Expanding Soil Invertebrate Knowledge in Panama: The Genus (Collembola, Entomobryidae) in the Parque Natural Metropolitano as a Study Case.

Panama, located in the heart of the Mesoamerican hotspot, harbors an extraordinary species diversity across the Tree of Life. The Collembola species of the genus play an important role in soil biological processes such as decomposition, being used to monitor soil health and functional parameters. However, the limitation of morphological characters and molecular resources hampers the evaluation of local soil diversity.