MONITORING OF DIVERSITY OF SAPROXYLIC COLEOPTERA IN CONIFEROUS FORESTS OF THE CARPATHIAN NATIONAL NATURE PARK IN 2023
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.53904/1682-2374/2025-27/2Keywords:
insects, coleopterofauna, taxonomic composition, Ukrainian CarpathiansAbstract
Coleoptera is one of the largest groups not only among insects, but also among animals in general. Today, the world fauna of beetles includes about 300,000 species. At least 5,000 species of the order live in the Ukrainian Carpathians. Many of them are known only from a few historical records. Coleoptera are widespread in all natural zones of the planet, inhabit virtually all terrestrial natural and anthropogenic habitat types, and actively participate in the activities of natural and artificial ecosystems. Larvae and adults actively inhabit litter, plant and animal remnants, excrements, fungal fruit bodies. The history of studying Coleoptera in the Ukrainian Carpathians goes back for almost 200 years. Comprehensive and stationary ecological and faunistic studies of Coleoptera in the coniferous forests of the Carpathian National Nature Park had not been conducted at all before the start of our research, and the study of the coleopterofauna in this region was mostly sporadic and fragmentary. We began comprehensive studies of the coleopterofauna of the coniferous forests of the Carpathian in 2023. The highest species diversity of Coleoptera during the study period was found in the area of old-growth spruce forest (202 species). Significantly fewer species were found in old-growth fir forest (193 species) as well as in the dieback old-growth spruce forest, where 185 species were recorded. The lowest richness, 141 species, was recorded in the middle-aged spruce forest. As a result of the research, an attempt was made for the first time to inventory the taxonomic composition of beetles in the coniferous forests of the Carpathian National Nature Park. Obtained results can be used in compiling a cadastre of the animal world of Ukraine, for analyzing species distribution, in biogeographical modeling, ecological monitoring, and predicting the impact of anthropogenic factors on natural ecosystems.
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