Структура комплексов жужелиц (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae) плантационных посадок брусники в условиях Беларуси в первые годы после закладки

Abstract

Species composition and ecological structure of carabid beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae) community at cowberry plantations were studied in SW Belarus in the first years after planting. Terrestrial invertebrates were sampled by pitfall traps. A total of 3028 imagines of 45 carabid species have been collected. Activity density of carabid beetles was the highest from late May to early June. Poecilus versicolor (Sturm, 1824) was the most abundant (87,39 %). Species richness of predator and myxophytophagous has been similar (23 and 22 species respectively) but relative abundance differs by 20 times (94,7 % vs. 5,3 %). In the structure of the community is absolutely dominated (98,4 %) by species that are able to burrow into the litter. Carabid communities of cowberry plantations were characterized by dominance of P. versicolor and certain zoophagous species of Pterostichus.