Materials on the Invertebrates Macrofauna of Temporary Roadside Water Bodies of the Saratov Trans-Volga Region

Authors

  • Maxim Yu. Voronin Saratov National Research State University named after N.G. Chernyshevsky
  • Alexey S. Sazhnev Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters of the Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Nikolay A. Evdokimov Saratov State Medical University named after V.I. Razumovsky of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
  • Alina A. Tkacheva Saratov Branch of the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution "All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography" (SaratovNIRO)
  • Victoria V. Yaroshevskaya Saratov National Research State University named after N.G. Chernyshevsky
  • Alina V. Skachkova Saratov National Research State University named after N.G. Chernyshevsky

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52575/2712-9047-2025-7-3-361-370

Keywords:

fairy shrimp, tadpole shrimp, protected species, Red Data Book of the Saratov Region

Abstract

In 2023–2024, twelve temporary reservoirs that had emerged due to disruption of meltwater runoff at highway embankments were investigated in the Balakovsky, Marksovsky, Engelssky, and Rovensky districts of the Saratov Region. 51 taxa of aquatic organisms were recorded in the fauna of roadside puddles, including: Hirudinea, Anostraca, Notostraca, Daphniiformes, Calanoida, Odonata, Plecoptera, Hemiptera, Diptera, Trichoptera, Coleoptera, and Gastropoda. Nine out of twelve species of crustaceans listed in the Red Data Book of the Saratov Region were recorded, including seven species of fairy shrimp: Branchinecta orientalis G. O. Sars, 1901, B. ferox (M. Milne-Edwards, 1840), Branchipus schaefferi (Fischer, 1834), