Ground beetle fauna (Coleoptera, Carabidae) of Mordovia State Nature Reserve (Russia).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Protected areas are organised in different climatic zones, which usually include typical ecosystems characteristic of certain climatic zones. In most cases, protected areas are biodiversity hotspots. These areas are benchmarks in terms of nature conservation and to determine their biological diversity is becoming an important task. It is important to investigate the carabid family of protected areas within the framework of understanding the overall biological diversity of these systems. In addition, ground beetles, as one of the largest groups of ground-based inhabitants, are indicators of the state of ecosystems and serve as markers of their well-being.

New information

We present 2,969 new occurrence records comprising 226 species of Carabidae, belonging to eight

SUBMITTER: Ruchin A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8560730 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature