Of the Shantar Islands (Khabarovsk Krai, Russia)
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Ecologica Montenegrina 34: 43-48 (2020) This journal is available online at: www.biotaxa.org/em http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2020.34.5 Longicorn beetles (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) of the Shantar Islands (Khabarovsk Krai, Russia) NIKOLAY S. ANISIMOV1* & VITALY G. BEZBORODOV2 1All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Soybean, Ignatevskoye Shosse 19, Blagoveshchensk 675027 Russia. 2Amur Branch of the Botanical Garden-Institute FEB RAS, Ignatevskoye Shosse 2-d km, Blagoveshchensk 675000 Russia. *Corresponding Author: e-mail: [email protected] Received: 25 July 2020│ Accepted by V. Pešić: 30 August 2020 │ Published online: 7 September 2020. The Shantar Islands are located in the western part of the Sea of Okhotsk, near the eastern coast of Eurasia. They are administratively included in the Tuguro-Chumikansky district of Khabarovsk Krai of Russia. The archipelago consists of 15 large and small islands, the largest of which is the Bоlshoy Shantar.The total area of the islands is 550 thousand hectares. The entire archipelago has the status of the National Park. The islands are dominated by mountainous relief with river valleys. Heights are up to 721 m. The climate is temperate monsoon with excessive summer moisture. Strong northwest winds prevail, they delay the phenological cycles of biota by 1-1,5 months in comparison with the nearest mainland areas. The boreal component of the middle taiga subzone dominates in the flora of the archipelago. Nemoral flora is represented by single species in phytocenoses of deep valleys of the large islands (Nechaev, 1955). There are two altitudinal vegetation belts in the Shantar Islands – mountain taiga belt and subalpine altitudinal belt (mountain tundra occupies 2% of the territory). Forests prevail in the vegetation (79% of the territory). In the recent past, the large islands were dominated by the forests formed by Ajan spruce (Picea ajanensis). These are spruce-larch (Larix gmelinii) and spruce-birch (Betula lanata, B. ermanni) formations. Currently, due to pyrogenic processes, the significant areas are occupied by secondary larch forests with the participation of dwarf-pine (Pinus pumila). The grass-grain meadows (9%) and large-grass alder forests (Duschekia fruticosa, D. kamtschatica) are widespread in the lower areas. The larch swampy zones (10%) are formed in the waterlogged lowlands (Schlotgauer, Kryukova, 2005). Until recently, only one species of Cerambycidae was known from the territory of the Shantar Islands – Cornumutila quadrivittata (Gebler, 1830), published under the synonymous name C. semenovi Plavilshchikov, 1936 ((Lazarev, 2019; Plavilshchikov, 1936). Materials and methods We studied 148 specimens of longicorn beetles (Cerambycidae) collected on the Shantar Islands from 1999 to 2019, as well as literary sources with information about the distribution and biology of the identified species (Cherepanov, 1982, 1983; Danilevsky, 2014, 2019; Löbl, Smetana, 2010). According to the research results, a list of taxa is published. The nomenclature of taxa is given according to M.L. Danilevsky (Danilevsky, 2019). On the map (Fig. 1), the collection points of Cerambycidae are indicated by numbers Ecologica Montenegrina, 34, 2020, 43-48 LONGICORN BEETLES OF THE SHANTAR ISLANDS that coincide with the notations on the list. The taxa previously indicated for the fauna of the Shantar Islands are marked with an asterisk *. The studied material is stored in the collections of the authors. Results and discussion Currently, 21 species from 15 genera of four tribes and three Cerambycidae subfamilies are registered from the territory of the Shantar Islands, of which 20 species, 14 genera, three tribes, and two subfamilies are listed for the first time for the fauna of the archipelago. Most of the Cerambycidae taxa of the Shantar Islands` fauna are widespread throughout Eurasia – 11 species, seven species are specific for the Eastern Palearctic and only three ones - for East Asia. The entomofauna of boreal forests (85,7%) predominates in the study area, while the nemoral complex is represented by a small proportion of species (14,3%). Trophically, the larvae of Cerambycidae of the archipelago are mainly associated with coniferous trees – 13 species. Six species of them (Euracmaeops smaragdulus, E. angusticollis, Gnathacmaeops pratensis, Cornumutila quadrivittata, Anastrangalia sequensi, A. renardi) are solely associated with conifers, and seven species (Nivellia sanguinosa, Alosternata bacicolor, Stictoleptura dichroa, S. variicornis, Lepturobosca virens, Judolia dentatofasciata, Oedecnema gebleri) can also inhabit the leaf-bearing plants. Six species (Anoplodera cyanea, Leptura thoracica, L. annularis, L. duodecimguttata, Cyrtoclytus capra, Mesosa myops) specialize only in leaf-bearing plants. The larvae trophics of Brachyta variabilis testaceimeimebris subspecies and Brachyta sachalinensis species has not been studied. Probably, B. variabilis testaceimembris subspecies is associated with herbaceous plants, as is the nominative subspecies. Figure 1. Locality map of Cerambycidae beetles in the Shantar Islands. 