Isolation of Fungi and Bacteria Associated with the Guts of Tropical Wood-Feeding Coleoptera and Determination of Their Lignocellulolytic Activities

Table 1

Description of the location and main environmental parameters of the 10 national parks of Costa Rica, where sampling was carried out. The selected environments are classified as tropical wet forest and cover most of the natural distribution of the five coleopteran families studied.

National park	Latitude; Longitude	Altitude (m)	Mean temperature (°C)	Annual precipitation (mm)
Arenal	10°26′49′′ N; 84°43′41′′ W	589	24	4000–5000
Barbilla	9°58′43′′ N; 83°28′23′′ W	460	21	3000–4000
Braulio Carrillo	10°9′33′′ N; 83°56′10′′ W	507	24	3500–4500
Carara	9°46′41′′ N; 84°36′20′′ W	78	27	2500–3000
Hitoy Cerere	9°40′18′′ N; 83°01′39′′ W	150	25	3000–4000
Piedras Blancas	8°41′56′′ N; 83°12′29′′ W	198	28	5000–6000
Rincón de la Vieja	10°46′29′′ N; 85°20′41′′ W	782	22	2500–3000
Tapanti	9°44′40′′ N; 83°46′56′′ W	1287	19	6000–7000
Tenorio	10°42′25′′ N; 84°59′22′′ W	727	22	3000–4000
Tortuguero	10°32′5′′ N; 83°29′56′′ W	0	26	5000–6000