Leaf-beetles (Coleptera: Chrysomelidae) of sand-coquinal terrace of Azov sea, Ukraine
Ecological and faunistic review of Chrysomelidae of Asov sea sand-coquinal terrace (Ukraine) is presented for the first time. The investigated territory is a complex of intrazonal biotopes. Chrysomelid beetle’s species composition of the researched region is relatively poor. 74 species which be...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Russian |
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Russian Academy of Science. Southern Scientific Centre. Federal Research Centre
2010-12-01
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| Series: | Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ssc-ras.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5_MYe%20Sergeev.pdf |
| Summary: | Ecological and faunistic review of
Chrysomelidae of Asov sea sand-coquinal terrace
(Ukraine) is presented for the first time. The investigated
territory is a complex of intrazonal biotopes. Chrysomelid
beetle’s species composition of the researched region is
relatively poor. 74 species which belong to 30 genera and
8 subfamilies are recorded. The structure of chrysomelid
beetle’s fauna is typical for steppe zone of Ukraine. The
representatives of subfamilies Alticinae (35 species, 9
genera), Cryptocephalinae (15 species, 3 genera) and
Chrysimelinae (8 species, 6 genera) are dominating. There
are some peculiarities in ecological structure of chrysomelid
beetle’s fauna on the territory of sand-coquinal terrace. The
major part of recorded chrysomelid beetle’s species must be
attributed to euribiotical mesophiles and mesoxerophiles.
Imago’s activity period lasts from May to September – it
is shorter than in northern regions of the steppe zone. The
peak of species diversity is marked from the end of May to
the middle of June. |
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| ISSN: | 1814-3326 1814-3326 |