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Invertebrates in Neotropical Floodplains

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Invertebrates in Freshwater Wetlands

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This chapter focuses on invertebrates of seasonal floodplains of large neotropical rivers. These huge wetlands are characterized by an annual monomodal flood pulse with extensive wet-and-dry phases that act as a strong selective agent on life-cycle strategies and physiological adaptations of resident biota. Invertebrates play an important role in the organic matter transfer between the floodplain and the river main stem. There is a remarkable contrast between the low-diversity and rather evenly distributed invertebrate assemblages of the sandy river channels of lowland neotropical rivers, and the high beta biodiversity in their floodplains. River management should maintain the floodpulse that enables the high functional diversity of floodplains and their invertebrates.

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Appendix

Appendix

Preliminary taxa list for wetland invertebrates of the Pantanal and Paraná floodplains. (Abbreviations: hab. = habitat, lot = lotic, running waters (may include tributaries), lac = lacustrine, stagnant waters, ubi = ubiquitous, occurring in both, lotic and lentic waters (indicating the main feeding types) her = herbivorous, fil = filter-feeding (organic particles or living plankton), det = detritivorous (including shredding and gather-collecting), pre = predacious). Due to the high taxonomic level (order or family), these attributions must be used cautiously, as individual genus or species may have different preferences. PTN = Pantanal, PAR = Paraná River. For terrestrial habitats, refer to Table 14.1

Taxon

hab.

FFG

PTN

PAR

HYDROZOA

lot

pre

x

x

PORIFERA

 

fil

x

x

PLATYHELMINTHES

    

Planariidae

lot

pre

x

x

NEMATODA

ubi

det

x

x

ANNELIDA

    

HIRUDINEA

ubi

pre

x

x

OLIGOCHAETA

ubi

det

x

x

Alluroididae

lot

det

 

x

Haplotaxidae

lot

pre

x

x

Lumbricidae

ubi

det

x

x

Lumbriculidae

ubi

det

x

 

Naidinae

ubi

det

x

x

Narapidae

lot

det

x

x

Opistocystidae

ubi

det

 

x

Pristininae

ubi

 

x

x

Rhyacodrilinae

ubi

det

x

x

Tubificinae

ubi

det

x

x

MOLLUSCA

  

x

 

GASTROPODA

    

Ampullariidae

lac

det

x

x

Ancylidae

lot

her

x

x

Hydrobiidae

lac

 

x

x

Planorbidae

ubi

det

x

x

BIVALVIA

    

Corbiculidae

ubi

fil

x

x

Hyriidae

lot

fil

x

x

Mycetopodidae

lac

fil

x

x

Mytilidae

ubi

fil

x

x

Psammobidae

lot

fil

x

 

Sphaeridae

ubi

fil

x

x

ARACHNIDA

 

pre

x

 

Arrenuridae

lot

pre

x

 

Eylaidae

lot

pre

x

 

Hydracarina

ubi

pre

x

x

CRUSTACEA

    

AMPHIPODA

    

Dogielinotidae

ubi

det

 

x

BRANCHIOPODA

 

fil

x

x

Bosminidae

lac

fil

x

x

Chydoridae

lot

fil

x

x

Conchostraca

lac

det

x

x

Daphnidae

lac

fil

x

x

Ilyocryptidae

lac

fil

x

x

Macrotricidae

lot

fil

x

x

Moinidae

lac

fil

x

x

Sididae

lac

fil

x

x

COPEPODA

  

x

x

Cyclopidae

ubi

 

x

x

Diaptomidae

ubi

 

x

x

OSTRACODA

ubi

det

x

x

DECAPODA

  

x

 

Palaeomonidae

ubi

omn

x

x

Trichodactylidae

lac

omn

x

x

INSECTA

    

COLLEMBOLA

ubi

det

x

x

EPHEMEROPTERA

    

Baetidae

lot

det

x

x

Caenidae

lot

det

x

x

Leptohyphidae

ubi

det

x

x

Leptophlebiidae

lot

det

x

x

Polymitarcyidae

ubi

det

x

x

ODONATA

    

Aeshnidae

ubi

pre

x

x

Calopterygidae

lot

pre

x

x

Coenagrionidae

ubi

pre

x

x

Gomphidae

ubi

pre

x

x

Libellulidae

ubi

pre

x

x

Megapodagrionidae

lot

pre

x

 

Polythoridae

lot

pre

x

 

Protoneuridae

lot

pre

x

 

THYSANOPTERA

ubi

det

x

 

HEMIPTERA

    

Belostomatidae

ubi

pre

x

x

Corixidae

lac

her

x

x

Gelastocoridae

ubi

pre

x

 

Gerridae

ubi

pre

x

x

Naucoridae

lot

pre

x

 

Pleidae

lot

pre

x

x

Veliidae

lot

pre

x

 

NEUROPTERA

–

pre

x

 

Corydalidae

lot

pre

x

 

Sialidae

ubi

pre

x

 

Sisyridae

lot

pre

x

 

COLEOPTERA

    

Carabidae

ubi

pre

x

x

Chrysomelidae

ubi

 

x

x

Curculionidae

ubi

pre

x

x

Dryopidae

lot

 

x

x

Dytiscidae

ubi

pre

x

x

Elmidae

ubi

det

x

x

Eucnemidae

lot

 

x

 

Georissidae

lot

 

x

 

Gyrinidae

lot

pre

x

x

Heteroceridae

ubi

  

x

Hydraenidae

lot

 

x

x

Hydrochidae

lot

 

x

x

Hydrophilidae

ubi

pre

x

x

Hydroporinae

lot

pre

x

 

Hydroscaphidae

lot

 

x

 

Laccophilini

lot

pre

x

 

Lampyridae

ubi

 

x

x

Noteridae

lot

 

x

x

Platypodidae

lot

 

x

 

Ptilodactylidae

lot

 

x

 

Scarabaeidae

ubi

 

x

x

Scirtidae

lot

 

x

x

Staphylinidae

ubi

pre

x

x

TRICHOPTERA

    

Calamoceratidae

lot

det

x

 

Glossosomatidae

lot

 

x

x

Helicopsychidae

lot

her

x

 

Hydropschidae

lot

fil

x

x

Hydroptilidae

lot

det

x

x

Leptoceridae

ubi

det

x

x

Limnephilidae

lot

 

x

x

Odontoceridae

lot

 

x

 

Philopotamidae

lot

 

x

 

Polycentropodidae

lot

pre

x

x

Rhyacophilidae

lot

 

x

x

LEPIDOPTERA

    

Arctiidae

lac

her

x

 

Pyralidae

lot

her

x

 

DIPTERA

  

x

 

Athericidae

ubi

 

x

 

Ceratopogonidae

ubi

omn

x

x

Chaoboridae

ubi

pre

x

x

Chironomidae

ubi

 

x

x

Culicidae

ubi

fil

x

x

Dolichopodidae

lot

 

x

x

Dixidae

ubi

 

x

x

Ephydridae

ubi

 

x

x

Empididae

ubi

 

x

x

Psychodidae

ubi

 

x

x

Simuliidae

lot

fil

x

x

Sciomyzidae

lac

 

x

 

Syrphidae

ubi

 

x

x

Sphaeroceridae

lac

 

x

 

Stratiomyidae

lot

 

x

x

Tabanidae

lot

 

x

x

Tipulidae

lot

 

x

x

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Wantzen, K.M., Marchese, M.R., Marques, M.I., Battirola, L.D. (2016). Invertebrates in Neotropical Floodplains. In: Batzer, D., Boix, D. (eds) Invertebrates in Freshwater Wetlands. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24978-0_14

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