Carabus bessarabicus Fischer von Waldheim, 1823 and Carabus hungaricus (Quensel, 1806) (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in the Rostovsky Reserve

Abstract

The population of Carabus bessarabicus was registered in 2007 on the Vodniy Island in the Rostovsky Reserve, which is the only locality in the Rostov Region. This species inhabits various steppe habitats with different grazing pressure. Carabus hungaricus is distributed in Rostov Region mainly in dry steppes of the south-eastern areas. The species significantly increased the quantity and was recorded not only in gullies but also in a valley steppe. This species prefers the biotopes with fescue-feather grass and couch grass-sedge vegetation

Keywords

• Coleoptera
• Carabidae
• Carabus bessarabicus
• Carabus hungaricus
• ecology
• quantity
• reserve
• Rostov Region