Abstract
A checklist of the macroinvertebrates fauna of the Lago Pratignano is presented here. The Lago Pratignano is a small, natural water body of the high (1,307 m above sea level) Northern Apennines, Italy. It represents an important site for the conservation of endangered flora and amphibians, and its importance for the conservation of the macroinvertebrate fauna is highlighted. The 82 taxa recorded make it an extremely rich habitat. The most represented group was Diptera, with 31 taxa, followed by Coleoptera, with nine, and Oligochaeta and Arachnida, each with eight taxa. Other groups are present in lower numbers. Despite the scant attention to theP study of the macroinvertebrates of small lentic habitats in the Northern Apennines, their importance for the conservation of the invertebrate fauna and the high contribution they give to the biodiversity is highlighted here.
Highlights
Ponds offer a wide variety of habitats (Davies et al.2008), represent important hotspots for biodiversity (EPCN 2008), and compared to all other water body types, they support more unique and rare species (Williams et al 2004)
Despite the scant attention to theP study of the macroinvertebrates of small lentic habitats in the Northern Apennines, their importance for the conservation of the invertebrate fauna and the high contribution they give to the biodiversity is highlighted here
Only two species of gastropods were recorded, Radix labiata (Rossmässler, 1835) and Bithynia tentaculata (Linnaeus, 1758), despite the prominence of this group in aquatic plants. This contribution to the invertebrate macrofauna of a pond in the northern high Apennines is a first attempt to fill a gap in our knowledge
Summary
Ponds offer a wide variety of habitats (Davies et al.2008), represent important hotspots for biodiversity (EPCN 2008), and compared to all other water body types, they support more unique and rare species (Williams et al 2004). These ecosystems contribute significantly to biological diversity (Ruggiero et al 2005); altogether, they host a larger number of species than rivers, lakes or streams (Williams et al 2004). This area at the boundary between two different phytogeographic regions should be investigated: high-altitude aquatic ecosystems may be more sensitive to global climate change than aquatic ecosystems at lower elevations (Theurillat and Guisan 2001) and could be more quickly affected by climate change
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