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Название: The carabid beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) of the Republic of Tuva and their faunistic and ecological affinities

Автор(ы): Shilenkov V.G.

Аннотация: Up to the present , the carabid faun a of the Republic of Tuva has been very insufficiently known. Based on large amount of material collected in the last 50 years, a list of Tuvan carabids, including 226 species representing 47 genera, is given. An analysis of ecological structure of Tuvan carabids indicates prevalence of species living in open, dry biotopes, and considerable number of halophiles, whereas the proportion of forest species is much more lower than in adjacent territories of Siberia. Remarkable features of the Tuvan carabid fauna are the low percentage of species with wide distribution in the Palaearctic and a high percentage of species distributed in semiarid and arid landscapes of Eurasia, as well as the presence of species of Middle Asian distributional pattern . The east-west stretching Tannu-Ola Range serves as a meridional faunistic filter for steppe species, and, simultaneously, is a major centre of speciation. In addition, Trechus saglensis , T. shinqanensis, and T. seserliqensis spp.n. are described.

Библиографическое описание: Russian Entomol. J., 1998. – Vol.7. – No.1-2. – P.15-30.

Тип публикации: Статья

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