Analysis of the ways of formation of the entomofaunistic complexes in the Northwest Caucasus based on the material on coleopterous insects (Coleoptera)

Scolytinae in hazelnut orchards of Turkey: clarification of species and identification key (Coleoptera, Curculionidae)

“…Another reason is that several exotic species have established in the region recently and may spread to Turkey. These include Xyleborinus attenuatus (Blandford, 1894), a polyphagous ambrosia beetle now common throughout Europe, and Scolytoplatypus tycon Blandford, 1893, introduced to Caucasus ( Zamotajlov and Nikitsky 2010 ). Neither of these species was reported from hazelnuts in Turkey yet, but identifiers and pest managers should be aware of the possibility of their presence.…”

Complexes of ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in agrocenoses of cultivated crops of Krasnodar Territory

“…The calculation and construction of the dendrogram was performed in the Biodiversity Pro 2.0 software application. For the classification of habitats, as well as ecological groups, the nomenclature provided by the authors earlier was used [4,5]. The analysis of the landscape-cenotic confinement of ground beetles was performed considering the available data on the occurrence of the species under consideration in natural biocenoses.…”

“…This study continues long-term observations of the local fauna of ground beetles in agrocenoses of the Northwest Caucasus, namely, the study of the structure of the community of ground beetles formed on row crops (sunflower and corn) of the Kuban Region. This kind of research has already been performed both abroad [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] and in Russia, in particular, in the central zone of the Krasnodar Territory [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13], but, at the moment, these observations have been performed most fully, since they cover all the main zones of the region. Obviously, the faunas of ground beetles of various agrocenoses are not constant, their composition is influenced by many factors that form a special microclimate, which is confirmed by the researches performed by the domestic and foreign authors at the agricultural landscapes.…”

A new species of Duvalius from world’s deepest cave (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

“…The Western Caucasus harbours some endemic cave-dwelling ground beetles genera, e.g. Jeannelius Kurnakov, 1959, Meganophthalmus Kurnakov, 1959, Caucasaphaenops Belousov, 1999or Taniatrechus Belousov & Dolzhanski, 1994or Caucasorites Belousov & Zamotajlov, 1997(Belousov 1999Belousov & Koval 2009;Kryzhanovskij et al 1995;Zamotajlov et al 2010).…”