Species composition and habitat selection of Ground beetles Carabidae Coleoptera collected by pitfall traps in Bozdağlar Mt Western Turkey
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2011
Yazarlar: Serdar TEZCAN, Sinan Anlaş, Claude Jeanne
, Uluslararası, 2011
Özet
Carabidae specimens collected by pitfall traps in Bozdaglar Mountain, Western Turkey during the years of 2003-2006 have been evaluated. It has been recorded a total of 1.462 specimens of 45 species belonging to nine subfamilies of Carabidae. Calathus (s. str.) libanensis Putzeys, 1873 and Carabus (Procrustes) coriaceus cerisyi Dejean, 1826 were the most abundant species in the study with percentages of 22.91 % and 11.49 %, respectively. Seasonal dynamics of Calathus libanensis was presented. The majority of the specimens were collected from oaks biotope (384) and meadow biotope (302).