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Rove Beetles of the Genus Stenus Latreille, 1797 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) in Leningrad Province

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The known fauna of Leningrad Province includes 68 species of the genus Stenus. Most of them have been recorded in 2–4 types of biotopes. The majority of species (97%) inhabits wet biotopes, in particular swamps and water body shores. Only 19% of the species occur in agrocenoses; among them there are rare mesophilous species S. nanus and S. assequens assequens. The species complexes in the forests are very similar to those in the populated areas. Of a total of 1056 specimens of the genus Stenus, more than half were collected in May and June.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I am very grateful to V.I. Gusarov, A.V. Kovalev, and the late V.N. Prasolov for help with identifying rove beetles. Special thanks are due to V.I. Gusarov for advice and help with the manuscript preparation, and to B.M. Kataev, Curator of the Staphilinidae collection at ZIN, for the possibility of studying the material of the genus Stenus.

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This work was carried out within the framework of State research assignment 0665-2014-0009.

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Guseva, O.G. Rove Beetles of the Genus Stenus Latreille, 1797 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) in Leningrad Province. Entmol. Rev. 101, 364–372 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873821030076

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