Conventional and Indigenous Biodiversity Conservation Approach: A Comparative Study of Jachie Sacred Grove and Nkrabea Forest Reserve

Table 2

Summary of arthropod species and their relative abundance, registered at the study sites.

Family	Order	Species	Common name	Abundance	% rel. dominance
Nkrabea forest reserve
Gryllidae	Orthoptera	Nemobius sylvestris	Wood cricket	12	21.05
Gryllidae	Orthoptera	Gryllus sp.	Ground cricket	4	7.01
Formicidae	Hymenoptera	Camponotus consobrinus	Sugar ant	8	14.04
Formicidae	Hymenoptera	Pachycondyla tarsata	Black ant	27	47.37
Pompilidae	Hymenoptera	Auplopus sp.	Spider wasp	1	1.75
Gnaphosidae	Araneae	Gnaphosidae sp.	Ground spider	2	3.51
Thomisidae	Araneae	Thomisidae sp.	Crab spider	2	3.51
Diopsidae	Diptera	Diasemopsis apifasciata	Stalked eye fly	1	1.75
Total		7		57
Jachie sacred grove
Gryllidae	Orthoptera	Gryllus sp.	Ground cricket	6	12.53
Formicidae	Hymenoptera	Camponotus consobrinus	Sugar ant	6	12.53
Formicidae	Hymenoptera	Camponotus furvus	Carpenter ant	72	85.71
Total		3		84