Appendix 1. Aquatic Insects Abundance During Dry and Rainy Seasons in the Streams of Upper

Appendix 1. Aquatic insects’ abundance during dry and rainy seasons in the streams of Upper La Antigua Watershed. Specimens that were not identified to genus level were excluded from the study. Functional Feeding Groups (FFG) following Merrit et al. (2008) and Tomanova et al. (2006). Genera for which FFG was not found were excluded from analyses at functional level.

Family / Genera / Abbreviation / Functional group / El Chorrito / Xico Viejo / Monte Grande / Tlalchi / Piedra Blanca / Chivizcoyo / Total
Dry / Rainy / Dry / Rainy / Dry / Rainy / Dry / Rainy / Dry / Rainy / Dry / Rainy / Dry / Rainy
Aeshnidae / Oplonaeschna / Oplo / Predators / 23 / 1 / 5 / 3 / 1 / 1 / 4 / 1 / 33 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 66 / 10
Athericidae / Suragina / Sura / Predators / 108 / 37 / 43 / 42 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 155 / 79
Baetidae / Fallceon / Fall / Collectors / 1,201 / 259 / 839 / 378 / 25 / 80 / 154 / 109 / 279 / 116 / 56 / 116 / 2,554 / 1,058
Baetodes / Baet / Scrapers / 102 / 19 / 385 / 6 / 0 / 24 / 250 / 54 / 35 / 7 / 0 / 7 / 772 / 117
Camelobaetidius / Came / Collectors / 5 / 1 / 7 / 1 / 5 / 0 / 10 / 31 / 14 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 41 / 36
Cloeodes / Cloe / Collectors / 1 / 0 / 5 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 34 / 0 / 7 / 0 / 47 / 1
Paracloeodes / Para / Scrapers / 28 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 32 / 0
Belostomatidae / Abedus / Abed / Predators / 9 / 0 / 8 / 1 / 1 / 6 / 0 / 2 / 3 / 1 / 3 / 4 / 24 / 14
Blephariceridae / Agathon / Agat / Scrapers / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8 / 2
Brachycentridae / Eobrachycentrus / Eobr / Shredders / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 18 / 0 / 18
Calomoceratidae / Phylloicus / Phyl / Shredders / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 32 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 16 / 8 / 142 / 12 / 193
Calopterygidae / Hetaerina / Heta / Predators / 14 / 0 / 7 / 5 / 4 / 38 / 353 / 21 / 8 / 6 / 23 / 19 / 409 / 89
Ceratopogonidae / Bezzia / Bezz / Predators / 25 / 0 / 67 / 0 / 27 / 2 / 10 / 1 / 37 / 9 / 6 / 5 / 172 / 17
Probezzia / Prob / Predators / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 3 / 0
Chrysomelidae / Hydrothassa / Hydr / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0
Coenagrionidae / Argia / Argi / Predators / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6 / 1
Hesperagrion / Hesp / Predators / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1
Cordulegastridae / Cordulegaster / Cord / Predators / 2 / 0 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 1 / 5 / 5 / 9
Corixidae / Neocorixa / Neoc / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 11 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 13 / 0
Corydalidae / Corydalus / Cory / Predators / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1
Dixidae / Dixa / Dixa / Collectors / 51 / 5 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 5 / 1 / 22 / 8 / 78 / 20
Dixella / Dixe / Collectors / 19 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 1 / 23 / 1
Dryopidae / Postelichus / Post / 1 / 0 / 6 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 12 / 1 / 0 / 2 / 21 / 4
Ecnomidae / Austrotinodes / Aust / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8 / 16 / 8 / 16
Elmidae / Heterelmis / Hete / Collectors / 187 / 76 / 354 / 156 / 40 / 114 / 110 / 142 / 110 / 102 / 33 / 211 / 834 / 801
