TO THE STUDY OF FALSE FLOWER BEETLES (COLEOPTERA: SCRAPTIIDAE)OF THE FAUNA OF BELARUS

Authors

  • M. A. Lukashenia Baranavichy State University, 21 Voikаva Str., 225404 Baranаvichy, the Republic of Belarus Автор
  • A. V. Zemoglyadchuk Baranavichy State University, 21 Voikаva Str., 225404 Baranаvichy, the Republic of Belarus Автор

Keywords:

Coleoptera; Scraptiidae; false flower beetles; wood destruction; list of species; key to species

Abstract

The paper contains the list of species and information about ecology of certain species of Scraptiidae beetles of Belarus fauna.

At the present time on the territory of Belarus Scraptiidae includes 10 species, which belong to 3 genera: Scraptia, Cyrtanaspis, Anaspis. The latter genus prevails in the number of species and includes 8 representatives. Beetles Anaspis lurida Stephens, 1832, A. pulicaria Costa, 1834 и Anaspis nigripes Brisout de Barneville, 1866 are known from literature data.

Scraptiidae beetles are connected in their development with dead wood on the last stage of biological destruction. Trophic preference analysis of Scraptiidae larvae has shown that they belong to the group of saproxylomycetophagous. Adults are registered on flowers, xylotrophic fungi fruiting bodies, decaying tree trunks and branches.

The role of Scraptiidae beetles in pollination, biological destruction of wood, spread of xylotrophic fungi spores is shown.

The paper contains both the key to species of false flower beetles, which were faithfully revealed on the territory of Belarus, and their photographic images.

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Published

2022-03-01

Issue

Выпуск 11. Март 2022 года

Section

БИОЛОГИЧЕСКИЕ НАУКИ Общая биология

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