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Coleopterous predators in the zones of Gomilshanski lisy National Nature Park with different management regimes Cover

Coleopterous predators in the zones of Gomilshanski lisy National Nature Park with different management regimes

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|Jun 2026

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Figure 1.

Location of Gomilshanski lisy National Nature Park and sample plots (1 – plot of clear felling in the managed zone; 2 – plot of selective sanitary felling in the managed zone; 3 – protected zone; 4 – zone of regulated recreation; 5 – zone of stationary recreation) (Meshkova et al. 2022)

Figure 2.

The proportion of genera and species of individual families in the total number of trapped predators in Gomilshanski lisy NNP (pooled sample)

Figure 3.

Shannon Index (±standard deviation) in sample plots and zones in Gomilshanski lisy NNP (H – Shannon Index; Clear fell. – clear felling in the managed zone; Sel. fell. – selective sanitary felling in the managed zone; Stat. recr. – zone of stationary recreation; Reg. recr. – zone of regulated recreation; Prot. – protected zone)

Figure 4.

Dominance of predatory beetle species in window traps in Gomilshanski lisy NNP (pooled sample)

Figure 5.

Distribution of predatory beetles in Gomilshanski lisy NNP by Stöcker-Bergmann dominance classes (ED – eudominants; D – dominants; SD – subdominants; R – recedents; SR – subrecedents) in different groups of sample plots of Gomilshanski lisy National Nature Park. (Clear fell. – clear felling in the managed zone Sel. fell. – selective sanitary felling in the managed zone; Stat. recr. – zone of stationary recreation; Reg. recr. – zone of regulated recreation; Prot. – protected zone)

Figure 6.

Distribution of predatory beetle species by presence in sample plots (SP) of Gomilshanski lisy NNP (1 SP – 5 SP – number of sample plots with the presence of respective number of species; number of species; proportion of all species in the pooled sample)

Figure 7.

Cluster analysis of predatory beetle complexes in sample plots and zones of the Gomilshanski lisy NNP (Clear fell. – clear felling in the managed zone Sel. fell. - selective sanitary felling in the managed zone; Stat. recr. – zone of stationary recreation; Reg. recr. – zone of regulated recreation; Prot. – protected zone)

Taxonomy of Coleopterous predators in the sample plots of Gomilshanski Lisy NNP

Family, SpeciesFamily, Species
Family HisteridaeFamily Cantharidae
1. Acritus minutus (Herbst, 1792)22. Malthinus flaveolus (Herbst, 1786)
2. Dendrophilus punctatus (Herbst, 1792)Family Trogossitidae
3. Paromalus flavicornis (Herbst, 1792)23. Nemozoma caucasicum Ménétriés, 1832
4. Paromalus parallelepipedus (Herbst, 1792)24. Nemozoma elongatum (Linnaeus, 1761)
5. Platysoma compressum Herbst, 178325. Tenebroides fuscus (Goeze, 1777)
6. Teretrius fabricii Mazur, 1972Family Cleridae
Family Staphylinidae26. Clerus mutillarius Fabricius, 1775
7. Thoracophorus corticinus Motschulsky, 183727. Thanasimus formicarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
8. Bibloporus minutus Raffray, 191428. Korynetes caeruleus (De Geer, 1775)
9. Bibloporus ultimus Guillebeau, 1892Family Rhadalidae
10. Ctenistes palpalis (Reichenbach, 1816)29. Aplocnemus impressus (Marsham, 1802)
11. Euplectus duponti Aubé, 1833Family Melyridae
12. Euplectus karstenii (Reichenbach, 1816)30. Dasytes fusculus (Illiger, 1801)
13. Euplectus mutator Fauvel, 189531. Dasytes niger (Linnaeus, 1761)
14. Euplectus punctatus Mulsant et Rey, 186132. Dasytes plumbeus (Müller, 1776)
15. Euplectus signatus (Reichenbach, 1816)Family Salpingidae
16. Lordithon lunulatus (Linnaeus, 1760)33. Salpingus planirostris (Fabricius, 1787)
17. Sepedophilus bipustulatus (Gravenhorst, 1802)34. Salpingus ruficollis Linnaeus, 1761
18. Sepedophilus immaculatus (Stephens, 1832)35. Vincenzellus ruficollis (Panzer, 1794)
19. Tachyporus corpulentus Sahlberg, 1876Family Tenebrionidae
20. Tachyporus dispar (Paykull, 1789)36. Corticeus bicolor (Olivier, 1790)
Family Elateridae
21. Lacon lepidopterus (Panzer, 1800)

