Estudio de la entomofauna para el desarrollo del turismo científico en la Estación Experimental Pastaza de la ESPOCH, en el cantón Pastaza, provincia de Pastaza.

Abstract

The curricular integration work aimed to study the entomofauna to develop scientific tourism at the Pastaza Experimental Station – Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo (ESPOCH). For the identification of the species, a simple random sampling was carried out at four different points of the station, using the direct capture method, where the respective analyses applied Primer 5 software, which allowed obtaining the results of the alpha biodiversity indexes: Simpson, Shannon, Margalef and for beta: Bray Curtis. Nineteen genera, 15 families, and five orders were identified, which allowed the development of 19 bibliographic identification sheets, which were used to analyze the morphological and ecological characteristics and the interpretative potential of the species, through the Interpretative Potential Index analysis (IPI). On the other hand, seven genres were identified that meet the established parameters and have the highest score in terms of interpretive potential, which led to the proposal of the signage design based on the Signage Manual for the National System of Protected Areas (SNAP 2019). To sum up, the proposal is the design of informative signage, that details information on flora and fauna from the Pastaza Experimental Station – ESPOCH.