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Сomposition and Ecological Structure of the Fauna of Litter and Soil True Bugs (Insecta, Heteroptera) in Kazakh Upland (Central Kazakhstan) PineForests

Veronika S. Abukenova
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Nadezhda P. Slavchenko
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Gulnaz Kartbayeva
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Amanay B. Myrzabayev
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Alia B. Yeshmagambetova
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Nazira M. Duzbayeva
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Malika T. Kabbassova
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Almira K. Abukenova
Version 1 : Received: 23 July 2022 / Approved: 25 July 2022 / Online: 25 July 2022 (08:35:42 CEST)

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Abukenova, V.S.; Slavchenko, N.P.; Kartbayeva, G.T.; Myrzabayev, A.B.; Yeshmagambetova, A.B.; Duzbayeva, N.M.; Kabbassova, M.T.; Abukenova, A.K. Composition and Ecological Structure of the Fauna of Litter and Soil True Bugs (Insecta, Heteroptera) in Kazakh Upland (Central Kazakhstan) Pine Forests. Diversity 2022, 14, 618. Abukenova, V.S.; Slavchenko, N.P.; Kartbayeva, G.T.; Myrzabayev, A.B.; Yeshmagambetova, A.B.; Duzbayeva, N.M.; Kabbassova, M.T.; Abukenova, A.K. Composition and Ecological Structure of the Fauna of Litter and Soil True Bugs (Insecta, Heteroptera) in Kazakh Upland (Central Kazakhstan) Pine Forests. Diversity 2022, 14, 618.

Abstract

We assessed true bugs among above-groundand and soil inhabitants of four different biocoenosis of pine forests representing the intra-zone areas of flora and fauna of the Kazakh upland. 15 species of three families were listed for the Central Kazakhstan region for the first time. Species Eremocoris podagricus was not registered for the territory of Kazakhstan earlier. Fifteen species (50 %) were true above-ground inhabitants or ones living on grasses, whereas other species use soil surface and ground litter as temporary habitats. Drymus brunneus and Eremocoris fenestratus play a key role in the structure and function of the true bugs assemblages in the in biotopes studied. The ecological success of typically forest and boreal inhabitants in biotopes of arid region is explained by relict nature of forests and ancient connections with the taiga zone of Western Siberia and mountain forests of the Urals and Altai. The results of a comparative analysis of the similarities and differences of the dominant and ecological structures of Heteroptera complexes of aboriginal studied forests and derived type of forest are presented.

Keywords

fauna of forest litter; Hemiptera; Lygaeidae; Drymus brunneus; boreal species; intrazonal pine forests; Central Kazakhstan

Subject

Biology and Life Sciences, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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