Abstract
Ecological and zoogeographical groups of rove beetles (Staphylinidae, Coleoptera, Insecta) of Subalpine Belt of Northeastern macroslope of Ukrainian Carpathians
Highlights
Staphylinidae is one of the most numerous solid-winged families on our planet
A slightly smaller number of species belongs to a group of micsophages that combine peculiarities of both nutrition predators and mycetophages or saprophages
There are 83 thousand species of rove beetles belonging to 32 subfamilies of fauna
Summary
There are 83 thousand species of rove beetles belonging to 32 subfamilies of fauna. The representatives of this family were found in all types of the terrestrial ecosystems. They are common in the steppes, gardens, fields, meadows near the reservoirs, howe ver, there are no water species among the representatives of this family. The representatives of Staphylinidae play a significant role in forest ecosystems where they rank second in numbers. The rove beetles are especially nume rous and diverse in the forest litter [2, 7, 9, 12]
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