SURVEY OF SCORPIONES, PSEUDOSCORPIONES, SOLIFUGEA AND OPILIONES (ARTHROPODA: ARACHNIDA) IN AMBATO DEPARTMENT, CATAMARCA

BARRIOS MONTIVERO ALEXIS E; MORALES FRANCO L; SALAS LILIANA B

Mendoza

Jornada; IV REUNIÓN CONJUNTA DE SOCIEDADES DE BIOLOGÍA DE LA REPÚBLICA ARGENTINA; 2021

XXXVII Annual Scientific Meeting of the Tucumán Biology XXIII Annual Scientific Meeting of the Córdoba Biology Society XXXVIII Annual Scientific Meeting of the Cuyo Biology Society

SURVEY OF SCORPIONES, PSEUDOSCORPIONES, SOLIFUGEA AND OPILIONES (ARTHROPODA: ARACHNIDA) IN AMBATO DEPARTMENT, CATAMARCABarrios Montivero AE, Morales FL, Salas LBBiodiversity Center. Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences UNCA. E-mail: alexisbarrios305@gmail.comThe Arachnida class includes chelicerated arthropods. It includes Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Solifugae and Opiliones, among other orders. For Catamarca, there is little work related to the study of these animals, so little is known about their diversity, abundance, and distribution. The objectives of this investigation were to survey organisms of the orders: Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Solifugae and Opiliones, in four localities of the Ambato department, province of Catamarca and determine fauna richness (RF), and abundance (A), as measures of diversity. The biological material was collected in La Puerta, Las Juntas, Los Varela, and El Rodeo, in the Ambato department. In each locality, an environment corresponding to the Chaco Serrano ecoregion was selected, in which two transects were traced, one with a north-south orientation, and the other with an east-west orientation, 50 m long × 2 m wide, on which, 10 pitfall traps were placed, with ethylene glycol solution (1:9). The traps remained active for 28 days, renewed every seven days. The collected organisms were determined down to the lowest possible taxon to discern. 227 specimens from four orders and 10 families were collected. Order Scorpiones: Buthidae (A = 1), Bothriuridae (A = 97); Order Pseudoscorpiones: Atemnidae (A = 2), Cheliferidae (A = 49), Chernetidae (A = 15), Lechithiidae (A = 8), Withidae (A = 2); Order Solifugae: Mummuciidae (A = 9); Order Opiliones: Cosmetidae (A = 20), Gonyleptidae (A = 24). The information generated contributes to the knowledge of this important group of arthropods for the province of Catamarca.