diversity Diversity Diversity diversity 1424-2818 MDPI 10.3390/d4030318 diversity-04-00318 Article Species Assemblage and Biogeography of Japanese Protura (Hexapoda) in Forest Soils Kaneko Nobuhiro 1 * Minamiya Yukio 1 Nakamura Osami 2 Saito Masayuki 3 Hashimoto Minori 4 Soil Ecology Research Group, Yokohama National University, Tokiwadai 79-7, Hodogaya, Yokohama 248-8501, Japan; Email: minamiya.yukio@pref.saitama.lg.jp Saitama Museum of Natural History, Nagatoro, Saitama 369-1305, Japan; Email: osami@nakamura.email.ne.jp Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Komaba 3-8-1, Meguro 153-8902, Japan; Email: saito.ume@gmail.com Department of Socio-Human Environmentology, Daito Bunka University, Iwadoono 560, Higashimatsuyama 355-8501, Japan; Email: mhashimoto@ic.daito.ac.jp Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; Email: kanekono@ynu.ac.jp; Tel.: +82-45-339-4358; Fax: +82-45-339-4379. 31 08 2012 09 2012 4 3 318 333 10 06 2012 13 08 2012 16 08 2012 © 2012 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. 2012

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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 groups. Three major species assemblages were identified by cluster analysis from points containing more than six species. Three groups reflected historical migration from northern and western linkages to the Asian continent. The northern assemblage showed a negative correlation to winter minimum temperature and the other two assemblages exhibited relationships to precipitation and temperature. Vegetation was not responsible for proturan distribution. These results suggest that the history of Protura invasion explains the biogeography of these soil-based, small arthropods and also that climate change will induce a shift in the distribution of species irrespective of changes in vegetation type.

 biodiversity geological history GLM: soil arthropod vegetation 1. Introduction

Human activities are expanding rapidly and are now exceeding planetary limitations for some indices, hence we should recognize the modern Anthropocene period as a time when human activity is highly influential on Earth systems [1]. Human disturbance of Earth systems includes climate change, pollution by chemicals and environmental eutrophication, and all of these changes can influence the global abundance and distribution of organisms. Soil organisms are important components of terrestrial ecosystems, and their activities are also linked to above-ground subsystems. Climate change may affect the activities of both above- and below-ground organisms, and because migration due to habitat change will be more rapid among above-ground species than below-ground species, climate change may induce a mismatch of response of the above- and below-ground members of a community [2].

The biogeography of soil organisms is still poorly understood. Fierer [3] reviewed the global biomass distribution of some soil organism groups. Microbial biomass was positively correlated with soil pH and carbon content, and there was also a positive relationship between the biomass of soil fauna and microbial biomass. Earthworms were less abundant in boreal systems and more biomass was observed in tropical forests and temperate grassland. Latitudinal gradients of species richness for native and invasive soil animals in North America have been studied [4], with results indicating that native species richness was higher in lower latitudes and decreased along a latitudinal gradient to the north. The biogeographical distribution of small organisms is often unclear because most microorganisms are hyper-abundant and possess a resting stage that enables them to disperse over a wide range. The range of 1–10 mm in body size is proposed as a transition region below which there is a lack of biogeographical knowledge of microbial species distribution [5].

The Protura are a microarthropod order that inhabit leaf litter and soil layers throughout their life cycle. The adult body size range is 0.5–2.5 mm. All proturans lack eyes, wings and antennae; therefore, the dispersal ability is assumed to be very low. Mycorrhizal fungi are believed to be the main food source for Protura. Because it is possible to grow Protura in laboratory conditions using non-mycorrhizal fungi, proturan feeding is clearly not limited to mycorrhiza. The global number of known species is approximately 700 [6]. Two taxonomists; G. Imadaté and O. Nakamura, have intensively studied the Japanese proturan fauna, and have recorded 88 species in Japan. The postembryonic development of Protura is: egg-prelarva-larva I-larva II-maturus junior-preimago-imago. It is possible to identify species at all developmental stages, except for the prelarva stage. Because the density of Protura in soil is low compared to other soil arthropods, such as Collembola and mites, and they have low dispersal ability, the biogeography of Protura is likely to reflect the species invasion history and environmental heterogeneity. Recently, proturan fauna in east Asia were well investigated [7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15]; therefore, it will become possible to better understand the source of the Japanese fauna.

