A faunistic study of the family Elateridae in Bačka, Serbia
2017
Authors:
Toscano, BrunoŠtrbac, Pero
Popović, Zorica
Kostić, Miroslav
Kostić, Igor
Konjević, Aleksandra
Krnjajić, Slobodan
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Article (Published version)
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A faunistic study of the family Elateridae was carried out in Bačka, the north-western district of Vojvodina Province in Serbia, focusing on their preferred habitats and soil types. The survey included four locations with a total of 1059 ha, in which 35 species, belonging to 15 genera of Elateridae, were observed. The frequency of larval and adult forms was 58.94% and 67.40%, respectively, proving that wireworms are regular residents of the area. Regarding habitat preferences, it was shown that a majority of Elateridae species prefer open biotopes and wheat crop, while marsh soil, chernozem and alluvium were the preferred soil types of wireworms.
Keywords:
wireworms; faunistics; habitats; SerbiaSource:
Pesticidi i fitomedicina, 2017, 32, 3-4, 181-188Funding / projects:
- Development of integrated management of harmful organisms in plant production in order to overcome resistance and to improve food quality and safety (RS-MESTD-Integrated and Interdisciplinary Research (IIR or III)-46008)
- Modulation of antioxidative metabolism in plants for improvement of plant abiotic stress tolerance and identification of new biomarkers for application in remediation and monitoring of degraded biotopes (RS-MESTD-Integrated and Interdisciplinary Research (IIR or III)-43010)
- Agrobiodiversity and land-use change in Serbia: an integrated biodiversity assessment of key functional groups of arthropods and plant pathogens (RS-MESTD-Integrated and Interdisciplinary Research (IIR or III)-43001)