Collembola of the Cavalum and Landeiro Caves (Madeira, Portugal)
Author:
Baquero Enrique12ORCID, Arbea Javier I.3ORCID, Nunes Élvio4, Aguin-Pombo Dora45ORCID, Mateos Eduardo67ORCID, Jordana Rafael1ORCID
Affiliation:
1. Department of Environmental Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Navarra, 31080 Pamplona, Spain 2. Institute for Biodiversity and Environment BIOMA, University of Navarra, Irunlarrea 1, 31008 Pamplona, Spain 3. c/Ría de Solía 3, ch. 39, 39610 El Astillero, Spain 4. Faculdade de Ciências da Vida, University of Madeira, 9000-390 Funchal, Portugal 5. Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos (CIBIO), 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal 6. Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Avinguda Diagonal 643, 08028 Barcelona, Spain 7. Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio), Universitat de Barcelona, 08007 Barcelona, Spain
Abstract
The cave fauna of the Macaronesian archipelagos is rich in endemic species. Unlike the Azores and the Canary Islands, the cave fauna of the Madeira archipelago is little known. The only two cave complexes studied, Machico and São Vicente, lack protection measures. São Vicente is seriously threatened because it is being exploited for touristic purposes, while the Machico complex, the only one in its natural state, is open to the public but without any control. The importance of the conservation of this cave fauna is indisputable. So far, of the 13 cavernicolous species recorded, two of them—genus Centromerus—are critically endangered. Apart from occasional sampling, no monitoring study has ever been carried out. The aim of this work has been to make a species checklist of the cave fauna of the Machico complex, the least studied so far. For this purpose, during 2001–2002, a monitoring study was carried out using traps and manual collections in the lava tubes of Landeiros and Cavalum (I, II, III). Fourteen species of springtails were recorded. Of these, four are new species, Neelus serratus Jordana & Baquero sp. nov., Coecobrya decemsetosa Jordana & Baquero sp. nov., Coecobrya octoseta Jordana & Baquero sp. nov., and Sinella duodecimoculata Jordana & Baquero sp. nov., and one is a new record for the archipelago, Lepidocyrtus curvicollis Bourlet, 1839.
Funder
Municipal Council of Machico University of Madeira
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