Background: Pitfall traps are commonly used to assess ground dwelling arthropod communities. The effects of different pitfall trap designs on the trapping outcome are poorly investigated however they might affect conclusions drawn from pitfall trap data greatly.
Methods: We tested four pitfall trap types which have been used in previous studies for their effectiveness: a simple type, a faster exchangeable type with an extended plastic rim plate and two types with guidance barriers (V- and X-shaped). About 20 traps were active for 10 weeks and emptied biweekly resulting in 100 trap samples.
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Results: Pitfall traps with guidance barriers were up to five times more effective than simple pitfall traps and trap samples resulted in more similar assemblage approximations. Pitfall traps with extended plastic rim plates did not only perform poorly but also resulted in distinct carabid assemblages with less individuals of small species and a larger variation.
Discussion: Due to the obvious trait filtering and resulting altered assemblages, we suggest not to use pitfall traps with extended plastic rim plates. In comprehensive biodiversity inventories, a smaller number of pitfall traps with guidance barriers and a larger number of spatial replicates is of advantage, while due to comparability reasons, the use of simple pitfall traps will be recommended in most other cases.
The malaise trap was set near Oberammergau in the Bavarian Alps and operated from 6th until 18th August 2014. It was situated at 1,010 meters elevation in an area covered by anthropogenic nutrient poor grass vegetation (Nardetum) close to the edge of a mixed forest (47.61707N 11.05900E).
Samples were stored in 80% EtOH in a freezer until the insects from this trap were sorted to ordinal level using a Leica MZ9.5 stereo microscope. After sorting, specimens were transferred into 96% EtOH. The sorting of the ca. 5,000 specimens took about 60 hours, and contained predominantly Coleoptera (ca. 500 specimens), Hymenoptera (ca. 1,500 specimens), and Diptera (ca. 2,000 specimens). These highly represented orders were kept separated while the orders represented by few specimens were combined in groups (Table 1, Fig 1).
All nucleotide sequences obtained from all samples were clustered per amplicon with CD-HIT-EST v4.6.1-2012-08-27 ( ) on 98% sequence identity. The most abundant sequences from each cluster were selected as representative sequences, and were used in all subsequent analyses.
In order to discern BINs that could be identified without a time consuming pre-sorting process, all BINs were detected and checked for sufficient score values and then compared with the combined sample. A total of 309 BINs (59% of the previously detected 529 BINs in the sorted samples) were detected in the combined sample, whereas 268 of these BINs had a score of at least 300 points, corresponding to 69% of the 390 high score BINs detected within the various presorted fractions.
In this study we tried to quantify necessity of presorting samples to accurate BIN identification, we compared the results from a presorted sample to that of an unsorted sample. By incorporating the presorting step, we were able to recover 390 high score BINs, representing 31% more than the 268 high score BINs recovered in the combined sample (Fig 2). Despite the advantage of increased capture efficiency, the presorting procedure requires time and at least parataxonomic expertise to be done properly. Therefore, the decision of presorting for a mass sample should be made depending on the expected diversity of taxa, the availability of time, personnel and funding. As discussed before, the fact that the combined sample resulted in fewer high score BINs than the sorted sample, could be attributed to the number of reads and the amount of DNA in the combined sample in comparison to the presorted groups.
Another artifact that could have caused the difference in number of high score BINs identified is the uneven sequencing of the different types of samples. An equal number of 120,000 reads per amplicon (rpa) was performed for each group (Coleoptera, Diptera, Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera and the combined sample), resulting in a total of 480,000 rpa for the sorted samples, whereas only a total of 120,000 rpa for the combined sample were produced. As the combined sample was comprised of eight additional arthropod groups, the massive amount of target DNA could cause effects of primer competition resulting in a smaller read capacity proportional to DNA diversity. That could explain the differences between the amount of BINs found with and without sorting. Clearly, the advantage and effectiveness of the presorting procedure needs further and more explicit testing.
One factor that should also be considered is the various relatives amount of DNA extracted from each individual within a trap sample, which differ enormously in body size, for example large bumblebees (Bombus) versus tiny fairy flies (Mymaridae). The different amount of DNA available to be amplified in every single PCR reaction is very likely to influence the outcome of the NGS experiments [15]. Therefore, although we had visual confirmation of a big diversity of small specimens (e.g. Microhymenoptera), this diversity was not detected in either of the samples (presorted or combined). If a sorting by body size is responsible for this effect or if this might have other related issues as primer specification needs to be addressed in a future experiment. No size separation was performed here, as the goal of this study was to compare the effects of presorting versus no sorting and to test primer efficiency of the four amplicons used.
The diversity we here recovered using the NGS approach mostly agrees with the expected diversity estimates, conducted by the coauthors and their high experience of this kind of environment. The results of the NGS experiments underline the comprehensiveness for of the DNA Barcoding library for most groups studied here. We only invested approximately 14 man working days for the whole process of pre-sorting, laboratory work and data analysis, a small amount of work compared to the time necessary to carry out traditional alpha taxonomical methodologies. Furthermore, having a robust and comprehensive reference library at hand facilitates a precise delineation of species diversity in relation to the parataxonomic approach. All in all, we have demonstrated that comprehensive biodiversity assessments can be achieved accurately, efficiently and cost effectively through the use of NGS and thoughtful experimental design. However, additional future investigations with a more extensive study design, more malaise traps and a higher level of presorting efforts would be beneficial to improve the methods reported in this study.
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Micromoths can be challenging to identify based on morphology and are frequently omitted in assessments of moth diversity. However, their species richness and biology make them important components of terrestrial ecosystems. In this study we identified 1227 micromoths from a suburban garden at 63 north using DNA barcoding of Malaise trap samples. We recorded 78 different species with the 11 most abundant taxa accounting for 82 % of the catch. The remaining 67 species were represented by fewer than 14 specimens, but the number was often sufficient to provide a good idea of phenology. The larvae of these 78 species all feed on plants common in suburban environments. We show that when facilitated by identifications through DNA barcoding, Malaise traps provide interesting insights into the micromoth communities of suburban environments that might otherwise be overlooked. The use of Malaise traps is beneficial for investigations at high latitudes where light trapping is inefficient for sampling moths due to bright summer nights. 0852c4b9a8
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