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The ground beetle fauna (Coleoptera, Carabidae) of Southeastern Altai

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Long-term studies of the ground beetle fauna of Southeastern Altai (SEA) revealed 33 genera and 185 species; 3 and 15 species are reported for the first time from Russia and SEA, respectively. The following genera are the most diverse: Bembidion (47 species), Amara and Harpalus (21 each), Pterostichus (14), and Nebria (13). The subarid (35%) and boreal (32%) species prevail in the arealogical spectrum, while the mountain endemics comprise 13% of the fauna. The carabid fauna of SEA is heterogeneous in composition and differs significantly from that of the Western and Central Altai. The boreal mountain component mostly comprises tundra species with circum-boreal or circum-arctic ranges, while the subarid component (typical Mongolian together with Ancient Mediterranean species) forms more than one-half of the species diversity in the mountain basins. The species diversity increases from the nival mountain belt (15 species, predominantly Altai-Sayan endemics) to moss-lichen tundras (40, mostly boreal, species). The variety of habitats and constant hydrothermal regimes in the intrazonal valley communities determine high taxonomic diversity of Carabidae, including both tundra or meadow-steppe species typical of the region and some forest ones. Under the condition of moisture deficiency, many steppe species also concentrate in river floodplains.

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    R. Yu. Dudko

  2. Moscow Pedagogical State University, Moscow, 129243, Russia

    A. V. Matalin

  3. Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119071, Russia

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Original Russian Text © R.Yu. Dudko, A.V. Matalin, D.N. Fedorenko, 2010, published in Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 2010, Vol. 89, No. 11, pp. 1312–1330.

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Dudko, R.Y., Matalin, A.V. & Fedorenko, D.N. The ground beetle fauna (Coleoptera, Carabidae) of Southeastern Altai. Entmol. Rev. 90, 968–988 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873810080026

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