Data to Fauna of Beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) of Bird's Nidocenoses. Addition 2

Abstract

During the study (collections 2003–2023), 35 beetle species from 11 families were collected from 40 nests of 20 bird species belonging to seven nidocenosis types. Most species are facultative nidicoles (botrophiles). Of the botrobionts group, only Gnathoncus buyssoni (Histeridae) was recorded in the nests of four bird species. The conditions in the nests are attractive to certain species of invasive beetles, allowing them to naturalise in new areas. Four invader species of Coleoptera from the families Dermestidae and Anobiidae were recorded in our material. The parthenogenetic North American species Reesa vespulae (Dermestidae), which is developed in wasp nests in the native part of its range, has been found in the nests of at least eleven bird species in European Russia. This species has also previously been recorded as an unintentional phoront for birds. New cases of unintentional phoresy on birds have been described for Anthrenus museorum (Dermestidae) and Phyllotreta vittula (Chrysomelidae) on hooded crow (Corvus cornix).

Funding
The work was carried out within the framework of state assignment No. 124032500016-4.