XYLOPHILOUS BEETLES (INSECTA: COLEOPTERA) OF OAK CONSORTIUM(QUERCUS ROBUR LINNAEUS, 1753) OF BELOVEZHSKAYA PUSHCHANATIONAL PARK

Abstract

The paper contains study results of the fauna and ecology of oak xylophilous beetles consortium of Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park.
In the territory of Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park 266 species of beetles which belong to 45 families inhabit
wood and underbark space of oaks obligatory. One hundred and sixty-seven species of beetles are connected with such
tree species.
Cerambycidae family, including 45 members, dominates in number of species. Elateridae beetles are represented less diverse — 26 species. In the territory of Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park 22 species of beetles were
identified as developing only under the bark and in the wood of oaks.
The main bark and wood destruction stages were singled out. The beetles complex concerned with the
lucanidae stage of wood destruction is represented by the maximum number of species (98).
Xylophilous beetles of oak consortium are classified into 10 trophic groups. The group of saproxylomycetophages, saproxylomycetophages and facultative predators, xylomycetophages is characterized by the greatest
number of species diversity and contains 69 species which belong to 20 families.

Key words: xylophylous beetles; European oak; fruiting bodies; wood destruction; Belovezhskaya Pushcha.

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