Communities of ground beetles (Carabidae, Coleoptera) in broad-leaved forests of protected and urban areas of the Kaluga Oblast (European Russia)

Maxim Shashkov; Sergei Alexeev; Natalya Ivanova

doi:10.3897/BDJ.8.e58688

Communities of ground beetles (Carabidae, Coleoptera) in broad-leaved forests of protected and urban areas of the Kaluga Oblast (European Russia)

Biodivers Data J. 2020 Nov 26:8:e58688. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.8.e58688. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Maxim Shashkov^{1

2}, Sergei Alexeev³, Natalya Ivanova²

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science of Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science of Russian Academy of Sciences Pushchino Russia.
² Institute of Mathematical Problems of Biology RAS - the Branch of Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia Institute of Mathematical Problems of Biology RAS - the Branch of Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of Russian Academy of Sciences Pushchino Russia.
³ State Budgetary Institution of the Kaluga Oblast "Parks Directorate", Biodiversity Conservation Department, Kaluga, Russia State Budgetary Institution of the Kaluga Oblast "Parks Directorate", Biodiversity Conservation Department Kaluga Russia.

Abstract

Background: This sampling-event dataset provides primary data about species diversity, population and seasonal activity of ground beetles (Carabidae, Coleoptera). The study was carried out in broad-leaved forests of protected ("Kaluzhskiye Zaseki" Nature Reserve and Ugra National Park) and urban areas (the Kaluga City) of the Kaluga Oblast. Carabids were collected from April to October during 1995-1998 by pitfall traps. In total, 108,000 adult individuals of the Carabidae family were sampled; 105 species from 38 genera were counted.

New information: This dataset is the first sampling-event dataset about the Carabidae family for the European part of Russia. It provides biodiversity data for new territory (Kaluga Oblast) and contributes to filling gaps in the global biodiversity distribution of the Carabidae family. Part of the data was collected from unique old-growth broad-leaved forests.

Maxim Shashkov, Sergei Alexeev, Natalya Ivanova.