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. 2015 Aug 21;5:13260. doi: 10.1038/srep13260

Table 1. Prey seasonal variation in the diet of Salamandrina perspicillata and in the environment traps at the study site.

  Environment
Diet
 
Autumn
Spring
Autumn
Spring
Prey data in the environment and in the diet of Salamandrina perspicillata n % n % n % n %
Arachnida Acarina 355 23.86 622 26.63 58 3.69 165 7.05
  Araneae 57 3.83 17 0.73 194 12.36 92 3.93
  Opiliones 22 1.48 5 0.21 14 0.89 6 0.26
  Pseudoscorpiones 16 1.08 5 0.21 21 1.34 20 0.85
Miriapoda Symphila 1 0.07 5 0.21 0 0 0 0
  Diplopoda 16 1.08 32 1.37 5 0.32 0 0
  Chilopoda 17 1.14 12 0.51 4 0.25 1 0.04
Hexapoda Protura 7 0.47 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Diplura 0 0 3 0.13 0 0 1 0.04
  Collembola 411 27.62 788 33.73 1122 71.46 1899 81.08
  Coleoptera Larvae 40 2.69 26 1.11 14 0.89 4 0.17
  Coleoptera Adults 42 2.82 81 3.47 13 0.83 24 1.02
  Diptera Larvae 6 0.40 71 3.04 27 1.72 3 0.13
  Diptera Adults 233 15.66 459 19.65 25 1.59 60 2.56
  Lepidoptera Larvae 5 0.34 22 0.94 0 0 7 0.3
  Lepidoptera Adults 28 1.88 5 0.21 1 0.06 0 0
  Hymenoptera 47 3.16 36 1.54 27 1.72 8 0.34
  Formicidae 88 5.91 18 0.77 1 0.06 4 0.17
  Embioptera 2 0.13 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Dermaptera 1 0.07 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Hemiptera 50 3.36 46 1.97 28 1.78 23 0.98
  Orthoptera 2 0.13 0 0 0 0 1 0.04
  Trichoptera 1 0.07 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mollusca Gasteropoda 20 1.34 17 0.73 3 0.19 1 0.04
Crustacea Isopoda 4 0.27 27 1.16 13 0.83 23 0.98
Anellida Lumbricidae 14 0.94 39 1.67 0 0 0 0
Nematomorpha Gordioida 3 0.20 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Total 1488 100 2336 100 1570 100 2342 100