THE GROUND BEETLES (COLEOPTERA: CARABIDAE) OF MEZIN NATIONAL NATURE PARK (CHERNIGOV REGION, UKRAINE)

Abstract

The article contains a list of caraboid beetles (Coleoptera: Caraboidea) (223 species) identified in the Mezin NNP, the place and time of collection, their number, brief information on ecology, with indication of phenological data. The list contains 8 species new for Chernigiv region (Dyschirius gracilis, Bembidion mannerheimii, Patrobus septentrionis, Harpalus subcylindricus, Ophonus schaubergerianus, Syntomus pallipes, Lebia marginata, Amara quenseli), for 24 species for the first time reliable label data from the territory of the region are given (Dyschirius intermedius, Dyschirius globosus, Bembidion minimum, Bembidion gilvipes, Trechoblemus micros, Acupalpus exiguus, Bradycellus caucasicus, Demetrias imperialis, Demetrias monostigma, Dromius quadraticollis, Philorizus sigma, Syntomus truncatellus, Lebia chlorocephala, Lebia cyanocephala, Odacantha melanura, Oodes helopioides, Agonum dolens, Pterostichus ovoideus, Pterostichus gracilis, Amara lucida, Amara lunicollis, Amara fulva, Amara chaudoiri, Amara tricuspidata), 85 species are for the first time indicated for the Park territory. The 5 regionally rare species that need protection in Chernigov region are noted (Carabus nemoralis, Carabus clatratus, Carabus coriaceus, Cychrus caraboides, Blethisa multipunctata).