Dermestid beetles in ‘evolution Canyon’, lower Nahal Oren, Mt. Carmel, including new records for Israel |
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| Authors: | Ji?í Háva Tomá? Pavlí?ek Vladimir Chikatunov Eviatar Nevo |
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| Institution: | (1) Dept. of Entomology, National Museum Prague, Prague 4, Kunratice, Czech Republic;(2) Inst. of Evolution, University of Haifa, Mt. Carmel, 31905 Haifa, Israel;(3) Natural History Museum, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel |
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| Abstract: | Fifteen species of dermestid beetles were recorded at ‘Evolution Canyon’ (EC), Lower Nahal Oren, Mt. Carmel, Israel. They
represent ~35% of known Israeli dermestid species. The following three species were recorded for the first time in Israel:Trogoderma svriaca Dalla Torre, 1911;Ctesias svriaca Ganglbauer, 1904; andAnthrenus (s.str.) jordaniens Pic, 1934. Adults of 13 species were collected on the more solar radiated, warmer and climatically more fluctuating south-facing
slope (SFS); ten species were collected on the opposite, north-facing slope (NFS), which was cooler and climatically more
stable. The abundance of adult dermestid beetles was 1.9 times higher on the SFS than on the NFS (86 and 47, respectively).
Species richness and abundance distribution at EC (three collecting stations on each slope and one at the valley bottom) were
significantly negatively correlated with the plant cover that consisted of trees and bushes (Spearmanr
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,P=0.007 and 0.039, respectively) and perennials (Spearmanr
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,P=0.039 and 0.077, respectively), indicating that non-woody plants were preferred by adult dermestid beetles. |
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| Keywords: | Dermestidae beetles Trogoderma Ctesias Anthrenus Attagenus Dermestes Orphilus Trinodes dermestid distribution Israel Middle East |
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