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A contribution to the fauna and ecology of leaf beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) in the Republic of Mordovia

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An annotated list of leaf-beetle species is given. It includes 76 species of 33 genera of 9 subfamilies, with Cryptocephalinae and Chrysomelinae predominating (42%). The insects were collected in different ecosystems of Mordovia, of them, 11 being pests of crops and forests, especially Phyllotreta vittula, Oulema melanopus, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, Chrysomela populi, Ch. tremula, Plagiodera versicolora, and Agelastica alni. Ecological and biotopical characteristics of the species are given: distribution ranges, preferred biotopes and host plants, periods of activity, flight, and egg-laying, thermal and humidity preferenda. Most species appeared to be mesophilous (71%), xerophilous ones constitute 13.2%, hydrophilous 10.6%, hygrophilous ones are not numerous (5.3%). Of all the species, 78% are heliophilous, and 22%, umbrophilous.

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Original Russian Text © O.D. Bardin, Z.A. Timraleev, 2007, published in Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 2007, Vol. 86, No. 5, pp. 554–560.

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Bardin, O.D., Timraleev, Z.A. A contribution to the fauna and ecology of leaf beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) in the Republic of Mordovia. Entmol. Rev. 87, 670–676 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873807060048

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