Материалы к эколого-фаунистическому анализу семейства мягкотелок (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) Украины

Abstract

103 species of beetles from family Cantharidae were registered in the territory of the Ukraine. Above 80% of Cantharidae fauna inhabit the western forest regions. The Ukraine is the western boundary of areas of distribution for many european species dominating in Cantharidae fauna. The following ecological forms are distinguished: hygrophylls and forest meadow, steppe and eurybiont mesophylls. The latter, most plastic ecologically, are presented by species widely distributed in the Ukraine. As a whole the Cantharidae fauna of the Ukraine tends to its central and northern regions.