Sergeev M.E. 2023. [New data on the Coleoptera fauna of Askold Island, Primorsky Krai, Russia] // Euroasian Entomological Journal. Vol.22. No.1: 52–55 [in Russian, with English summary].
Federal Research Center for Terrestrial Biota Biodiversity in East Asia FEB RAS, Prosp. 100-letiya Vladivostoka 159, Vladivostok 690022 Russia. E-mail: eksgauster@inbox.ru
doi 10.15298/euroasentj.22.01.11
ABSTRACT. 200 beetle species from 143 genera and 39 families are reviewed from Askold Island for the first time. 61 species from 57 genera and 14 families are firstly registered for the fauna of the island, of which 49 species, 42 genera, and 8 families (Histeridae, Scirtidae, Anobiidae, Nitidulidae, Pyrochroidae, Lagriidae, Dasytidae, Lymexylidae) are newly recorded for the fauna of the Peter the Great Bay islands. The general list of beetle fauna of the Peter the Great Bay islands includes 369 species from 206 genera of 39 families. This is about 30% of beetle diversity in the studied area.
KEY WORDS: Biodiversity, Coleoptera, fauna, Petr Velikiy Bay, Russian Far East.