The aim of this study was to summarize the distribution of Protura in Japan and to clarify the determining environmental factors. The records obtained were from samples collected mainly in the 1970’s to 1990’s, and represent a snapshot of soil fauna and their environment at that time. This can be referred back to as a baseline for management of biodiversity and environmental conservation.

 2. Methods 2.1. Study Area

The Japanese Archipelago ranges ca. 3000 km from northern Hokkaido (45°30' N) to Okinoshima Island (20°25' N), with a mild climate and substantial precipitation. The climate range is very wide due to the long latitudinal expansion and high elevation mountain systems on the main islands; therefore, the climate is subarctic in the northern regions and higher mountains, tropical in some southern islands and subtropical in the south-west islands, southern Kyushu and Shikoku. Most of Japan experiences a temperate climate. Annual average temperature and precipitation ranges from 9 °C to 22 °C, and 1000 to 4500 mm, respectively. Subtropical forests occur in the south-west islands, temperate evergreen forests occur in the western part of Japan and deciduous broad-leaved and evergreen conifer forests are present in the north-east part of Japan. Forests are present in all regions of Japan and there is very little natural grassland.

 2.2. Data Sets

We collected presence or absence data from published taxonomic papers and collection records that contained clear information regarding the collection sites and its vegetation and altitude [11,12,13,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59]. These databases covered a wide range of Japanese regions, and the accuracy of species identification appeared to be consistent and reliable because only two taxonomists (Imadaté and Nakamura) performed the identification. However, sampling efforts and methods were not uniform because the field samples were obtained by various researchers.

We treated the records of Nipponentomon uenoi Imadaté et Yosii, 1959, as follows: Imadaté (1988) [18] classified six morphological types. Although there was no taxonomic status recorded for these six types, their geographical distribution showed complementarity; therefore, we treated all six types as independent taxa.

Some records were discarded due to uncertainty in identification; for example Eosentomon udagawai Imadaté, 1961 according to Nakamura [31] is composed of a species complex of E. asahi Imadaté, 1961 at Okinawajima Island. and E. pacificum Imadaté et Yosii, 1959 at Miyanoura, Kagoshima. We used data obtained in forests, alpine regions, coastal regions and grassland, whereas urban environments were not used. The WGS84 system was used to describe geographical position. The Free Address Geocoding Service for CSV formatted files on the WWW [60] was used to obtain geocodes for soil sampling locations.

 2.3. Regional Comparison of Species Composition

We divided the area into 10 regions. Except Tsushima and Ryukyu, the area corresponding to municipal regions, there are no biogeographical regions studies for soil fauna in Japan, and the area used showed rather similar size (ranging from 116 to 598 km2), therefore we used this division for calculating similarity and richness of species. The Tsushima and Ryukyu Islands are small and had local species compositions in common with the Korean Peninsula and China/Taiwan, respectively; therefore, we treated them as independent regions. Sampling localities per unit area were calculated to compare the sampling effort. Estimated species richness was obtained by Chao1 in EstimateS Version 8.2.0.

Species richness per sample was used to determine diversity hotspots by spatial analysis using the inverse distance weighted (IDW) method in ArcGIS 9.3. The output cell size was 0.005, the multiplier value was 3, the search range was variable and the diameter of search was set to 50.

Presence or absence was used to compare the similarity of species composition between regions. Species composition was classified using the TWINSPAN [61] method in PC-ORD [62], and the Jaccard index modified by Chao [57] was calculated between regions to determine the similarity in species composition of regions.

 2.4. Species Assemblages

We selected sampling localities from which more than six species were obtained. These points were considered likely to represent stable environments without major human disturbance; therefore, these data reflect the long-term proturan history and adaptation to the environment. Cluster analysis was conducted using R version 2.13.0 packages [63]; vegan, ade4, gclus, cluster, RcolorBrewer, labdsv.

Indicator species for classified species assemblages were obtained by calculating IndVal [64] according to the method of Borcard et al. [65]. Logistic regression analysis was conducted using explanatory variables of vegetation, altitude, maximum and minimum temperature, annual precipitation, and the response variable of the presence of each assemblage. Broadleaved forest and conifer forest were assigned the values of 1 and 0, respectively. Climate data were obtained from Mesh Climatic Data of Japan (2000) [66] during the period 1970 to 2000. This procedure provided long-term average climate conditions. The selection of the response variable included not only the best fitting model but also variables with less than 2 delta AIC.

