-Bilbao permanentenvironmentsofCorrientescity(GómezLutz
et al., 2015). According to Ribera & Vogler (2000) the et al., 2012) and temporary ponds of Buenos Aires city
presenceofHydrophilidaeandDytiscidaeintemporary (Fischer et al., 2000;Fontanarrosa et al., 2004).
ponds is due to their exceptional capacity to disperse. On the other hand, most of the species in this study
The total number of Coloptera taxa reported here is were recorded either in low abundance or at only one
high when compared with earlier studies by Fischer et ofthesites.Someofthem(C.alternatus,C.longicornis,
al.(2000)andFontanarrosaetal.(2004),whichreported T. nobilis, T. succinctus, A. maculatus, H. conicus,
18 (including 13 genera and 3 families) and 36 taxa Laccophilussp.2,Laccophilussp.3,Pelonomussp.2,
(26 genera and 7 families), respectively, from different D.angustusandE.guarani) were previously registered
environmentsofBuenosAirescity.Inadifferentstudyof for different environments in the province of Corrientes
rainwater puddles in the same city, Fontanarrosa et al. (Torrres et al., 2012; Gómez Lutz et al., 2012, 2015).
(2009) recognized 36 morphospecies of water beetles They could be interpreted as opportunistic species,
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however less common than Liodessus sp., Laccophilus Schneider & Frost, 1996; Schneider, 1999; Spencer et
sp. 1, Berosus sp. 1 and T. lateralis. al., 1999; Fontanarrosa et al., 2009), this association
In addition, two of the taxa collected in this work have was also found in several temporary ponds during this
not been previously recorded from Corrientes Province. study. At longer hydroperiods, more species will be able
Phaenonotum belongs to the subfamily Sphaeridiinae to complete their development and maintain viable
(Hydrophilidae). In Argentina, three species have been populations. According to Spencer et al. (1999) the
cited: P. argentinense Bruch (Tucumán, Buenos Aires), longer permanence of ponds also implies a longer time
P. meriones (Orchymont) (Argentina: Chaco; Brasil: Mato available for colonization. In this contribution, the
Grosso), and P. regimbarti Bruch (Formosa, Chaco, temporary ponds that remained for a maximum of 10
Buenos Aires) (Oliva et al., 2002). Acording to days showed very few significant correlations between
Archangelsky et al. (2009) Phaenonotum needs a the analyzed variables, perhaps due to the rapid drying.
taxonomic revision. The specimens collected in our This is the first of a series of contributions which
samples correspond to an unidentified species and this intend to study and evaluate the dynamics of
is the first mention of the genus in Corrientes (Table macroinvertebrates in ephemeral environments. Based
II). The Epimetopidae include 18 species in the genus on our results, we conclude that the beetle communities
Epimetopus, five of which occur in Argentina (Oliva et inhabiting temporary ponds in Corrientes Province are
al., 2002). In this study we collected one species that diverse, and include several species, such as Liodessus
could not be identified. This is the first record of the sp., T. lateralis and Enochrus vulgaris, that frequently
Family and genus from Corrientes Province. inhabit these environments due to their biological
Pioneer species have adaptations that permit their adaptations. Also, less frequent and abundant species,
appearance soon after inundation; the differences in the such as Phaenonotum sp. and Epimetopus sp., were
frequency of occurrence of some taxa suggest that registered for the first time in Corrientes.
these groups might be using the temporary ponds in a Finally, the hydroperiod, surface, and depth are the
diferent way, in relation to their bionomic requirements, factors that mainly determine the composition of these
or the ability to inhabit all types of aquatic environments. environments. We are aware that there are numerous
For example, some species of Berosus remain open questions and unresolved issues that need to be
embedded (both larvae and adults) in the sediment, addressed in future investigations. However, these data
which allows them to finish the metamorphosis (Thiéry, contribute to the knowledge about aquatic beetles, as
1979; Barbero et al., 1982). well as the ecology of the species (diversity, abundance,
In this study temporary ponds were sampled during pioneer species, etc) that inhabit these ephemeral
fall and spring, which were the periods of greatest rain environments, which is currently very limited.
fall in the study area and resulted in the formation of the
ponds. No significant differences were found between ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
the temporary ponds across both seasons. It is likely that
the abundance and richness of aquatic Coleoptera in Dra. Liliana Fernández is acknowledged for
comments about the manuscript and collaboration in
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