Ground beetles (Carabidae) from slopes of Macošská stráň and Vilémovická stráň (Protected landscape area of Moravský kras, Czech Republic)

Abstract

NIEDOBOVÁ, J., HULA, V., ŠŤASTNÁ, P.: Ground beetles (Carabidae) from slopes of Macošská stráň and Vilémovická stráň (Protected landscape area of Moravský kras, Czech Republic). Acta univ. agric. et silvic. Mendel. Brun., 2011, LIX, No. 3, pp. 143-150 Collecting of Carabidae was conducted using pitfall traps at four sites. The fi rst two sites (T1 + T2) were at the slope of Macošská stráň and the other two sites (T3 + T4) at the slope of Vilémovická stráň. The study was done in 2008 and 2009. At Macošská stráň in 2008, 21 species of Carabidae with the total number of 228 individuals were found and in 2009, 18 species of the total number of 116 specimens were collected. At Vilémovická stráň in 2008, 22 species of Carabidae with the total number of 1977 specimens were found and in 2009, 21 species of the total number of 623 specimens were caught. In terms of classifi cation of relictness, Macošská stráň in 2008 was dominated by species of adaptable group A (60%), species of eurytop group (E) were represented by 35% and of relic group (R) by 5%. In 2009, the same representation of species of groups A and E (47%) were found and the species of group R were represented by 6%. Vilémovická stráň in 2008 was dominated by species of group A (52%), species of group E were represented by 43% and of group R by 5%. In 2009 also dominated species of group A (54%), species of group E were represented by 41% and of group R by 5%. In the studied area we reported four endangered species of Carabidae protected by Law (No. 395/1992 Coll.) as amended, these were Calosoma auropunctatum (critically endangered), Brachinus crepitans, Carabus ullrichii and Cicindela campestris (endangered) and two species listed under the Red List of Threatened Species of the Czech Republic (Veselý et al., 2005). One of the species is listed as vulnerable (Calosoma auropunctatum) and one as near endangered (Carabus cancellatus). Another signifi cant species found on the monitored sites was Aptinus bombarda.

Epigeic spiders (Araneae) from the Malá Dohoda Quarry (Moravian Karst Protected Landscape Area, Czech Republic)

“…The other two sites (locations 1 and 2) are very similar in terms of species diversity (27 and 28) as well as collected number of specimens (223 and Majkus (1995) 107 species, and most recently, Niedobová et al, (2011) 171 species. Through our research, the number of known species from faunistic square is increased to a total of 311 species.…”

“…In the Czech Republic, it occurs sporadically throughout the territory in the lower to mid elevations. The recent fi ndings of this species include the same faunistic square at Macošská stráň slope (Niedobová et al, 2011) and the nature reserve of Balcarka (Hula et al, 2009). Earlier fi ndings from Moravian Karst are reported by Majkus (1995) andMiller (1967).…”

“…In the area of Moravian Karst, this species was already found by Miller (1967) and Majkus (1995). Recently, from faunistic square 6666 Z. longipes was reported from Vilémovická stráň slope by Niedobová et al (2011) and from sinkholes in very close proximity to our explored locality by Hula et al (2012). Data: 1♂,[22][23][24][25].…”

“…Papers devoted to Araneae species found directly in the caves (Absolon, 1912;Růžička, 1999aRůžička, , 1999b) cannot be omitted. The most recent published data are on the composition of the arachnofauna from the hillsides of Vilémovická and Macošská stráň (Niedobová et al, 2011) and in various sinkhole habitats (Horáková, 2005;Hula et al, 2012). Habitats in quarries were generally rather neglected by arachnologists and there are no faunistic data from Moravian Karst.…”

A Faunistic Study on Spiders (Araneae) from Vineyard Terraces in the Municipalities of Morkůvky and Mutěnice (South Moravia, Czech Republic)

“…Sibianor tantulus (Simon, 1868) This species is reported from the territory of the Czech Republic only once (Macošská stráň, Moravský Kras PLA - Niedobová et al, 2011). The species has a trans-Palaearctic temperate range, from France to central Mongolia, although in Europe, the species had previously been collected only in Poland (Logunov, 2000), Germany (Blick et al 2004), Greece (Bosmans & Chatzaki, 2005), France (Le Peru, 2007), Slovakia (Franc & Korenko, 2008), Caucasus (Otto &Tramp, 2011) andSpain (Farrández et al, 2006).…”