Distribution of ground beetles of the genus Poecilus Bonelli, 1810 (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in the agrolandscape in Northwestern Russia

Three species of the genus Poecilus Bonelli, 1810: P. cupreus (L.), P. versicolor (Sturm) and P. lepidus (Leske) inhabit the agrolandscapes in Northwestern Russia. Two the most numerous species are P. cupreus and P. versicolor. They differ by the areas they occupy and their abundance on the various...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Acta Biologica Sibirica
Main Author: Guseva, O. G.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Russian
Published: Altai State University 2018
Subjects:
ground beetles
Poecilus
agrolandscape
Northwestern Russia
жужелицы
агроландшафт
Северо-Запад России
Sturm
Sibirica
Online Access:http://journal.asu.ru/biol/article/view/4414
https://doi.org/10.14258/abs.v4i3.4414
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Summary:Three species of the genus Poecilus Bonelli, 1810: P. cupreus (L.), P. versicolor (Sturm) and P. lepidus (Leske) inhabit the agrolandscapes in Northwestern Russia. Two the most numerous species are P. cupreus and P. versicolor. They differ by the areas they occupy and their abundance on the various parts of a landscape. P. cupreus occurred mostly on the fields, more rarely – on their boundaries. P. versicolor lives mostly on the field boundaries but can be also seen on the cultivated lands and forest edges. Some P. lepidus individuals can be observed only on dry and warmed open areas. The population of the ground beetles of the genus Poecilus varies significantly between the field and its boundaries. В агроландшафтах Северо-Запада России обитают три вида рода Poecilus Bonelli, 1810: P. cupreus (L.), P. versicolor (Sturm) и P. lepidus (Leske). Два массовых вида – P. cupreus и P. versicolor отличаются по занимаемому пространству и обилию на различных участках ландшафта. P. cupreus встречается в основном на полях, реже на их обочинах. P. versicolor обитает преимущественно на обочинах полей, реже встречается на возделываемых землях и опушках леса. Третий вид, P. lepidus, отмечен единично только на сухих прогреваемых открытых участках, как на полях, так и на обочинах. В целом население жужелиц рода Poecilus на поле и его обочинах существенно отличается.

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