Folia entomologica hungarica

Author(s): Ködöböcz, V. & Magura, T.
Title: Biogeographical connections of the carabid fauna (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of the Beregi-síkság to the Carpathians
Year: 1999
Volume: 60
Pages: 195-203.

Abstract: Carabid fauna of the Beregi-síkság and that of the foothills of the Carpathians were studied using pitfall traps. 4294 individuals belonging to 44 species were captured. Harpalus quadripunctatus Dejean, 1829 proved to be new for the fauna of the Great Hungarian Plain. We have also found some additional localities of Carabus intricatus Linnaeus, 1761, Leistus rufomarginatus (Duftschmid, 1812), Molops piceus (Panzer, 1793), Abax parallelus (Duftschmid, 1812), Amara ovata (Fabricius, 1792) and Cymindis cingulata Dejean, 1825 with only few records in the Great Hungarian Plain so far. Based on our earlier results and on the data of the newly captured carabids we demonstrated that the Beregi-síkság can be regarded as an area belonging to the fluctuation zone of the forest-inhabiting carabid populations of the Carpathians. The Kaszonyi-hegy (hill), the Nagybégányi-hegy (hill), the Beregszászi-hegy (hill), the Gúti-erdő (forest) and the Rafajnai-erdő (forest) can be regarded as refuges and potential dispersal centres of the forest-inhabiting carabid populations of the Carpathians

Journal: Folia entomologica hungarica
Journal abbreviation: Folia ent. hung.
ISSN: 0373-9465
Publisher: ,
Editor(s): Mahunka, S.