Insect communities in open and closed canopy in monsoon forest, Baluran National Park, Situbondo Jawa Timur

Research on insect communities was carried out in different zones in the monsoon forest in Baluran National Park, Situbondo, East Java. This study aims to identify and describe the composition of taxa, the level of diversity, evenness, and wealth of taxa in sheltered areas and exposed to the monsoon forest of Baluran National Park. The study was conducted from July to October 2018. Sampling was done by purposive sampling technique with the direct sweeping method, light trap method, and pitfall trap method. The results showed that the composition of insect taxa in both areas had moderate diversity criteria with index values in the protected area 1.72 and exposed area 1.79. The taxation evenness index values in the two areas are classified as evenly with the area evenness index being 0.51 and the exposed area 0.59. The tax wealth index value in the sheltered area is 3.85, and the exposed area is 2.9, with the category obtained being medium.