Beetles (Coleoptera) in Nests and Diet of the European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca (Pallas, 1764)

Authors

  • Aleksey S. Sazhnev Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Aleksander V. Artemyev Institute of Biology of the Karelian Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Alexander V. Matyukhin Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52575/2712-9047-2023-5-2-186-193

Keywords:

consortium, nidicolous, nutrition, beetles, birds, fauna, the European part of Russia

Abstract

The article continues the earlier study of the beetle fauna (Coleoptera) in the nests of the Pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca in the territory of the European part of Russia. The study used nesting material from artificial nestboxes from the territory of three specially protected natural areas of the Republic of Karelia and the Vladimir Oblast. Based on the literature and authors data was compiled a check-list of beetle species (82 species) from flycatcher nests. Twenty-one beetle species recorded for the nest of Ficedula hypoleuca for the first time. The main part among the identified species are representatives of the families Elateridae, Carabidae, and Cantharidae, which are classified as nutrients and/or random species, as well as facultative nidicolous from the families Histeridae (especially Gnathoncus buyssoni) and Staphylinidae.

 

Acknowledgements
The work of A.S. Sazhnev was carried out within the framework of the state assignment No. 121051100109-1, the work of A.V. Artemyev was carried out within the framework of the state task of the IB KarRC RAS No. FMEN-2022-0003.

The authors are grateful to Yu.A. Bykov (Vladimir) and K.A. Petrova (Petrozavodsk) for the submitted material, A.S. Prosvirov (Moscow) for help in identifying some Elateridae, as well as F.S. Byzov (Moscow) for help in finding literature.

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Author Biographies

Aleksey S. Sazhnev, Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences

Candidate of Biological Sciences, Senior Researcher, Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters of Russian Academy of Sciences,
Borok vill., Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia

Aleksander V. Artemyev, Institute of Biology of the Karelian Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences

Doctor of Biological Sciences, Assistant Professor, Leading Researcher, Institute of Biology of Karelian Research Center Russian Academy of Sciences,
Petrozavodsk, Russia

Alexander V. Matyukhin, Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences

Candidate of Biological Sciences, Senior Researcher, Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences,
Moscow, Russia

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2023-06-30

How to Cite

Sazhnev, A. S., Artemyev, A. V., & Matyukhin, A. V. (2023). Beetles (Coleoptera) in Nests and Diet of the European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca (Pallas, 1764). Field Biologist Journal, 5(2), 186-193. https://doi.org/10.52575/2712-9047-2023-5-2-186-193

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Zoology