The carabid beetle fauna (Coleoptera, Carabidae) of a traditional garden in the Hrvatsko Zagorje region

作者：Stancic Zvjezdana; Brigic Andreja^*; Vujcic Karlo Snjezana

来源：Periodicum Biologorum, 2010, 112(2): 193-199.

Background and Purpose The carabid beetle fauna was studied in a traditional family garden in Konjscina (northwest Croatia) The garden was surrounded by different crop types various habitat types including a small marshland area and a nearby railroad The aim of our study was to determine the carabid beetle assemblage in a traditionally managed garden to establish the seasonal dynamics of the dominant carabid species and to analyze carabid beetle fauna according to then ecological and habitat preferences, and geographical distribution
Material and Methods Carabid beetles were collected by pitfall traps Zoogeographical distributions and species ecological characteristics were taken from the literature
Results A total of 547 specimens of carabid beetles belonging to 37 species were recorded The dominant species were Pterostichus niger Poecilus cupreus Harpalus rufipes, Bembidion quadrimaculatum and B properans Hygrophilous species prevailed over xerophilous and mesophilous The majority of the species were spring breeders Three rare carabid species were captured Clivina collaris Drypta dentata and Oodes helopioides The majority of species had fully developed wings and ale active fliers
Conclusions Carabid species diversity and abundance in the traditional gal den woe markedly determined by the diversity of habitats found on a relatively small surface area The vicinity of a small marshland area had the main influence on the carabid beetle fauna which mainly consisted of widely distributed hygrophilous species with good flight ability The current study shows that traditional gardens may enhance biodiversity on a small scale level

• 出版日期2010-9