Community analysis of the abundance and diversity of biting midge species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in three European countries at different latitudes

Table 1 Midge species diversity. Estimators of taxonomic diversity with values for the Simpson’s Index of Diversity, Shannon-Wiener diversity and Shannon-Wiener evenness for three habitats (farms, peri-urban and wetlands) in three countries (Sweden, the Netherlands and Italy)

Taxonomic diversity	Sweden				the Netherlands				Italy				Total
Taxonomic diversity	Farm	Peri-urban	Wetland	Total	Farm	Peri-urban	Wetland	Total	Farm	Peri-urban	Wetland	Total
No. of specimens trapped	3267	46	761	4074	8270	185	3530	11,985	33,682	124	220	34,026	50,085
No. of samples	42	48	46	136	52	53	50	155	47	51	53	151	442
No. of species trapped	15	12	14	18	18	14	29	35	12	11	14	20	45
Simpson Index of Diversity	0.640	0.821	0.786	0.723	0.439	0.828	0.777	0.596	0.036	0.715	0.748	0.051	0.285
Shannon-Wiener diversity	1.439	2.000	1.801	1.714	0.807	2.051	1.863	1.386	0.127	1.589	1.750	0.178	0.813
Shannon-Wiener evenness	0.531	0.805	0.682	0.593	0.279	0.777	0.553	0.390	0.051	0.663	0.663	0.060	0.214

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