Research on Alleculinae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Alleculinae) in tugai forests of the Almaty region in Kazakhstan using window traps

Authors: OTO NAKLADAL, VLADIMIR NOVAK, YULIYA KOLESNICHENKO

Abstract: We used 140 passive flight interception window traps for survey of alleculines in tugai forests of the Almaty region in Kazakhstan. Traps were set on Fraxinus sogdiana (Bunge, 1854), Populus diversifolia (Schrenk, 1842), P. pruinosa (Schrenk, 1845), and Elaeagnus angustifolia (Linnaeus, 1753), which are the main tree species of tugai forests. Two species of alleculines were captured: Mycetochara flavipes (Fabricius, 1792) and Steneryx dejeani (Faldermann, 1836). Mycetochara flavipes significantly prefers areas of the tugai forests with dominancy of Elaeagnus angustifolia. Faunistic data for both species are given. Mycetochara flavipes was recorded as a new species and genus for the territory of Kazakhstan.

Keywords: Mycetochara flavipes, Tenebrionidae, Alleculinae, Alleculini, new record

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