Preliminary data on the epigeic beetle fauna (Coleoptera) of the Golczewskie Uroczysko Nature Reserve

Abstract

A study was conducted in May–August 2006 in the Golczewskie Uroczysko Nature Reserve, UTM WV06, using 10 Barber traps containing ethylene glycol. A total of 2,141 beetles were collected, belonging to 58 species from 7 families. The epigeic beetle fauna of the reserve comprised mainly forest, grassland and peatland species. Stable populations of three ground beetle species under partial protection, Carabus convexus, Carabus coriaceus and Carabus glabratus, are present in the forest habitats. The most ecologically valuable species include hygrophilous peatland species: Agonum ericeti (VU), Pterostichus rhaeticus, Agonum hypocrita, Limodromus krynickii, Oodes helopioides (VU), and the rare click beetle Paraphotistus impressus, all of which have poorly known ecological preferences.

Keywords

• epigeic beetles
• Coleoptera: Catopidae
• Carabidae
• Elateridae
• Geotrupidae
• Silphidae