**Table 1.**

**199**

**Table 3.**

*Source: INMET Network data.*

*Beetles and Meteorological Conditions: A Case Study DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.94517*

Agricultural field Scolytinae

Mata de cocal Scolytinae D\* va

Molytinae

Molytinae

*3.2.2 Curculionids and meteorological variables*

Throughout the study, there was an average insolation of 8.4 h.d-1, an average

**Area Subfamily Dominance Abundance Frequency Constancy**

D va

**c**

**c**

**:** *Diversity Index (Shannon-Weaner) => H = 0.1590 H Confidence Interval (P = 0.05) => [0.156938;* 

D

D

*0.161106] Wealth Index (Margalef) => ALFA = 0.1567 Uniformity or Equitability Index => E = 0.2294. Agricultural field: Diversity Index (Shannon-Weaner) => H = 0.6470 H Confidence Interval (P = 0.05) => [0.637532; 0.656375] Wealth Index (Margalef) => ALFA = 0.2414 Uniformity or Equitability Index =>* 

*Faunistic analysis of the curculionid subfamilies sampled in Mata de Cocal and in the agricultural field.*

*\*D = dominant; F = frequent; Y = accessory; c = common; va = very abundant; a =abundant.*


**Precipitation (mm) Average temperature (° C)**

F

F

F

F

Y

Y

Y

Y

0 27.5

relative humidity of 72.4%, an average daily compensated air temperature of 27.4°C and 1218.9 mm of rainfall. When these values are compared to the clima

tological normal from 1980 to 2009 calculated by Bastos and Andrade Júnior – who it had an average insolation of 7.8 h.d-1, relative humidity of 69.8%, average air temperature of 28.2°C and 1351.9 mm annual rainfall–, it was verified that the insolation and humidity were higher while precipitation and temperature were below [27]. The record of monthly meteorological data for the period is

> **) Relative humidity (%)**

2011 Aug. 10.1 65.4 10.8 27.2

2012 Jan. 6.4 75.7 133.1 27.1

*Meteorological data (insolation, compensated average relative humidity, precipitation and average* 

Jul. 10 60.8

*compensated air temperature) from August 1, 2011 to July 31, 2012 in Teresina.*

Sep. 10.3 58.1 0.6 28.5 Oct. 8.8 66.1 167.6 28.6 Nov. 7.8 74.8 124.6 27.4 Dec. 8.6 68.2 23.4 28.3

Feb. 5.6 83.4 317.1 26.2 Mar. 7.4 85 264 26.3 Apr. 7.7 82.5 121 26.7 May 9.3 77.3 31.3 27.2 Jun. 8.8 72.7 25.4 27.2

*3.2.2.1 Weather data*

*Mata de cocal*

*E = 0.9334.*

**Table 2.**

shown in **Table 3**

.

**Year Month Insolation (h.d−1**

*Monthly records of population fluctuation of curculionids data collected in the Mata de Cocal and in the agricultural field.*


*\*D = dominant; F = frequent; Y = accessory; c = common; va = very abundant; a =abundant. Mata de cocal***:** *Diversity Index (Shannon-Weaner) => H = 0.1590 H Confidence Interval (P = 0.05) => [0.156938; 0.161106] Wealth Index (Margalef) => ALFA = 0.1567 Uniformity or Equitability Index => E = 0.2294. Agricultural field: Diversity Index (Shannon-Weaner) => H = 0.6470 H Confidence Interval (P = 0.05) => [0.637532; 0.656375] Wealth Index (Margalef) => ALFA = 0.2414 Uniformity or Equitability Index => E = 0.9334.*

#### **Table 2.**

*Agrometeorology*

**198**

**Area** Mata de Cocal

Scolytinae Molytinae

Agricultural

Scolytinae Molytinae

1 1

1 *Monthly records of population fluctuation of curculionids data collected in the Mata de Cocal and in the agricultural field.*

0

0

4

16

11

8

545

46

20

2

654

0

0

0

3

8

7

8

12

0

0

2

41

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

20

1

1

0

22

field

Total

**Table 1.**

0

1

0

0

1

8

4

0

7

0

1

0

22

**Subfamily** **Aug.**

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

506

45

18

0

569

**Sep.**

**Oct.**

**Nov.**

**Dec.**

**Jan.**

**Feb.**

**Mar.**

**Apr.**

**May**

**Jun.**

**Jul.**

**2011**

**2012**

**Total**

*Faunistic analysis of the curculionid subfamilies sampled in Mata de Cocal and in the agricultural field.*
