The seasonal activity and method of the research on the forest floor of the adult train millipede Parafontaria laminata (Attems, 1909) (Diplopoda: Xystodesmidae).

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  • Hashimoto Minori
    Soil Ecology Research Group, Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University
  • Kaneko Nobuhiro
    Soil Ecology Research Group, Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University
  • Ito Masamichi T.
    Soil Ecology Research Group, Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University
  • Toyota Ayu
    Soil Ecology Research Group, Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University

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  • ピットフォールトラップによるキシャヤスデ成虫の活動調査手法の確立と活動の季節性
  • ピットフォールトラップ ニ ヨル キシャヤスデ セイチュウ ノ カツドウ チョウサ シュホウ ノ カクリツ ト カツドウ ノ キセツセイ

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The seasonal walking activity of a periodical millipede adult Parafontaria laminata on the forest floor was investigated by using pitfall traps. Their activity was divided into a swarming and a reproduction season before and after winter. The activity of the adults was influenced by air temperature in swarming season. However, in the reproduction season, the activity was extremely small and did not refrected air temperature. The adults moved to the upward direction of the slope toward the end of the swarming season. The sex ratio of the active individuals was nearly 1 : 1 in the swarming season, whereas more males were trapped in the reproduction season. The pitfall trap was effective for evaluation of swarming of the train millipede.

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  • Edaphologia

    Edaphologia 73 (0), 19-25, 2003

    The Japanese Society of Soil Zoology

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