Marisia - Maros Megyei Múzeum Évkönyve 31/2. (2011)
Zoology
Svetlana BACAL Results and discussions As a result of research conducted on beetles from the two groups of turnip rape in localities Bäcioi and Troita Nouä were collected with soil traps type Barber and entomological net methods 33 species of beetles, wich belonging to 10 families. The most numerous in terms of specific species were families Scarabaeidae (8 species), Carabidae (7 species) and Curculionidae (5 species). Follow the families Tenebrionidae and Silphidae with 3 species each and families Chrysomelidae and Coccinelidae — with 2 species. Families Nitidulidae, Dermestidae and Cantharidae have found only one single species. In Table 1, are presented the collected points and the number of collected samples from the mentioned localities. Beetles are a very diverse group of insects in that the structure and their role in the biotope occupied. This is an important link in the food chain in any type of ecosystem and also plays a role in processes humificare and recycling of matter and energy in nature. For some agricultural ecosystems phytophagous beetles can have a negative impact. Table 1: Abundance and structure of beetle species of the culture of turnip rape The locality, date and number of collected samples Troita Troita Taxon Nouä ,. Bäcioi Bäcioi Net, both 31.03- 6-17.05 17-27.05 localities ___________________________________________ 15 04 I 15-27-04 I _____Curculionidae____________________________________________________________________________ 1 Ceutorhynchus pallidactylus (Marsham, 1802)_____—_________6_________1_________2_________7 2 Ceutorhynchus assimilis (Paykull, 1792)________ 7 22 6 2 19 3 Otiorhynchus velutinus Germar, 1824___________—_________1_________—_________—_________—____ 4 Stenocarus ruficornis (Stephens, 1831)___________9_________8_________—_________—_________-5 Tanymecus palliatus (Fabricius, 1787)___________—_________8_________-_________—______________Tenebrionidae_______________________________________________________________________________ 6 Blaps lethifera Marsham, 1802_________________—_________—_________3_________—_________— 7 Gonocephalum pusillum (Fabricius, 1792)________—_________—______ 2 2_______—____ 8 Opatrum sabulosum (Linnaeus, 1761)________ 4 16 18 5_______—____ _____Carabidae__________________________________________________________________________________ 9 Amara aenea (De Geer, 1774) 1 3 — —_________— 10 Ancbomenus dorsale (Pontoppidan, 1763) - — 3 — -11 Brachinus crepitans (Linnaeus, 1758)_________ — — 3_______—_________— 12 Carabus coriaceus Linnaeus, 1758 — — 1 —_______—____ 13 Harpalus distinguendus (Duftschmid, 1812)______1__________9_________15________27_________—____ 14 Harpalus rufipes De Geer, 1774________________—_________—_________3_________1_________— 15 Ophonus schauberperianus Puel, 1937_________ — — 1_______2_________—____ _____Chrysomelidae______________________________________________________________________________ 16 Phyllotreta sp. ___________________________ 2 17 —________—________— 17 Psylliodes chrysocephala (Linnaeus, 1758)________45________21_________1_________—______________Nitidulidae______________________________________________________________________________ 18 Meligetis aeneus (Fabricius, 1775)_______________—_____20____________1__________—_________62 _____Scarabaeidae________________________________________________________________________________ 19 Aphodius distinctus (Müller 1776)____________ 1 2_______—_________—_________—____ 20 Aphodius melanostictus Schmidt, 1840__________—_________1_________—_________—_________—____ 21 Epicometis hirta (Poda, 1761)________________ - — 3 2_______59 22 Lethrus apterus (Laxman, 1770)__________________________2_________—_________—_________— 23 Onthophagus kindermanni Harold, 1877 — 1_______—_________—_________— 24 Onthophagus ovatus Linnaeus, 1767__________ — 1 — —_________— 52
