1. Faunistic groups of carpenter-moths (Lepidoptera, Cossidae) in the fauna of Russia
- Author
-
R. V. Yakovlev
- Subjects
geography ,food.ingredient ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,Ecology ,Steppe ,Fauna ,Drainage basin ,Western Palaearctic ,Biology ,biology.organism_classification ,Deserticossus ,Cossidae ,food ,Insect Science ,Phragmataecia ,Endemism - Abstract
An arealogical review of carpenter-moths of the fauna of Russia is presented. Southern steppe western Palaearctic species (10); steppe, southern steppe, and Central Asian semidesert species (7); and nemoral eastern Palaearctic species (6) predominate. Endemics of the Russian fauna are 6 species: Acossus victor (Yakovlev, 2004) (southern Tuva); Cossus shmakovi Yakovlev, 2004 (Tuva, Khakassia); Deserticossus volgensis (Christoph, 1893) and D. sareptensis (Rothschild, 1912) (southern Volga River Basin), Phragmataecia pacifica Yakovlev, 2007 (Daghestan), and Meharia scythica D. Komarov et Zolotuhin, 2005 (southern Volga River Basin).
- Published
- 2008
- Full Text
- View/download PDF