Open AccessFaunistic complex of mycetophilous beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the xylotrophic fungus Fomes fomentarius (Basidiomyceta) in the territory of the Saratov region
Author(s) -
Anastasia A. Mironova,
Alexey S. Sazhnev,
Visilii V. Anikin
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
izvestiâ saratovskogo universiteta. novaâ seriâ. seriâ himiâ. biologiâ. èkologiâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2541-8971
pISSN - 1816-9775
DOI - 10.18500/1816-9775-2021-21-3-280-285
Subject(s) - biology , obligate , fauna , ecology , fungus , botany , population , trophic level , zoology , demography , sociology
This article describes the characteristics of the beetle fauna – inhabitants of fruiting bodies and the mycelial layer of the true tinder fungus Fomes fomentarius L.: Fr. and are considers some important aspects of the ecology of mycetophilous beetles. Coleopteran population of fruiting bodies of the fungus in five districts of the Saratov region is 63%. Two species from the family Staphylinidae (Gyrophaena joyi Wendeler, 1924 and Scaphisoma boreale Lundblad, 1952) have been recorded on growing and / or spore bearing fruiting bodies. The complex of the main distructors is confined to dying fruiting bodies (20 species). The predominant group (61%) is Diaperis boleti (Linnaeus, 1758) (Tenebrionidae) and Erotylidae. At the trophic level, obligate mycetophages and mycetosaprophages prevail among coleopterans (95%). The most similar are the mycetophilous communities of the residential areas of Saratov and Engels (Kf = 0.7), extremely low similarity was noted for Saratov and Bazarno-Karabulak district (Kf = 0.1).