In order to study regional faunas, one or two methods of studying Coleoptera are often used. However, a comparison of several ways of studying shows that it is more expedient to use more than one of them. Six different methods of catching Coleoptera used in studies of the biodiversity of regional faunas were compared.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis paper is the first inventory of the fauna of the variegated mud-loving beetles (Heteroceridae) of genus Augyles Schiødte, 1866 in the European part of Russia and Caucasus Region. It provides an annotated catalogue of eleven Augyles species currently recorded from European Russia and Caucasus Region, based on several collections and a critical evaluation of all earlier published records. All species are listed with a summary of their distribution in Caucasus, European Russia, and overall distribution.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The paper is based on the dataset whose purpose was to deliver, in the form of GBIF-mediated data, diverse materials on the biodiversity of a large mire, Shichengskoe mire (Vologda Region, north-western Russia), including its various mire sites and intra-mire water bodies. The dataset was based on our materials collected for two decades (from 2000 to 2021) in different parts and biotopes of the Shichengskoe mire and complemented by scarce data obtained previously by other researchers. The data contain materials on the diversity of Animalia (2886 occurrences), Bacteria (22), Chromista (256), Fungi (111), Plantae (2463) and Protozoa (131).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAn analysis of all available information on the variegated mud-loving beetles (Heteroceridae) of Russia and adjacent countries published in the 2nd edition of the third volume of the Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera is presented. An annotated list based on collections and literature is given of new records and new taxonomic data on 31 species of variegated mud-loving beetles.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNew taxonomic data on mud-loving beetles are provided based on morphological characters and DNA barcoding. Heterocerus heydeni Kuwert, 1890 was previously considered a junior synonym of H. flexuosus Stephens, 1828, but we support the validity of the species and restore the name.
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