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Scientific Review. Biological science
ISSN 2500-3399
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CARABID BEETLE POPULATION (COLEOPTERA, CARABIDAE) ON SALT MARSHES OF KUZNETSK HOLLOW

Efimov D.A. 1
1 Yurginsky Technological Institute (branch) of National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University
The population of Carabids in the salt marshes of the Kuznetsk intermountain hollow was investigated. Taxonomic and ecological structure and life form spectra of carabid beetles was studied. Taxonomic composition of carabids includes 30 species of 13 genera and 9 tribes. One species (Amara parvicollis Gebl.) is newly recorded in the Kuznetsk hollow. In the taxonomic composition of carabid population three tribes dominate like Harpalini (9 species), Bembidiini (6) and Zabrini (4) which accounted for 63% of the species diversity. The life form spectra of carabid beetles made of eight groups of two classes: zoophages and myxophytophages. Zoophages prevail (57 %). Among zoophages carabids of group stratobionts surface litter (30 %) dominate. myxophytophages include 13 species of which 12 species belonging to the group geochortobionts harpaloidny. Areal structure of carabid population of salt marshes is characterized by dominating of subarid species (19 species, 63 %). By longitudinal component of the range westpalearctic species (21, 70 %) prevail. 15 species of halophylous carabids can be considered a reliable indicators of saline habitats.