Predatory beetle species in the top ten by synthetic index Q for groups of sample plots and zones of Gomilshanski lisy NNP

SpeciesQSpeciesQSpeciesQSpeciesQSpeciesQ
Protected zoneClear fellingSelective sanitary fellingZone of stationary recreationZone of regulated recreation
Sal. ruficollis23.4Cl. mutillarius38.3Cl. mutillarius14.6Cl. mutillarius10.5Sal. planirostris18.8
Sal. planirostris20.3Th. formicarius11.4Das. niger14.6P. parallelepipedus9.6N. elongatum9.4
Pl. compressum19.0Sal. ruficollis7.0Pl. compressum11.9N. caucasicum9.6Th. formicarius9.4
P. parallelepipedus18.3P. parallelepipedus5.7Das. plumbeus10.7N. elongatum9.6N. caucasicum7.0
V. ruficollis14.6P. flaviciornis5.7P. parallelepipedus6.5P. flavicornis8.6P. parallelepipedus6.3
P. flavicornis14.0Das. plumbeus4.6P. flavicornis6.5Ten. fuscus4.3Pl. compressum6.3
Th. formicarius11.4Sal. planirostris2.3Sal. planirostris5.3Das. niger3.0V. ruficollis6.3
Sep. bipustulatus8.4Pl. compressum2.3V. ruficollis3.8Pl. compressum3.0Sal. ruficollis6.3
E. mutator4.8C. bicolor2.3Sal. ruficollis2.7V. ruficollis3.0E. mutator6.3
E. karstenii4.6Thor, corticinus2.3Sep. bipustulatus2.7C. bicolor3.0Cl. mutillarius3.1

The two-proportion Z-test for pairwise comparison of predator species proportion among trapped Coleoptera across sample plots and zones in Gomilshanski lisy NNP (Clear fell_ – clear felling in the managed zone; Sel_ fell_ – selective sanitary felling in the managed zone; Stat_ recr_ – zone of stationary recreation; Reg_ recr_ - zone of regulated recreation; Prot_ – protected zone; Z0_05 = 1_96; Z0_01 = 3_96; bold Z shows the significant differences between sample plots; proportions in the parentheses)

Sample plotsSel. fell. (17.2 %)Stat. recr. (15.5 %)Reg. recr. (15.4 %)Prot. (18.5 %)
Clear fell. (13.4 %)-0.69-2.23-2.48-0.94
Sel. fell. (17.2 %)0.310.32-0.23
Stat. recr. (15.5 %)0.02-0.55
Reg. recr. (15.4 %)-0.56

Predatory beetle species in the top ten most frequently occurring (F) in window traps in groups of sample plots and zones of Gomilshanski lisy NNP

