Table 1. Prey seasonal variation in the diet of Salamandrina perspicillata and in the environment traps at the study site.
Environment |
Diet |
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Autumn |
Spring |
Autumn |
Spring |
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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 |