Beetles (Coleoptera) in nests of the European pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca (Pallas, 1764) in the southeast of the Ladoga area (Republic of Karelia)

Abstract

Invertebrates collected in the Republic of Karelia in 2016 from nests of the pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca (Pallas, 1764) are analyzed and 516 specimens of invertebrates are identified. The vast majority of these invertebrates are Hymenoptera (ants of the genus Camponotus) – 46.6% and various beetles (Coleoptera) – 46.37%. An annotated list of 38 species of beetle from 22 families is presented. The beetle fauna of the studied European pied flycatcher nests is mixed and includes both nidicolous species and free-living species that are not directly related to nest microcenoses. The rare beetles species Melandrya dubia (Schaller, 1783) and Otho sphondyloides (Germar, 1818), were found.

Keywords

• consortium
• nidicolous
• nidocenoses
• diet
• russia
• beetles
• birds
• rare species