SpeciesFSpeciesFSpeciesFSpeciesFSpeciesF
Protected zoneClear fellingSelective sanitary fellingZone of stationary recreationZone of regulated recreation
Sal. ruficollis40.6Cl. mutillarius25.0Cl. mutillarius15.6Cl. mutillarius9.4Sal. planirostris18.8
Pl. compressum34.4Th. formicarius12.5Das. niger15.6P. parallelepipedus6.3N. elongatum9.4
Sal. planirostris34.4Sal. ruficollis9.4Pl. compressum12.5P. flavicornis6.3Th. formicarius9.4
P. parallelepipedus28.1P. parallelepipedus6.3Sal. planirostris6.3N. elongatum6.3P. parallelepipedus6.3
Th. formicarius21.9P. flavicornis6.3P. parallelepipedus6.3N. caucasicum6.3Pl. compressum6.3
V. ruficollis21.9Das. plumbeus6.3Das. plumbeus6.3Das. niger3.1V. ruficollis6.3
Sep. bipustulatus15.6Pl. compressum3.1P. flavicornis6.3Pl. compressum3.1Sal. ruficollis6.3
P. flavicornis12.5Sal. planirostris3.1V. ruficollis3.1V. ruficollis3.1E. mutator6.3
E. karstenii9.4C. bicolor3.1Sal. ruficollis3.1C. bicolor3.1Cl. mutillarius3.1
B. ultimus6.3Thor corticinus3.1E. mutator3.1Ten. fuscus3.1N. caucasicum3.1

Similarity indices of predator complexes in groups of sample plots and zones in Gomilshanski lisy NNP

Zone AZone BCommon speciesCsc
Clear fell.Sel. fell.7 (Sal. planirostris, Sal. ruficollis, P. flavicornis, P. parallelepipedus, Pl. compressum, Cl. mutillarius, Das. plumbeus)0.47
Clear fell.Stat. recr.5 (P. flavicornis, P. parallelepipedus, Pl. compressum, Cl. mutillarius, C. bicolor)0.36
Clear fell.Reg. recr.8 (Sal. planirostris, Sal. ruficollis, Th. formicarius, P. parallelepipedus, Pl. compressum, Cl. mutillarius, Das. plumbeus, L. lepidopterus)0.59
Clear fell.Prot.9 (Sal. planirostris, Sal. ruficollis, Th. formicarius, P. flavicornis, P. parallele-pipedus, Pl. compressum, Cl. mutillarius, Das. plumbeus, C. bicolor)0.53
Sel. fell.Stat. recr.6 (P. flavicornis, P. parallelepipedus, Pl. compressum, V. ruficollis, Cl. mutillarius, Das. niger)0.38
Sel. fell.Reg. recr.10 (Sal. planirostris, Sal. ruficollis, P. parallelepipedus, Pl. compressum, V. ruficollis, E. mutator, Cl. mutillarius, Das. niger, Das. plumbeus, Sep. bipustulatus)0.65
Sel. fell.Prot.12 (Sal. planirostris, Sal. ruficollis, P. flavicornis, P. parallelepipedus, Pl. compressum, V. ruficollis, E. mutator, Cl. mutillarius, Das. plumbeus, Sep. bipustulatus, E. duponti, Lor. lunulatus)0.63
Stat. recr.Reg. recr.7 (N. caucasicum, N. elongatum, P. parallelepipedus, Pl. compressum, V. ruficollis, Cl. mutillarius, Das. niger)0.48
Stat. recr.Prot.8 (N. caucasicum, P. flavicornis, P. parallelepipedus, Pl. compressum, V. ruficollis, Cl. mutillarius, Ten. fuscus, C. bicolor)0.44
Reg. recr.Prot.11 (Sal. planirostris, Sal. ruficollis, N. caucasicum, Th. formicarius, P. parallele-pipedus, Pl. compressum, V. ruficollis, E. mutator, Cl. mutillarius, Das. plumbeus, Sep. bipustulatus)0.63

Dominance (D) and frequency of occurrence (F) of predatory beetle species in groups of sample plots and zones of Gomilshanski lisy NNP

