species assemblage and biogeography of japanese protura (hexapoda) in forest soils日本原尾目物种组合和生物地理学(六足类)在森林土壤.pdf

Diversity 2012, 4, 318-333; doi:10.3390/d4030318 OPEN ACCESS diversity ISSN 1424-2818 /journal/diversity Article Species Assemblage and Biogeography of Japanese Protura (Hexapoda) in Forest Soils Nobuhiro Kaneko 1,*, Yukio Minamiya 1, Osami Nakamura 2, Masayuki Saito 3 and 4 Minori Hashimoto 1 Soil Ecology Research Group, Yokohama National University, Tokiwadai 79-7, Hodogaya, Yokohama 248-8501, Japan; E-Mail: minamiya.yukio@pref.saitama.lg.jp 2 Saitama Museum of Natural History, Nagatoro, Saitama 369-1305, Japan; E-Mail: osami@nakamura.email.ne.jp 3 Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Komaba 3-8-1, Meguro 153-8902, Japan; E-Mail: saito.ume@ 4 Department of Socio-Human Environmentology, Daito Bunka University, Iwadoono 560, Higashimatsuyama 355-8501, Japan; E-Mail: mhashimoto@ic.daito.ac.jp * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: kanekono@ynu.ac.jp; Tel.: +82-45-339-4358; Fax: +82-45-339-4379. Received: 10 June 2012; in revised form: 13 August 2012 / Accepted: 16 August 2012 / Published: 31 August 2012 Abstract: The distribution and species assembly of Japanese Protura collected from forest soils were examined using published databases and statistical analysis. We used records from 3110 sites where 71 taxa were found. The species richness of Protura ranged from one to 16 species, and TWINSPAN analysis of regional populations indicated that the northern and southern regions could be separated into distinct