 3. Results 3.1. Data Sets

We selected the collection and identification records for 3110 sites (mostly forests) (Figure 1) in which 71 taxa (64 species, 3 subspecies and 4 formas) were recorded (Appendix: Table A1). A hot spot of species density was found in the central part of Japan (Chubu, Kanto and Tohoku) (Figure 1).

 3.2. Regional Species Composition

The number of samples per unit area was highly biased. The islands of Tsushima and Ryukyu have been surveyed intensively (sample/area (N/100 km2) = 4.9 and 2.8), whereas less intensive records were obtained for Hokkaido, Tohoku, Chubu, Chugoku, Shikoku and Kyushu. Species richness in each region ranged from nine to 45 (Table 1), and was high in the central part of Honshu Island. (Kanto and Chubu). The difference between the actual and expected (Chao1) number of species [57] in each region was large in Kinki and Shikoku. However, the species richness was also high in Kanto and Chubu.

(a) Sections of the Protura record reported by Imadaté (red), Nakamura (blue), and others (green); (b) Species density distribution was estimated using the inverse distance weighted (IDW) interpolation method of ArcGIS; (c) Species distribution in the northern part of Honshu (Main Island composed of Tohoku, Kanto, Chubu, Kinki, and Chugoku) (enlarged). Color indicates estimated species richness in each locality in (panels b,c).

diversity-04-00318-t001_Table 1

The number of sampling localities and species richness.

Region Hokkaido Tohoku Kanto Chubu Kinki Chugoku Shikoku Kyushu Tsushima Ryukyu Total
Numbers of sampling localities 480 339 743 568 299 171 116 296 34 64 3110
Area (100 km2) 846 669 324 726 273 319 183 422 7 23 3792
Ratio (N/Area 100 km2) 0.6 0.5 2.3 0.8 1.1 0.5 0.6 0.7 4.9 2.8
Total number of species 27 30 43 45 22 17 20 20 12 9 71
No. of expected species by Chao1 27.0 32.0 46.0 47.3 32.0 17.0 27.5 20.5 12.5 9.0

The number of species per sampling point was highly skewed, with the species richness of Protura at each point ranging from 1 to 13. More than 95% of the points contained fewer than five species (Figure 2).

Frequency distribution of the number of species obtained from each sampling point.

The first group obtained by the TWINSPAN procedure included Hokkaido, Tohoku and Kanto, in the northern part of Japan, where Hinomotentomon nipponicum (Imadaté, 1964) was commonly distributed. The second group contained Acerentulus keikoae keikoae Imadaté, 1988 in Chubu. The third was composed of A. k. capillatus Imadaté, 1988 in Kinki. The fourth separated the Ryukyu Islands, where Baculentulus densus (Imadaté, 1960) was not found. The remainders were Chugoku, Shikoku, Kyushu and Tsushima (Figure 3). B. morikawai (Imadaté et Yosii, 1956) and B. tosanus (Imadaté et Yosii, 1959), Eosentomon sakura Imadaté et Yosii, 1959 and Kenyentulus japonicus (Imadaté, 1961) were recorded in locations across Japan. The Jaccard similarity index between the localities showed a maximum between Kanto and Chubu (1.00, and a minimum between Hokkaido and Ryukyu (0.16) (Table 2).

diversity-04-00318-t002_Table 2

Species composition similarity (Modified Jaccard index [67]) matrix between the regional localities.

Region Hokkaido Tohoku Kanto Chubu Kinki Chugoku Shikoku Kyushu Tsushima
Tohoku 0.82
Kanto 0.60 0.89
Chubu 0.58 0.88 1.00
Kinki 0.49 0.61 0.74 0.93
Chugoku 0.51 0.56 0.69 0.76 0.85
Shikoku 0.45 0.53 0.67 0.81 0.98 0.96
Kyushu 0.44 0.49 0.62 0.71 0.95 0.95 0.96
Tsushima 0.36 0.37 0.51 0.57 0.70 0.81 0.81 0.83
Ryukyu 0.16 0.31 0.43 0.51 0.59 0.58 0.55 0.57 0.43
3.3. Species Assembly

Sampling localities containing more than six species were found at 144 localities, and all showed a skewed distribution (Table 3). There were no sampling localities with more than six species in Shikoku and Ryukyu.

diversity-04-00318-t003_Table 3

Data set used for species assembly analysis of Protura.

