Beetles (Coleoptera) in nests of cavity-nesting birds in Voronezh Oblast
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https://doi.org/10.33910/2686-9519-2025-17-4-826-832Keywords:
nidicoles, avian diet, Ficedula albicollis, Ficedula hypoleuca, Parus major, Phoenicurus phoenicurus, Sturnus vulgarisAbstract
Beetles (Coleoptera) are one of the most diverse invertebrate groups found in the nests of cavity-nesting birds. During research in the European part of Russia (Voronezh Oblast), 45 samples of entomological material were collected from nests of five bird species: Ficedula albicollis, F. hypoleuca, Sturnus vulgaris, Parus major, and Phoenicurus phoenicurus. A total of 74 beetle taxa (49 identified to species) from 18 families were recorded. The majority of taxa (85.1 %) represented food remains. In terms of the taxon richness (S) and number of individuals (N), five families predominated: Elateridae (S=14, N=32; 16.7 % of total individuals), Scarabaeidae (S=7, N=32; 16.7 %), Curculionidae (S=12, N=27; 14.1 %), Tenebrionidae (S=4, N=19; 9.9 %), and Carabidae (S=5, N=16; 8.3 %). Ten nidicolous species were discovered, including Gnathoncus buyssoni and Margarinotus merdarius (Histeridae), four species of Dermestidae, one species each from Trogidae and Ptinidae, and the Staphylinidae species Haploglossa villosula and Scydmaenus hellwigii.
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