44 ANISIMOV & BEZBORODOV Taxonomic list of Cerambycidae of the Shantar Islands Lepturinae Latreille, 1802 Rhagiini Kirby, 1837 Brachyta Fairmaire, 1864 Brachyta variabilis testaceimembris Pic, 1916 Material. 2: 3 ex., 3-4.VII.1999, 7 ex., 25-30.VII.2001, D. Маlygin; 3: 2 ex., 21-26.VI.1999, 7 ex., 4- 13.VIII.2000, D. Маlygin; 4: 3 ex., 10-17.VIII.2001, A. Timchuk; 5: 3 ex., 25-26.VIII.2019, N. Kochunova; 7: 8 ex., 29.VII.2003, A. Nikiforov. Distribution. Russia (Far East). Brachyta sachalinensis Matsumura, 1911 Material. 1: 5 ex., 20-27.VI.2002, A. Nikiforov; 2: 6 ex., 3-4.VII.1999, D. Маlygin; 3: 10 ex., 21-26.VI.1999, D. Маlygin; 7: 7 ex., 1-3.VII.2003, A. Nikiforov. Distribution. Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan. Euracmaeops Danilevsky, 2014 Euracmaeops smaragdulus (Fabricius, 1793) Material. 1: 1 ex., 20-27.VI.2002, A. Nikiforov; 4: 4 ex., 10-17.VIII.2001, A. Timchuk. Distribution. France, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Lithuania, Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, Korea. Euracmaeop sangusticollis (Gebler, 1833) Material. 6: 1 ex., 11.VIII.2019, N. Kochunova. Distribution. Poland, Belarus, Russia, Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan. Gnathacmaeops Linsley et Chemsak, 1972 Gnathacmaeops pratensis (Laicharting, 1784) Material. 4: 4 ex., 10-17.VIII.2001, A. Timchuk. Distribution. Europe, Russia, Transcaucasia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, China, Korea. *Lepturini Latreille, 1802 *Cornumutila Letzner, 1844 *Cornumutila quadrivittata (Gebler, 1830) = Cornumutila semenovi Plavilshchikov, 1936 (Plavilshchikov, 1936): 313 – Bolshoy Shantar Island: “…(8 VIII 1925, Dulkeit! ZIN)...”; (Lazarev, 2019): 1238 – Bolshoy Shantar Island: “Original name. Cornumutila semenovi Plavilshchikov, 1936…”, “Valid name. Cornumutila quadrivittata (Gebler, 1830).” Distribution. Russia (Asian part), Korea. Nivellia Mulsant, 1863 Nivellia sanguinosa (Gyllenhal, 1827) Material. 1: 2 ex., 7-16.VIII.2003, A. Nikiforov; 2: 7 ex., 25-30.VII.2001, D. Маlygin; 3: 2 ex., 4- 13.VIII.2000, D. Маlygin; 5: 1 ex., 25-26.VIII.2019, N. Kochunova; 7: 4 ex., 29.VII.2003, A. Nikiforov. Distribution. Germany, Austria, Serbia, Romania, Slovakia, Poland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan. Alosterna Mulsant, 1863 Ecologica Montenegrina, 34, 2020, 43-48 45 LONGICORN BEETLES OF THE SHANTAR ISLANDS Alosterna tabacicolor erythropus (Gebler, 1841) Material. 6: 6 ex., 11.VIII.2019, N. Kochunova. Distribution. Russia (Asian part), Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan. Anoplodera Mulsant, 1839 Anoplodera cyanea (Gebler, 1832) Material. 1: 1 ex., 7-16.VIII.2003, A. Nikiforov. Distribution. Russia (Eastern Siberia, Far East), Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan. Stictoleptura Casey, 1924 Stictoleptura dichroa (Blanchard, 1871) Material. 4: 1 ex., 10-17.VIII.2001, A. Timchuk. Distribution. Russia (Eastern Siberia, Far East), China, Korea, Japan. Stictoleptura variicornis (Dalman, 1817) Material. 2: 1 ex., 25-30.VII.2001, D. Маlygin. Distribution. Poland, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan. Anastrangalia Casey, 1924 Anastrangalia sequensi (Reitter, 1898) Material. 1: 1 ex., 7-16.VIII.2003, A. Nikiforov; 4: 2 ex., 10-17.VIII.2001, A. Timchuk; 6: 4 ex., 11.VIII.2019, N. Kochunova. Distribution. Russia (Asian part), Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan. Anastrangalia renardi (Gebler, 1848) Material. 1: 1 ex., 7-16.VIII.2003, A. Nikiforov. Distribution. Russia (north of European part, Asian part), Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, Korea. Lepturobosca Reitter, 1913 Lepturobosca virens (Linnaeus, 1758) Material. 4: 1 ex., 10-17.VIII.2001, A. Timchuk. Distribution. Europe, Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China. Judolia Mulsant, 1863 Judolia dentatofasciata Mannerheim, 1852 Material. 6: 8 ex., 11.VIII.2019, N. Kochunova. Distribution. Russia (north of European part, Asian part), Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan. Oedecnema Thomson, 1857 Oedecnema gebleri Ganglbauer, 1889 Material. 1: 2 ex., 7-16.VIII.2003, A. Nikiforov; 2: 7 ex., 25-30.VII.2001, D. Маlygin; 3: 1 ex., 21- 26.VI.1999, 8 ex., 4-13.VIII.2000, D. Маlygin; 5: 2 ex., 25-26.VIII.2019, N. Kochunova; 7: 2 ex., 1- 3.VII.2003, 3 ex., 29.VII.2003, A. Nikiforov. Distribution. Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan. Leptura Linnaeus, 1758 46 ANISIMOV & BEZBORODOV Leptura thoracica Creutzer, 1799 Material. 4: 1 ex., 10-17.VIII.2001, A. Timchuk.