2022 Ecosystem Transformation 5 (2), 35–41

Beetles (Coleoptera) in nests of the European pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca (Pallas, 1764) in the southeast of the Ladoga area (Republic of Karelia)

Alexey S. Sazhnev , Aleksandr V. Artemyev, Aleksandr V. Matyukhin 

Invertebrates collected in the Republic of Karelia in 2016 from nests of the pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca (Pallas, 1764) are analyzed and 516 specimens of invertebrates are identified. The vast majority of these invertebrates are Hymenoptera (ants of the genus Camponotus) – 46.6% and various beetles (Coleoptera) – 46.37%. An annotated list of 38 species of beetle from 22 families is presented. The beetle fauna of the studied European pied flycatcher nests is mixed and includes both nidicolous species and free-living species that are not directly related to nest microcenoses. The rare beetles species Melandrya dubia (Schaller, 1783) and Otho sphondyloides (Germar, 1818), were found.

Alexey S. Sazhnev
I.D. Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences, senior research scientist
Borok 109, Nekouz District, Yaroslavl Region, 152742 Russia

PhD in Biology
sazh@list.ru

Aleksandr V. Artemyev
Institute of Biology of the Karelian Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences
ul. Pushkinskaya 11, Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia, 185910 Russia


Aleksandr V. Matyukhin
A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, research scientist
Leninsky pr. 33, Moscow, 119071 Russia

PhD in Biology
amatyukhin53@mail.ru

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