Microcylloepus / Micr / Collectors / 73 / 16 / 348 / 32 / 2 / 12 / 80 / 25 / 29 / 7 / 36 / 80 / 568 / 172
Rhizelmis / Rhiz / Scrapers / 11 / 0 / 26 / 5 / 1 / 14 / 23 / 4 / 16 / 2 / 7 / 15 / 84 / 40
Ancyronyx / Ancy / Collectors / 33 / 25 / 27 / 36 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 62 / 62
Neoelmis / Neoe / Collectors / 6 / 0 / 25 / 4 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 13 / 2 / 11 / 26 / 55 / 33
Macrelmis / Macr / Scrapers / 1 / 3 / 3 / 5 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 8 / 4 / 1 / 58 / 13 / 71
Stenelmis / Sten / Scrapers / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2
Cylloepus / Cyll / Scrapers / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 1 / 0
Empididae / Trichoclinocera / Trich / Predators / 11 / 0 / 23 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6 / 0 / 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 41 / 1
Neoplasta / Neop / Predators / 15 / 1 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 5 / 0 / 2 / 4 / 28 / 5
Glossosomatidae / Agapetus / Agap / Scrapers / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 2 / 0
Matrioptila / Matr / Scrapers / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 1
Helicopsychidae / Helicopsyche / Heli / Scrapers / 6 / 3 / 21 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 9 / 30 / 15
Heptageniidae / Rhithrogena / Rhit / Collectors / 32 / 12 / 77 / 9 / 0 / 0 / 6 / 15 / 12 / 14 / 0 / 0 / 127 / 50
Nixe / Nixe / Scrapers / 15 / 0 / 44 / 8 / 15 / 3 / 8 / 12 / 14 / 1 / 3 / 5 / 99 / 29
Epeorus / Epeo / Collectors / 3 / 1 / 44 / 13 / 0 / 6 / 0 / 2 / 4 / 4 / 13 / 32 / 64 / 58
Hydraenidae / Hydraena / Hydra / Predators / 2 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 24 / 23 / 26 / 26
Ochthebius / Ocht / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0
Hydrobiosidae / Atopsyche / Atop / Predators / 144 / 5 / 101 / 0 / 14 / 10 / 50 / 3 / 49 / 4 / 14 / 13 / 372 / 35
Hydrophilidae / Laccobius / Lacc / Predators / 3 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 8 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 14 / 0
Hydropsychidae / Leptonema / Lepta / Collectors / 0 / 0 / 5 / 1 / 1 / 149 / 133 / 212 / 0 / 8 / 15 / 60 / 154 / 430
Diplectrona / Dipl / Collectors / 2 / 1 / 4 / 0 / 7 / 9 / 2 / 3 / 3 / 6 / 17 / 35 / 35 / 54
Hydroptilidae / Ochrotrichia / Ochr / Collectors / 56 / 20 / 19 / 1 / 1 / 36 / 257 / 99 / 3 / 2 / 0 / 2 / 336 / 160
Luecotrichia / Leuc / Scrapers / 3 / 0 / 9 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 15 / 0
Neotrichia / Neot / Scrapers / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 1 / 0
Lepidostomatidae / Lepidostoma / Lepi / Shredders / 318 / 23 / 55 / 61 / 5 / 38 / 9 / 22 / 455 / 387 / 53 / 52 / 895 / 583
Leptoceridae / Oecetis / Oece / Predators / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5 / 0 / 9 / 17 / 18 / 17
Nectopsyche / Nect / Shredders / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 12 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 12 / 0 / 24 / 0
Leptohyphidae / Tricorythodes / Tric / Scrapers / 170 / 29 / 179 / 113 / 27 / 44 / 134 / 101 / 114 / 25 / 92 / 83 / 716 / 395
Leptohyphes / Lept / Scrapers / 3 / 0 / 57 / 6 / 2 / 2 / 21 / 5 / 1 / 20 / 0 / 0 / 84 / 33
Leptophlebiidae / Farrodes / Farr / Collectors / 47 / 14 / 202 / 13 / 16 / 22 / 5 / 15 / 72 / 59 / 343 / 187 / 685 / 310
Thraulodes / Thra / Collectors / 10 / 0 / 77 / 2 / 7 / 0 / 15 / 20 / 14 / 17 / 94 / 240 / 217 / 279
Libellulidae / Brechmorhoga / Brec / Predators / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 7 / 7 / 2 / 3 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 15 / 10 / 26
