Protura from the Garden of the Imperial Palace
Speices obtained
- Acerentomidae
- Acerentulus sp.
- Baculentulus densus
- Baculentulus morikawai
- Baculentulus tosanus
- Kenyentulus japonicus
- Kenyentulus sp.@
- Silvestridia hutan@
- Filientomon takanawanum
- Yamatentomon yamato
- Nipponentomon nippon
- Nipponentomon uenoi paucisetosum
- Protentomidae
- Neocondeellum japonicum
- Eosentomidae
- Eosentomon sakura
- Eosentomon sp. cf. novemchaetum
- Eosenotmon sp.
- Pseudanisentomon sp.
@ In the course of the soil faunal survey
in the garden of the Imperial Palace from
1996 to 2000, 1157 proturan specimens were
collected. The collection comprised 16 species
belonging to 10 genera in 3 families. These
species were representatives of the warm-temperate
and/or temperate regions in Japan. The garden
of the Imperial Palace was inhabited by a
plenty of proturan species as compared with
other urban areas in Tokyo.
@ Acerentomids were very abundant, whereas
eosentomids were very few, consisting of
only 6 specimens. This difference is thought
to be due to the fact that acerentomids are
more tolerant to the dry ground than eosentomids
are.
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