Predatory beetle speciesDominance, % (D)Frequency of occurrence, % (F)
Clear fell.Sel. fell.Stat. recr.Reg. recr.Prot.Clear fell.Sel. fell.Stat. recr.Reg. recr.Prot.
A. minutus0.000.002.940.000.000.000.003.130.000.00
D. punctatus0.000.000.000.000.750.000.000.000.003.13
P. flavicornis5.176.8211.760.0015.676.256.256.250.0012.50
P. parallelepipedus5.176.8214.716.2511.946.256.256.256.2528.13
Pl. compressum1.7211.362.946.2510.453.1312.503.136.2534.38
Ter. fabricii0.000.002.940.000.000.000.003.130.000.00
Thor. corticinus1.720.000.000.000.003.130.000.000.000.00
B. minutus0.000.000.000.000.750.000.000.000.003.13
B. ultimus0.000.000.000.001.490.000.000.000.006.25
Ct. palpalis0.002.270.000.000.000.003.130.000.000.00
E. duponti0.002.270.000.001.490.003.130.000.003.13
E. karstenii0.000.000.000.002.240.000.000.000.009.38
E. mutator0.002.270.006.253.730.003.130.006.256.25
E. punctatus0.000.002.940.000.000.000.003.130.000.00
E. signatus0.000.002.940.000.000.000.003.130.000.00
Lor. lunulatus0.002.270.000.001.490.003.130.000.006.25
Sep. bipustulatus0.002.270.003.134.480.003.130.003.1315.63
Sep. immaculatus0.000.000.000.000.750.000.000.000.003.13
T. corpulentus0.002.270.000.000.000.003.130.000.000.00
T. dispar0.002.270.000.000.000.003.130.000.000.00
L. lepidopterus1.720.000.003.130.003.130.000.003.130.00
M. flaveolus0.002.270.000.000.000.003.130.000.000.00
N. caucasicum0.000.0014.7115.630.750.000.006.253.133.13
N. elongatum0.000.0014.719.380.000.000.006.259.380.00
Ten. fuscus0.000.005.880.000.750.000.003.130.003.13
Cl. mutillarius58.6213.6411.763.130.7525.0015.639.383.133.13
Th. formicarius10.340.000.009.385.9712.500.000.009.3821.88
K. caeruleus1.720.000.000.000.003.130.000.000.000.00
Ap. impressus1.720.000.000.000.003.130.000.000.000.00
Das. fusculus0.000.002.940.000.000.000.003.130.000.00
Das. niger0.0013.642.943.130.000.0015.633.133.130.00
Das. plumbeus3.4518.180.003.130.756.256.250.003.133.13
Sal. planirostris1.724.550.0018.7511.943.136.250.0018.7534.38
Sal. ruficollis5.172.270.006.2513.439.383.130.006.2540.63
V. ruficollis0.004.552.946.259.700.003.133.136.2521.88
C. bicolor1.720.002.940.000.753.130.003.130.003.13

The Hutcheson t-test for pairwise comparison of Shannon indices across sample plots and zones in Gomilshanski lisy NNP (Clear fell_ – clear felling in the managed zone; Sel_ fell_ – selective sanitary felling in the managed zone; Stat_ recr_ – zone of stationary recreation; Reg_ recr_ – zone of regulated recreation; Prot_ – protected zone; numerator – t, denominator – p; bold t shows the significant differences between sample plots; Shannon index H is in the parentheses)

Sample plotsSel. fell. (2.52)Stat. recr. (2.45)Reg. recr. (2.46)Prot. (2.53)
Clear fell. (1.61)-4.04 / 0.0001-3.63 / 0.0005-3.72 / 0.0003-4.61 / 1.56E-05
Sel. fell. (2.52)0.38 / 0.710.35 / 0.72-0.03 / 0.98
Stat. recr. (2.45)-0.03 / 0.97-0.48 / 0.63
Reg. recr. (2.46)-0.46 / 0.65
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ffp-2026-0007 | Journal eISSN: 2199-5907 | Journal ISSN: 0071-6677
Language: English
Page range: 76 - 88
Submitted on: Feb 7, 2026
Accepted on: Apr 2, 2026
Published on: Jun 25, 2026
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© 2026 Valentyna Meshkova, Yuriy Skrylnyk, Yana Koshelyaeva, Maxim Bieliavtsev, Tetiana Markina, published by Forest Research Institute
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