Region Hokkaido Tohoku Kanto Chubu Kinki Chugoku Shikoku Kyushu Tsushima Ryukyu
Numbers of sampling localities 3 18 78 20 5 6 0 10 3 0
Area (1000 km2) 8.5 6.7 3.2 7.3 2.7 3.2 1.8 4.2 0.1 0.2
Ratio (N/Area) 0.4 2.7 24.1 2.8 1.8 1.9 0.0 2.4 42.9 0.0

The localities classified into three clusters, following the species assembly by cluster analysis, are presented in Figure 4. Group-I contained points in the Hokkaido, Tohoku and Kanto regions and Group-II consisted of points in Tohoku, Kanto Chubu, Kinki and Chugoku. Group-III ranged widely from southern Tohoku to the west of Japan. The three groups overlapped in the Kanto area.

A GLM model of environmental selection for the three assembly groups selected mostly climatic factors (Table 4). Group-I showed a positive distribution toward less precipitation and lower minimum and maximum temperatures. Group-II showed a negative distribution toward precipitation, and Group-III had a positive distribution toward higher maximum and minimum temperatures and high precipitation. Vegetation type and altitude were not selected as important factors.

Regional species assembly (produced by TWINSPAN) of Protura. Numbers and species names on the dendrogram represent the eigenvalue and the indicator species.

Cluster analysis and distribution of three Protura species assembly groups in which more than six species were recorded. IndVal analysis selected 7 to 9 indicator species from the three groups (Appendix: Table A2).

 diversity-04-00318-t004_Table 4

GLM fit to the environmental variables of the three assembly groups of Protura.

Group No. of localities Model Constant Standardized Regression Coefficient AIC ΔAIC
Vegetation Elevation Max. Temp Min. Temp Precipitation
Gr1 47 1 −0.87 −0.81 −0.59 −0.49 153.05 0.00
2 −0.86 −1.08 −0.77 153.85 0.80
3 −0.83 −0.55 −0.93 154.49 1.44
4 −0.86 −0.15 −0.85 −0.53 −0.53 154.53 1.48
5 −0.86 −0.23 −1.09 −0.78 154.62 1.56
6 −0.87 −0.13 −0.83 −0.67 −0.48 154.82 1.76
full −0.86 −0.14 −0.10 −0.86 −0.60 −0.52 156.39 3.34
null −0.72 183.9 30.85
Gr2 35 1 −1.60 −1.49 137.78 0.00
2 −1.60 0.19 −1.45 138.97 1.19
3 −1.61 0.50 −0.56 −1.12 139.10 1.32
4 −1.60 0.14 −1.46 139.32 1.55
Gr2 35 5 −1.60 0.12 −1.48 139.44 1.66
6 −1.58 0.27 0.30 −1.36 139.64 1.87
7 −1.60 −0.07 −1.46 139.71 1.93
full −1.60 0.16 0.17 0.55 −0.54 −1.07 141.94 4.16
null −1.14 161.72 23.94
Gr3 62 1 −0.50 0.75 1.83 1.13 120.56 0.00
2 −0.50 −0.12 0.72 1.76 1.13 122.45 1.90
3 −0.50 0.07 0.77 1.82 1.14 122.47 1.91
full −0.51 0.08 −0.14 0.75 1.73 1.15 124.34 3.79
null −0.28 198.84 78.28
4. Discussion

The biogeographical pattern shown in this study can be explained by the history of Protura invasions in Japan. Imadaté and Ohnishi (1993) [68] hypothesized that there were initially two groups of proturans established in Japan, each having a different origin. One group originated from Eastern Siberia through Sakhalin to Hokkaido, or through the Korean Peninsula to Northern Kyushu. Nipponentomon, Paracerella, Eosentomon tokui, Hesperentomon, and Wenyingia are the members of this group. In contrast, a second proturan group is thought to have a southern origin and flourishes in tropical Asia. Certain members have invaded from south and east China to Kyushu, including Baculentulus, Eosentomon sakura and its relatives, E. kumei, E. tokiokai, Fujientomon, and Sinentomon. The distribution of the three groups of the species assemblages found in this study reflected this hypothesis. The indicator species of Group I were found in Hokkaido and Tohoku, with the exception of Eosentomon asahi and Nipponentomon uenoi paucisetosum f. B., which have a wider distribution range. In contrast, all the indicator species of Group III were found in Kyushu, whereas more than half of these species extended their distribution to Hokkaido or Tohoku. Half of the Group II species showed a wide distribution range; however, others were found in a restricted area in the central part of Japan. E. sakura, B. tosanus, Paranisentomon tuxeni were considered to have a southern origin, whereas N. uenoi paucisetosum f. C and f. D, Filientomon takanawanum, Acerentulus, Yamatentomon yamato were of a northern origin. These three groups had an overlapping distribution in southern Tohoku, Kanto and Chubu, and actual and Chao 1 species richness were highest in these regions. TWINSPAN analysis supported the hypothesis that there are northern (Hokkaido, Tohoku) and other origin groups that have become separated. The other group was subdivided further, but it was obvious that regional similarity was higher in neighboring regions.

