SPECIES DIVERSITY AND ECOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF ROVE BEETLEASSOCIATIONS (COLEOPTERA, STAPHYLINIDAE) IN THE WETLAND COMPLEX OFLAKE DRISVIATY

Abstract

Staphylinid species diversity has been studied in different habitats in the water protection zone of Lake Drisviaty and in the floodplains of the adjacent rivers. Totally 67 rove beetle species were collected in different wetland ecosystems. Three staphylinid species were recorded for the first time for the territory of Belarus. Some rare rove beetle species were also collected during the study. The beetle association’s dominance structure, the life form spectrum and beetle association’s structure according to habitats preference and hygropreferendum have been studied. The observed life form spectra reflect the area’s peculiar features and are typical for waterlogged habitats in floodplain fens. Forest and wetland staphylinid groups prevail in the ecological group spectra in forest and open biotopes, correspondingly.

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