Arthropods (Terrestrial), Amazonian

Estimation of the biodiversity in terrestrial arthropod taxa of the “bioregion” Amazonia depends on solid data of species, collected from different biotopes and habitats, that include comparative long-term information on their bionomics and ecology. Some examples, mostly deriving from studies in Central Amazonia near Manaus, are available and clearly show the difficulties in achieving a more general statement.