The Diversity of Arthropods at the Arabica Coffee Plantation in Atang Jungket Village, Aceh Tengah District, Indonesia

Abstract

This research was conducted on an Arabica coffee plantation that was organically managed in Atang Jungket Village, Aceh Tengah District, Aceh Province. Sampling using a purposive sampling method with the 5-hectare land area at altitude 1400 m above sea level. The results showed that arthropods found in arabica coffee plantations consist of 2 classes, 12 orders, and 72 families. The order of Hymenoptera was the dominant order (39.72%), followed by Diptera (34.72%), Araneae (9.46%), Coleoptera (8.06%) and other orders (Hemiptera, Blatodea, Homoptera, Lepidoptera, Mantodea, Mecoptera, Orthoptera and Psocoptera) that is 8.05%. The high abundance of arthropods in an agro-ecosystem is related to the stability of the environment, where the food chain is still well-established.