Folia entomologica hungarica

Author(s): Kádár, F. & Szél, Gy.
Title: Species composition and occurrence of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in the Pilis Biosphere Reserve, Hungary: a pitfall trap study
Year: 1999
Volume: 60
Pages: 205-212.

Abstract: Ground beetle species assemblages were sampled by pitfall trapping from 15 topographically different sites of the Pilis Biosphere Reserve (a forest hill area in North Hungary). A total of 66 species representing 12,188 individuals were caught between 1982 and 1984. The most common species were Aptinus bombarda (Illiger), Abax parallelepipedus (Piller et Mitterpacher), Carabus scheidleri Panzer, Pterostichus melas (Creutzer) and P. melanarius (Illiger), which represented about 60 per cent of all adults collected. There are rare and interesting species among others: Harpalus marginellus Dejean, Licinus hoffmannseggi (Panzer) and Trechus pilisensis Csiki. Multivariate analysis showed that sites could be separated on the basis of relative frequency of species. Authors give comments on the most common and some rare species.

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