PROTECTED SPECIES OF XYLOPHILOUS BEETLES (INSECTA: COLEOPTERA)OF THE REPUBLICAN BOTANICAL NATURAL MONUMENT “LESOPARK ALBA”

Abstract

The paper contains information about xylophilous beetles of the botanical natural monument of republic
importance “Lesopark Alba”, which have official conservation status on the Europian territory. Beetles collection,
held on the forest park territory from 2020 to 2023, served as material for this paper.
At present the list of rare and endangered xylophilous beetles of the natural monument of the republican
importance “Lesopark Alba” includes 9 species, belonging to 7 families: Dorcus paralellepipedus (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Lucanidae), Protaetia marmorata (Fabricius, 1792), Osmoderma coriarium De Geer,1774 (Scarabaeidae), Otho
sphondyloides (Germar, 1818) (Eucnemidae), Nemozoma elongatum (Linnaeus, 1761), Grynocharis oblonga
(Linnaeus, 1758) (Trogossitidae), Dacne bipustulata (Thunberg, 1781) (Erotylidae), Mycetophagus quadripustulatus
(Linnaeus, 1761) (Mycetophagidae), Saperda scalaris (Linnaeus, 1758) (Cerambycidae). All the mentioned species of
insects are included in the European Red List of saproxylic beetles, 4 of them entered the list of woodland key habitats
indicator species of the Republic of Latvia. Two species out of all the identified ones are in the Red Book of the
Republic of Belarus: Protaetia marmorata и Osmoderma coriarium (national conservation importance category IV
and III accordingly). The last species has the highest international protection status in Belarus among all identified xylophilous beetles (Red List of IUCN, the Berne Convention, Council Directive 92/43/EEC and other). Most of the
found species are ecologically related to old-growth deciduous forest stands.
The presence in the composition of xylophilous beetles complex of the species that are rare and have official
conservation status testifies in favour of high value and significant degree of conservation of the “Lesopark Alba”
natural communities.

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