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Distribution and biodiversity of the beetle population (Coleoptera) in the alpine ecosystem of the Tatra National Park

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Currently, the distribution of beetles in the alpine ecosystem in the Tatra National Park is poorly known, making it difficult to determine conservation priorities for species with small and/or declining populations. As part of a parasitological study, soil samples were taken from the faeces of Tatra chamois and Tatra marmots for an analysis of the soil community from five sites. Four sites were situated in the Slovak Tatra Mts. (Lomnické sedlo and the Velická, Tomanovská, and Furkotská dolina) and Dolina Waksmundzka in the Polish Tatras Mts. Altogether, 332 beetle individuals belonging to 55 species and seven families were sampled over three years (2019 – 2021). The most abundant family was the Staphylinidae (266 individuals, 44 taxa). The rare species Ptiliolum sahlbergi (Flach, 1888) was found in Slovakia for the first time and was collected from strictly protected area. The species Baeocrara japonica (Matthews, 1884) is a second finding for Polish fauna. The study provides documentation on the distribution of beetles in an alpine ecosystem.

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The material is deposited in the collection at the Natural History Department of Šariš Museum in Bardejov, Slovakia and is available upon request.

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The authors express their gratitude to colleagues from Tatra National Park Zuzana Spitzkopfová, Zuzana Kyselová, Alena Lenková, and colleagues from the Slovak Museum of Nature Protection and Speleology for assistance in the fieldwork. We are grateful to the reviewers, Matúš Kocian, Ján Kodada, and an anonymous reviewer, for their valuable comments on the manuscript.

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    Alexandra Jászayová & Zuzana Hurníková

  2. University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy, Košice, Slovakia

    Alexandra Jászayová

  3. Department of Natural Sciences, The Šariš Museum, Bardejov, Slovakia

    Tomáš Jászay

  4. Administration of Tatra National Park, Vysoké Tatry, Slovakia

    Gabriela Chovancová

  5. Department of Biology, Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences, University of Prešov, Prešov, Slovakia

    Alexander Csanády

  6. Tatra National Park, Zakopane, Poland

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Appendix 1

Appendix 1

List of beetle species and numbers of collected specimens from five study sites in the Tatra Mountains

Taxon/Sites

LS

TD

VD

DW

FD

Carabidae

     

Trechus (Trechus) striatulus Putzeys, 1847

5

1

2

9

1

Cerylonidae

     

Cerylon deplanatum Gyllenhal, 1827

1

    

Hydrophilidae

     

Cercycon (Cercyon) pygmaeus (Illiger, 1801)

1

    

Megasternum concinnum Marsham, 1802

1

   

2

Ptiliidae

     

Acrotrichis (Ctenopteryx) grandicollis (Mannerheim, 1844)

2

 

9

6

 

Acrotrichis sp.

   

2

 

Baeocrara japonica (Matthews, 1884)

   

1

 

Ptiliolum (Ptiliolum) sahlbergi Flach, 1888

 

1

 

7

 

Rhizophagidae

     

Rhizophagus (Rhizophagus) bipustulatus (Fabricius, 1792)

1

    

Scarabaeidae

     

Aphodius gibbus Germar, 1817

2

1

 

10

 

Aphodius luridus (Fabricius, 1775)

1

    

Staphylinidae

     

Acrotona benicki (Allen, 1940)

   

1

 

Acrotona parens (Mulsant & Rey, 1852)

   

2

 

Acrotona parvula (Mannerheim, 1830)

 

1

1

1

 

Aleochara bilineata Gyllenhal, 1810

   

1

1

Aleochara bipustulata (Linnaeus, 1760)

2

  

7

 

Alpinia lohseiana Zerche, 1995

58

 

2

1

 

Amischa analis (Gravenhorst, 1802)

1

1

   

Anotylus hamatus (Fairmaire et Laboulbène, 1856)

12

2

3

45

2

Atheta atramentaria (Gyllenhal, 1810)

1

1

 

11

 

Atheta cauta (Erichson, 1837)

   

13

 

Atheta celata (Erichson, 1837)

  

2

1

 

Atheta cinnamoptera (Thomson, 1856)

2

  

2

 

Atheta contristata (Kraatz, 1856)

  

2

 

1

Atheta fungi fungi (Gravehorst, 1806)

  

1

  

Atheta laevana (Mulsant & Rey, 1852)

  

1

  

Atheta longicornis (Gravenhorst, 1802)

   

4

 

Atheta nigripes (Thomson, 1856)

    

1

Atheta putrida (Kraatz, 1856)

   

2

 

Atheta sp.

1

    

Atheta (sg. Dimetrota)

   

2

 

Atheta subtilis (W. Scriba, 1866)

    

1

Atheta tibialis (Heer, 1839)

2

1

2

6

 

Autalia rivularis (Gravenhorst, 1802)

1

  

1

1

Bibloporus bicolor bicolor (Denny, 1825)

1

    

Bryaxis frivaldskyi slovenicus (Machulka, 1926)

  

1

  

Eurodotina inquinula (Gravenhorst, 1802)

1

 

3

12

 

Gabrius (nigritulus group) sp.

1

    

Leptusa flavicornis Brancsik, 1874

   

1

 

Leptusa laevicauda Scheerpeltz, 1958

1

    

Liogluta longiuscula (Gravenhorst, 1802)

1

    

Megarthrus prosseni Schatzmayr, 1904

  

1

  

Omalium caesum Gravenhorst, 1806

1

 

1

  

Omalium validum Kraatz, 1857

   

1

1

Oxypoda brevicornis (Stephens, 1832)

1

 

1

  

Oxytelus laqueatus (Marsham, 1802)

1

  

3

 

Philonthus montivagus Heer, 1839

   

1

 

Platystethus arenarius (Geoffroy, 1785)

  

3

  

Platystethus laevis Märkel et Kiesenwetter, 1848

 

2

   

Plectophoeus fischeri (Aubé, 1833)

   

1

 

Quedius (Raphirus) cinticollis cinticollis Kraatz, 1857

1

 

1

10

 

Quedius (Distichalius) punctatellus (Heer, 1839)

2

1

   

Tachinus laticollis Gravenhorst, 1802

   

2

 

Tinotus morion morion (Gravenhorst, 1802)

   

1

 

Trichiusa immigrata Lohse, 1984

1

    
  1. LS Lomnické sedlo, TD Tomanovská dolina, VD Velická dolina, DW Dolina Waksmundzka, FD Furkotská dolina

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Jászayová, A., Jászay, T., Chovancová, G. et al. Distribution and biodiversity of the beetle population (Coleoptera) in the alpine ecosystem of the Tatra National Park. Biologia 78, 2765–2778 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11756-023-01398-3

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