The present distribution of species assemblage was determined by climate (temperature and precipitation) but not by forest type or altitude. Although Lilleskov et al. [4] did not evaluate climate effects on the species richness of North American soil fauna, they found latitudinal richness gradients for most of the native soil fauna, therefore concluding that temperature can be an important factor acting on soil animals. We compared broadleaved forests and conifer forests, in which mycorrhizal species composition differed, but Protura did not show a clear response to the difference in vegetation type. Therefore, the link between Protura and mycorrhizal fungal species may not be strong.

The linkage history of the Japanese Archipelago to the Asian continent has been determined by geologists. The Japanese Archipelago was part of the continent before 22 Ma, and the archipelago was formed around 14 Ma [69]. After several uplifts, downlifts and climatic oscillations, Ryukyu and Kyushu were separated by the deep Tokara Straight around 1 Ma, and Hokkaido and Tohoku were separated by the Tsugaru Straight around 0.15 Ma [70,71]. During the Pleistocene, Kyushu was connected several times to China and the Korean Peninsula, and Hokkaido was connected several times to Sakhalin until around 10,000 years ago. Therefore, both northern and southern routes to Japan were available 1 Ma, and movement of Protura was possible from Hokkaido to Kyushu for almost one million years.

The database used in this study was not uniformly collected, and the intensity of the survey per unit area was biased. Our analysis showed that species richness hotspots were located in Tohoku and Kanto, where the sampling effort contrasted. Therefore, we consider that the collection of Protura in this study is suitable for biogeographical analysis. Chao1 species richness was far higher than actual richness in Kinki and Shikoku. Therefore, further sampling efforts are required in these regions.

 5. Conclusions

Most soil animals are hyper-diverse and are restricted to the soil habitat, while lacking significant dispersal ability; therefore, the biogeography of soil animals will reflect historical events in a given region. This study used more than 3000 collection records of Protura from Japan, where there is a great climatic range and a complicated history of land linkages to the Asian continent. Analysis of fauna in weakly disturbed habitats, with high species richness, enabled us to determine the invasion history of these soil organisms in Japan. This information will provide guidance for the conservation and rehabilitation of forest soil fauna.

 Appendix

Species list of Protura recorded in the data set.

Suborder Family Species
Acerentomoidea Protentomidae Fujientomon primum Imadaté, 1964
Huhentomon plicatunguis haradai Imadaté, 1989
Hesperentomon kuratai Imadaté, 1989
Hinomotentomon nipponicum (Imadaté, 1964)
Neocondeellum japonicum Nakamura, 1990
N. matobai (Imadaté, 1974)
N. minusculum Nakamura, 1990
Acerentomidae Acerentulus keikoae capillatus Imadaté, 1988
A. k. keikoae Imadaté, 1988
A. kisonis Imadaté, 1961
A. omoi Imadaté, 1988
Tuxenentulus ohbai Imadaté, 1974
Wenyingia kurosawai (Imadaté, 1986)
Sugaentulus masumii Imadaté, 1978
Yamatentomon fujisanum Imadaté, 1964
Y. kunnepchupi Imadaté, 1964
Y. yamato (Imadaté et Yosii, 1956)
Filientomon gentaroanum Nakamura, 2001
F. kurosai (Imadaté, 1974)
F. lubricum (Imadaté, 1956)
F. takanawanum (Imadaté, 1956)
Kenyentulus japonicus (Imadaté, 1961)
K. monticola Nakamura, 1990
K. sakimori (Imadaté, 1977)
Gracilentulus aokii Imadaté, 1982
G. chichibuensis Nakamura, 1995
Baculentulus densus (Imadaté, 1960)
B. loxoglenus Yin, 1980
B. morikawai (Imadaté et Yosii, 1956)
Acerentomoidea Acerentomidae B. nipponicus Nakamura, 1985
B. nitidus (Imadaté et Yosii, 1959)
B. sakayorii Nakamura, 1995
B. tosanus (Imadaté et Yosii, 1959)
Neobaculentulus izumi (Imadaté, 1965)
Silvestridia hutan Imadaté, 1965
Verrucoentomon kawakatsui (Imadaté, 1964)
Nosekiella urasi Imadaté, 1981
Paracerella shiratki (Imadaté, 1964)
Imadateiella shideiana eos (Imadaté, 1974)
I. s. shideiana (Imadaté, 1964)
I. shiria (Imadaté, 1964)
I. yosiiana (Imadaté, 1961)
I. shiria (Imadaté, 1964)
I. yosiiana (Imadaté, 1961)
Nipponentomon kamui Imadaté, 1965
N. nippon (Yoshii, 1938)
N. uenoi uenoi Imadaté et Yosii, 1959 [f. A]
N. uenoi paucisetosum Imadaté, 1965 [f. B]
N. uenoi paucisetosum Imadaté, 1965 [f. C]
N. uenoi paucisetosum Imadaté, 1965 [f. D]
N. uenoi paucisetosum Imadaté, 1965 [f. E]
N. uenoi paucisetosum Imadaté, 1965 [f. F]
Sinentomoidea Sinentomidae Sinentomon yoroi Imadaté, 1977
Eosentomoidea Eosentomidae Eosentomon asahi Imadaté, 1961
E. asakawaense Imadaté, 1961
E. dounanense Imadaté, 1994
E. juni Imadaté, 1994
E. kimum Imadaté, 1964
E. konsenense Imadaté, 1994
E. kumei Imadaté et Yosii, 1959
E. nupri Nakamura, 1983
E. pacificum Imadaté et Yosii, 1959
E. rishir Nakamura, 2004
E. sakura Imadaté et Yosii, 1959
E. toi Imadaté, 1964
E. tokiokai Imadaté, 1964
E. tokui Imadaté, 1974
E. topochi Imadaté, 1964
E. yezoense Nakamura, 1983
Paranisentomon tuxeni (Imadaté et Yosii, 1959)
Pseudanisentomon babai (Imadaté, 1964)
P. ishiii Nakamura,1996

IndVal species selected from the three assembly groups of Protura.

Species Group IndVal P value Frequency
Eosentomon asakawaense 1 0.67 0.001 48
Eosentomon asahi 1 0.63 0.001 56
Nipponentomon uenoi paucisetosum [f. B] 1 0.37 0.001 48
Acerentulus k. keikoae 1 0.32 0.001 23
Baculentulus sakayorii 1 0.17 0.001 8
Tuxenentulus ohbai 1 0.13 0.049 19
Imadateiella shideiana eos 1 0.09 0.049 8
Eosentomon sakura 2 0.37 0.004 102
Filientomon takanawanum 2 0.33 0.001 46
Paranisentomon tuxeni 2 0.32 0.002 69
Baculentulus tosanus 2 0.29 0.032 83
Eosentomon asakawaense 1 0.67 0.001 48
Eosentomon asahi 1 0.63 0.001 56
Nipponentomon uenoi paucisetosum [f. B] 1 0.37 0.001 48
Acerentulus k. keikoae 1 0.32 0.001 23
Baculentulus sakayorii 1 0.17 0.001 8
Tuxenentulus ohbai 1 0.13 0.049 19
Imadateiella shideiana eos 1 0.09 0.049 8
Eosentomon sakura 2 0.37 0.004 102
Filientomon takanawanum 2 0.33 0.001 46
Paranisentomon tuxeni 2 0.32 0.002 69
Baculentulus tosanus 2 0.29 0.032 83
Nipponentomon uenoi paucisetosum [f. C] 2 0.20 0.001 7
Acerentulus omoi 2 0.14 0.003 5
Acerentulus kisonis 2 0.13 0.042 17
Yamatentomon yamato 2 0.09 0.048 10
Nipponentomon uenoi paucisetosum [f. D] 2 0.09 0.019 3
Kenyentulus japonicus 3 0.57 0.001 77
Eosentomon tokiokai 3 0.47 0.001 37
Neocondeellum japonicum 3 0.19 0.001 12
Nipponentomon uenoi uenoi [f. A] 3 0.16 0.001 10
Filientomon lubricum 3 0.15 0.003 9
Baculentulus nitidus 3 0.11 0.015 11
Neobaculentulus izumi 3 0.11 0.032 11
Acknowledgments

This study was supported in part by the Global Environment Research Fund by the Ministry of the Environment, Japan (D-0909 and S-9), and a Grant-in-Aid for Science Research (A) (21241010) (the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan).

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