Rejuvenation and restoration measures foster specialised and threatened carabid beetle species in montane heathland ecosystems

Faunistic records of three cicindelid and 47 carabid beetle species are given for the Island of Sakhalin in the Russian Far East. Most records refer to a material collected in 1993 and 1994 in SW Sakhalin by the two junior authors. The following five carabid species are here reported from Sakhalin for the first time: Bembidion chloropus Bates, Pterostichus neglectus A. Morawitz, Agonum jankowskii Lafer, A. piceum (Linnaeus) and Microlestes minutulus (Goeze). The gross distributions of all mentioned species are given, with special emphasis on the Far East. The following syn. nov. are given: Pterostichus (Euryperis) eximius A. Morawitz, 1862 (= crassiceps A. Morawitz, 1862; = rudnicus Jedlicka, 1938; = obliquebasalis Jedlicka, 1962; = prochazkorum Jedlicka, 1967; = sakhalinensis Kirschenhofer, 1985).

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Seasonal cold adaptation dynamics of some carabid beetle species: Carabus granulatus, Pterostichus oblongopunctatus and Platynus assimilis

Forestry Studies / Metsanduslikud Uurimused ◽

10.2478/v10132-012-0007-3 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 57 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Angela Ploomi ◽

Irja Kivimägi ◽

Eha Kruus ◽

Ivar Sibul ◽

Katrin Jõgar ◽

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Keyword(s):

Seasonal Changes ◽

Cold Adaptation ◽

Cold Hardiness ◽

Carabid Beetle ◽

Carabid Beetles ◽

Beetle Species ◽

Supercooling Point ◽

Pterostichus Oblongopunctatus

Abstract Cold-hardiness can be measured by supercooling points – the temperature at which spontaneous freezing occurs. Seasonal changes in supercooling point were assessed in field-collected predacious carabid beetle species: Carabus granulatus L., Pterostichus oblongopunctatus L. and Platynus assimilis Payk. (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Supercooling ability of these beetles changed seasonally. The tested carabid beetles proved to belong to freeze-avoiding cryotype.

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Spectral and angular distribution of light scattered from the elytra of two carabid beetle species

EPJ Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/epjconf/20100502007 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 5 ◽

pp. 02007

Author(s):

X. Wu ◽

A. Erbe ◽

H. Fabritius ◽

D. Raabe

Keyword(s):

Angular Distribution ◽

Carabid Beetle ◽

Beetle Species

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Distribution patterns of carabid beetle species at the landscape-level

Journal of Biogeography ◽

10.1046/j.1365-2699.2002.00697.x ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 29 (4) ◽

pp. 491-508 ◽

Cited By ~ 29

Author(s):

Michael Judas ◽

Klaus Dornieden ◽

Ulrich Strothmann

Keyword(s):

Distribution Patterns ◽

Carabid Beetle ◽

Beetle Species ◽

Landscape Level

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Manipulated structural variability affects the habitat choice of two ground-living beetle species in a laboratory experiment

Entomologica Fennica ◽

10.33338/ef.84423 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

pp. 122-128 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Karolina Nittérus ◽

Åsa Gunnarsson ◽

Bengt Gunnarsson

Keyword(s):

Laboratory Experiment ◽

Habitat Choice ◽

Carabid Beetle ◽

Beetle Species ◽

Bare Ground ◽

Abundance Distribution ◽

Structural Variability ◽

Logging Residue ◽

Pterostichus Oblongopunctatus

The habitat choice of two ground-living carabid beetle species (Pterostichus oblongopunctatus (Fabricius) and Carabus hortensis Linneaus) was investigated in a laboratory experiment. Beetles were released in test arenas with two options of manipulated structural variability on the ground, i.e.; bare ground spots versus spots with logging residue (slash). Beetles were studied for 600 seconds and the total time spent on bare ground versus in slash was measured. The results revealed a preference for slash covered ground amongst the investigated beetles. Regardless of species or type of release spot (in the middle of the bare ground or in slash), the carabids resided significantly longer in slash compared with the bare ground. The results support recent studies emphasizing the importance of microhabitat variability for the abundance distribution of arthropods inmanaged systems.

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Un nuevo Trechus (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechini) hipogeo de la Sierra de Parapanda (Andalucía, España): taxonomía, sistemática y biología

Animal Biodiversity and Conservation ◽

10.32800/abc.2015.38.0191 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 38 (2) ◽

pp. 191-206

Author(s):

V. M. Ortuño ◽

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P. Barranco ◽

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Species Group ◽

Carabid Beetle ◽

Female Genitalia ◽

Pitfall Traps ◽

Beetle Species ◽

Male And Female ◽

Arthropod Fauna ◽

San Rafael

Sampling of arthropod fauna by pitfall traps in the cavern ‘Sima de San Rafael’ in Íllora (Granada, Spain) has revealed a new carabid beetle species, Trechus parapandus n. sp., with remarkable troglobiomorphic characteristics: eyes visible only as scars, depigmentation, and elongation of antennae and legs. In consonance with these characteristics, this new species, Trechus parapandus n. sp. is absent in the upper region of the cave. The species belongs to the Trechus fulvus species group (that has five species in Andalusia) according to the characteristics of both male and female genitalia. Study of the fauna in the cave suggests that Collembola might be the prey of this new species since they are the most abundant group and have a coincidental phenology. A key for the 11 Trechus species present in Andalusia is provided.

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