Nikitsky N.B.1, Suyazov A.V.2, Polevoi A.V.3 2024. The beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera) of the agricultural landscape in the south of the Prikubanskaya plain, Russia // Euroasian Entomological Journal. Vol.23. No.3: 155–158 [in English].
1 Retired, Zoological Museum of Moscow Lomonosov State University, Bolshaya Nikitskaya Str. 2, Moscow 125009 Russia. E-mail: nnikitsky@mail.ru
2 Moscow Society of Naturalists, Bolshaya Nikitskaya Str. 2, Moscow 125009 Russia. E-mail: attagenus@mail.ru
3 Forest Research Institute KRC RAS, Pushkinskaya Str. 11, Republic of Karelia, Petrozavodsk 185910 Russia. E-mail: alexei.polevoi@krc.karelia.ru
doi 10.15298/euroasentj.23.03.08
ABSTRACT. The Coleoptera diversity in the agricultural landscape located in south part of the Prikubanskaya plain was studied together with species distribution in the main biotopes of winter wheat fields and in the adjacent areas of forest belts, field-side zones and the fields. As a result of surveys carried out in 1999–2001, more than 950 species of Coleoptera, belonging to 544 genera from 76 families, were recorded. The materials with biotope distribution data amounted over 579 species of Coleoptera belonging to 346 genera from 58 families. The highest species diversity of adult Coleoptera was observed at the field-side zones. Forest belts and edges of the field are the next in terms of species richness. The middle and central zones are the poorest in beetle species diversity. Plant and beetle species diversity changes similarly from the forest belt to the center of the field. The greatest similarity of the Coleoptera fauna was observed between the field-side zone and the edge of the field, as well as between the middle and central zones, while minimal similarity was found between forest belts and other biotopes.
KEY WORDS: Agricultural landscape, Coleoptera, Prikubanskaya plain, Krasnodarskii Krai, biotopes, distribution.