Limoniidae / Ormosia / Ormo / Collectors / 1 / 1 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 21 / 4 / 5 / 20 / 2 / 5 / 31 / 34
Muscidae / Limnophora / Limn / Predators / 5 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 9 / 2
Naucoridae / Ambrysus / Ambr / Predators / 3 / 0 / 21 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 5 / 5 / 24 / 31 / 32
Nemouridae / Amphinemura / Amph / Shredders / 115 / 12 / 30 / 9 / 5 / 21 / 12 / 6 / 182 / 173 / 45 / 30 / 389 / 251
Odontoceridae / Namamyia / Nama / Collectors / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6 / 0 / 6
Perlidae / Anacronueria / Anac / Predators / 8 / 2 / 22 / 9 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 4 / 13 / 8 / 65 / 84 / 109 / 107
Philopotamidae / Chimarra / Chim / Collectors / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 30 / 0 / 1 / 13 / 1 / 1 / 7 / 17 / 39
Wormaldia / Worm / Collectors / 0 / 2 / 5 / 0 / 2 / 8 / 1 / 3 / 1 / 8 / 0 / 4 / 9 / 25
Polycentropodidae / Cernotina / Cern / Predators / 20 / 0 / 69 / 0 / 74 / 21 / 6 / 0 / 97 / 5 / 2 / 0 / 268 / 26
Psephenidae / Psephenus / Psepu / Scrapers / 10 / 1 / 137 / 17 / 1 / 2 / 12 / 30 / 11 / 6 / 6 / 21 / 177 / 77
Psephenops / Psep / Scrapers / 0 / 8 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 14
Psephenotarsis / Pseps / Scrapers / 0 / 3 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 6
Psychodidae / Pericoma / Peri / Collectors / 3 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 2
Pyralidae / Petrophila / Petr / Scrapers / 4 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 13 / 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 18 / 4
Parapoynx / Parax / Shredders / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 13 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 13 / 1
Rhyacophilidae / Rhyacophila / Rhya / Predators / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 1
Simuliidae / Simulium / Simu / Collectors / 2,763 / 298 / 106 / 176 / 78 / 528 / 1,235 / 171 / 841 / 221 / 9 / 100 / 5,032 / 1,494
Staphylinidae / Thinobius / Thin / Predators / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 5 / 0
Stenus / Stens / Predators / 1 / 0 / 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 1 / 2 / 3
Micralymma / Micra / Predators / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1
Stratiomidae / Nemotelus / Nemo / Collectors / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1
Tipulidae / Hexatoma / Hexa / Predators / 3 / 0 / 3 / 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 1 / 6 / 31 / 205 / 39 / 213
Antocha / Anto / Collectors / 18 / 1 / 16 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 34 / 3
Tipula / Tipu / Shredders / 4 / 0 / 2 / 1 / 0 / 3 / 3 / 3 / 5 / 2 / 1 / 5 / 15 / 14
Dicranota / Dicr / Predators / 7 / 0 / 4 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 4 / 8 / 17 / 12
Paradelphomyia / Paraa / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 1 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 5 / 2 / 9
Triogma / Trio / 0 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3
Leptotarsus / Lepts / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1
Tortricidae / Archips / Arch / Shredders / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0
Xiphocentronidae / Xiphocentron / Xiph / Collectors / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2 / 0
Total / 5,715 / 886 / 3,508 / 1,136 / 382 / 1,278 / 2,987 / 1,144 / 2,599 / 1,292 / 1,094 / 2,020 / 16,285 / 7,756
Richness / 59 / 33 / 53 / 40 / 32 / 37 / 42 / 46 / 52 / 45 / 43 / 49 / 75 / 73