Biotope Distribution of Coleoptera, Staphylinidae Bugs in Southern Baraba
E. E. Pavlov
Abstract
Results of field investigation carried out in May to August 2006 in the southern part of the Baraba Lowlands are presented. It is shown that hydrothermal conditions occurring in the reed-sedge floodplain are the most favourable ones for a large number of staphyline bugs. The staphyline bug population of a birch grove is characterized by relatively stable indices of their number during the whole warm period. The staphyline population in the group of biotopes located at the slope of a hill ridge (grassy and dry valley meadows) is less stable. Strong drying of the soil horizon decreases the species diversity of staphyline bugs in these biotopes.
