2018 Ecosystem Transformation 1 (1), 49-56

On the position of Heteroceridae (Insecta: Coleoptera) in food webs in riparian communities

Sazhnev A.S.  

The position of the beetle family Heteroceridae in food webs of riparian communities in European Russia and Mongolia is discussed, and the main trophic links within the Heteroceridae­ related communities are recorded. The feeding spectrum of heterocerids, and the main predators of preadult and adult Heteroceridae, are identified and reported. Symbionts of heterocerids are also discussed.

A. 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

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