Road-killed ground beetles prove the presence of Carabus hungaricus (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in North-Western Romania

Cicort-Lucaciu, Alfred-Ştefan

doi:10.24189/ncr.2020.035

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“…Due to the diversity of these ecosystems, they are home to a significant species diversity of insects [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 ]. While many insect species thrive, some forest species are on the verge of extinction due to forest degradation, pollution, fragmentation, changes in tree composition, climate change, and other factors, such as fires, tree felling, and draining [ 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 ]. The species diversity of Coleoptera forest ecosystems is very large, and knowledge about this biodiversity is constantly being updated through the use of a wide variety of studying methods [ 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 ].…”

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Usage of Fermental Traps for the Study of the Species Diversity of Coleoptera

Ruchin

Egorov

Khapugin

2021

Insects

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The possibilities of applying various methods to study Coleoptera give unexpected and original results. The studies were carried out with the help of fermental crown traps in 2018–2020 on the territory of eight regions in the central part of European Russia. The biodiversity of the Coleoptera that fall into crown traps includes 294 species from 45 families. The number of species attracted to the fermenting bait is about a third of the total number of species in the traps (this is 97.4% of the number of all of the caught specimens). The largest number of species that have been found in the traps belong to the families Cerambycidae, Elateridae and Curculionidae. The most actively attracted species mainly belong to the families Cerambycidae, Nitidulidae and Scarabaeidae. The species of these families are equally attracted by baits made of beer, white and red wines. In order to identify the Coleoptera biodiversity of a particular biotope, two-year studies are sufficient, and they should be carried out throughout the vegetation season. Especially good results can be obtained from studies of rare species that are actively attracted by such baits. It is possible to study the vertical–horizontal distribution of Coleoptera fauna in individual biotopes.

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Usage of Fermental Traps for the Study of the Species Diversity of Coleoptera

Ruchin

Egorov

Khapugin

2021

Insects

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“…There are many reasons leading to recent changes in ecosystems. Urbanization, pollution with various toxic chemicals, regular fires, deforestation, climate changes, and biological invasions have recently had a considerable impact on biodiversity [11,[27][28][29][30][31][32][33].…”

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Dataset: Fauna of Adult Ground Beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) of the National Park “Smolny” (Russia)

Ruchin

Алексеев²,

Artaev

et al. 2022

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(1) Background: Protected areas are “hotspots” of biodiversity in many countries. In such areas, ecological systems are preserved in their natural state, which allows them to protect animal populations. In several protected areas, the Coleoptera biodiversity is studied as an integral part of the ecological monitoring of the ecosystem state. This study was aimed to describe the Carabidae fauna in one of the largest protected areas of European Russia, namely National Park “Smolny”. (2) Methods: The study was conducted in April–September 2008, 2009, 2017–2021. A variety of ways was used to collect beetles (by hand, caught in light traps, pitfall traps, and others). Seasonal dynamics of the beetle abundance were studied in various biotopes. Coordinates were fixed for each observation. (3) Results: The dataset contains 1994 occurrences. In total, 32,464 specimens of Carabidae have been studied. The dataset contains information about 131 species of Carabidae beetles. In this study, we have not found two species (Carabus estreicheri and Calathus ambiguus), previously reported in the fauna of National Park “Smolny”. (4) Conclusions: The Carabidae diversity in the National Park “Smolny” is represented by 133 species from 10 subfamilies. Ten species (Carabus cancellatus, Harpalus laevipes, Carabus hortensis, Pterostichus niger, Poecilus versicolor, Pterostichus melanarius, Carabus glabratus, Carabus granulatus, Carabus arvensis baschkiricus, Pterostichus oblongopunctatus) constitute the majority of the Carabidae fauna. Seasonal dynamics are maximal in spring; the number of ground beetles decreases in biotopes by autumn.

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“…Changes in open biocenoses (e.g. meadows, steppes, pastures) have been recently observed in many regions of the world [14][15][16][17][18]. The transformation of the vegetation cover has an ever-increasing impact on the ground beetle fauna in the biocenoses which are bioindicators of the ecosystem status [19][20][21][22].…”

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“…In recent decades, the anthropogenic transformation of meadow ecosystems (annual grass fires, unreasonable plowing of land, significant grazing, uncontrolled haying, afforestation of fields and meadows) has shown high rates [23][24][25][26]. The process of environmental impact leads to the disruption of the natural habitat, the emergence of secondary forest communities, and, consequently, changes in the natural ranges of some ground beetle species and population structure [16,[27][28][29][30][31][32]. This study is aimed to investigate the meadow ecosystems' ground beetle fauna in the center of European Russia.…”

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Fauna and Species Diversity of Ground Beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in Meadows

Ruchin¹,

Алексеев²,

Khapugin³

et al. 2021

Entomol. Appl. Sci. Lett.

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The species diversity of ground beetles (Carabidae) was studied in the meadow ecosystems in the center of European Russia (Nizhniy Novgorod region and the Republic of Mordovia). Seventeen localities were studied. All meadow biotopes were divided into four types: dry meadows, dry meadows adjacent to forest shelter-belts, wet floodplain meadows, and floodplain meadows affected by livestock grazing. The highest species diversity was in dry meadows adjacent to forest shelter-belts (65 species) and wet floodplain meadows (62 species). The lowest number of species was in floodplain meadows affected by livestock grazing (24 species). Forty ground beetle species have been identified in dry meadows. Wet floodplain meadows had the highest Shannon's index, and the lowest Simpson index. The ground beetle fauna had high values of the Simpson and Berger-Parker indices in dry meadows. Only two species dominated in dry meadows, while four to seven species dominated in other habitats. According to the Jaccard similarity index, the most similar species composition of ground beetles was in dry meadows and dry meadows adjacent to forest shelter-belts. By reducing the number of species and specimens of ground beetles, trampling has a great effect on the fauna of floodplain meadows affected by livestock grazing.

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Road-killed ground beetles prove the presence of Carabus hungaricus (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in North-Western Romania

Cited by 16 publications

References 20 publications

Usage of Fermental Traps for the Study of the Species Diversity of Coleoptera

Usage of Fermental Traps for the Study of the Species Diversity of Coleoptera

Dataset: Fauna of Adult Ground Beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) of the National Park “Smolny” (Russia)

Fauna and Species Diversity of Ground Beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in Meadows

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