World Journal of
Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences

SEASONAL ABUNDANCE OF SOIL INHABITING ARTHROPODS IN FOREST AND AGRO ECOSYSTEMS INWARANGAL DISTRICT

*Dr. E. Narayana and Lakshmi Merugu

ABSTRACT

Present study is based on seasonal diversity, habitat quality and species specific differences of micro and macro arthropod abundance in forest and agro ecosystem at Gudur mandal Rajannapally village of Warangal district, Telangana State India from June to October, 2016. Total 5 samples were collected from each site at monthly intervals and soil macro arthropods were collected with the help of pit-fall trap method and identified by a binocular stereomicroscope. The results of this study stated that, the major soil arthropod faunal groups collembolan, Arenea, Hymenoptera, Orthoptera,Acari, Dermoptera, coleoptera and Blateria were recorded. Climatic interference and edaphic properties are also affecting the diversity and species specific structure of soil macro arthropods community thus habitat quality may serve for static nature of soil macro arthropods diversity. Soil arthropods are very useful and helpful in many commercial and biological aspects like silk, lac & honey production. Hence, this study clearly establishes that diversity of soil macro arthropods is affected by various properties in forest and an agro-ecosystem including qualitative and quantitative nature of external inputs, habitat quality, edaphic properties and regional climatic interferences.

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