Insect fauna of Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) nests

• YAHIRO Katsuro

  Lake Biwa Museum

• KAMEDA Kayoko

  Lake Biwa Museum

• NASU Yoshitsugu

  Osaka Plant Protection Office

• MURAHAMA Shiro

  Japan Wildlife Conservation Laboratory Co. Ltd.

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• カワウの巣の昆虫相
• カワウ ノ ス ノ コンチュウソウ

Abstract

A total of 466 individuals belonging to 27 species of insect were collected from Great Cormorant nests on Chikubu Island in Lake Biwa, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. Coleoptera were the most abundant, representing 35.1% of all insects found. Of these, 148 specimens (90.8% of all beetles) belonged to the four dominant families Curculionidae, Trogidae, Hydrophylidae, and Dermestidae. Insect fauna of Great Cormorant nests were mainly consisted of scavengers. Trox niponensis Lewis (Trogidae), one of dominant species accounted for 48 individuals, is considered as an important scavenger of excreta pellets and dead bodies of young birds in the nests.

Journal

• Japanese Journal of Entomology (New Series)

  Japanese Journal of Entomology (New Series) 16 (1), 15-23, 2013-01-05

  Entomological Society of Japan

Keywords

• Lake Biwa
• insect fauna
• bird nests
• Great Cormorant

Details

• CRID: 1390001288071367936
• NII Article ID: 110009865384
• NII Book ID: AA11248127
• DOI: 10.20848/kontyu.16.1_15
• ISSN: 24320269
• ISSN: 13438794
• NDL BIB ID: 024227518
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I024227518
• Text Lang: ja
• Data Source:
  • JaLC
  • NDL
  • CiNii Articles
• Abstract License Flag: Disallowed