Soil fauna Frequency (%) Density (individuals/m2) Species richness
(Simpson index)
Species diversity
(Shannon–Wiener index)
Nematoda 64.13 ± 5.50 409.0 ± 51.2 0.42 ± 0.04 1.05 ± 0.21
Acari 10.84 ± 3.80 73.0 ± 12.3
Collembola 9.38 ± 2.50 63.0± 5.1
Protura 0.87 ± 0.08 5.0 ± 0.8
Diplura 0.43 ±0.05 3.0 ± 0.5
Enchytraediae 2.01 ± 0.10 14.0 ± 1.4
Isoptera 1.24 ± 0.09 7.0 ± 1.0
Isopoda 1.26 ± 0.11 7.0 ± 0.9
Chilopoda 0.17 ±0.01 1.00 ± 0.01
Diplopoda 1.51 ± 0.05 9 .00± 0.06
Coleoptera 2.82 ± 0.08 19.0 ± 1.2
Earthworms 5.36 ± 0.21 3.0 ± 0.6
Table 4: Soil faunal diversity in 24-year-old restored mine site.