A preliminary survey of the terrestrial arthropods of the Rosenthal Islands, Antarctica

Figures & data

Figure 1. Map of the Rosenthal Islands. GPS waypoints for the three islands surveyed: Island 1: S 64.59079, W 064.24715; Island 2: S 64.60035, W 064.21499; Island 3: S 64.60297W, 064.21044.

Table 1. The islands and habitat types where each species of arthropod was identified in the Rosenthal Islands. N/A denotes the absence of that habitat type found on the island.

Island	Substrate type	Acari	Collembola	Insecta
1	Ornithogenic soil, no vegetation	A. antarcticus	C. antarcticus F. grisea
	Vegetated	N/A	N/A	N/A
2	Ornithogenic soil, no vegetation	A. antarcticus H. racovitzai	C. antarcticus F. grisea
	Vegetated	A. antarcticus H. racovitzai T. villosus	C. antarcticus F. grisea	B. antarctica
3	Ornithogenic soil, no vegetation	A. antarcticus H. racovitzai	C. antarcticus F. grisea
	Vegetated	A. antarcticus H. racovitzai T. villosus Rhagidia sp.	C. antarcticus F. grisea	B. antarctica