Biology Features of Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the National Park «Khvalynsky» (Saratov Region)

Abstract

Муравьи-важнейший компонент экосистем. Их успех обусловлен социальной организацией, способностью изменять место обитания и использовать разнообразные пищевые ресурсы. К кормовым объектам муравьев относятся некрупные беспозвоночные, семена растений и падь тлей. Активность муравьев в сообществе приурочена к разным временным интервалам. В исследованных ассоциациях установлены доминирующие по численности группы муравьев (вид Tetramorium caespitum-в лесном биотопе; Lasius alienus и виды рода Myrmica-в степном). Установлен спектр мирмекофильных жуков из 5 видов, обитающих в муравейниках изученных видов. Ключевые слова: муравьи, пищевой спектр, активность, Национальный парк «Хвалынский».

Biodiversity of Coleoptera (Insecta) in Khvalynsky National Park (Saratov Region, Russia)

“…A. Zabaluev [13][14][15][16], and A. S. Sazhnev et al [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34]. In 2022, the collaborative monograph Artropods of Khvalynsky National Park [35] summed up the general biodiversity of the Coleoptera fauna of the national park. At that time, the known biodiversity of the national park included 1034 species of beetles [35].…”

“…In 2022, the collaborative monograph Artropods of Khvalynsky National Park [35] summed up the general biodiversity of the Coleoptera fauna of the national park. At that time, the known biodiversity of the national park included 1034 species of beetles [35].…”

“…The most understudied group is the family Staphylinidae (including Silphinae), which in the territory of the national park can potentially present approximately 300-400 species. Note: *-literary data [35]; **-literary data [36][37][38][39][40][41].…”

“…Records for one species Attalus analis (Panzer, 1798) (Melyridae) have been corrected. Previously, this species was erroneously listed as A. amictus (Erichson, 1840) [35].…”

“…All reliable published information from the territory of the Khvalynsky National Park is also summarized. The main checklist of beetle species for the Khvalynsky National Park was published in 2021 [35], but since then new literature data have appeared, along with data that were not taken into account earlier [29,33,[36][37][38][39][40][41]. Almost all species (excluding 5 species of Curculionidae from the article by I.…”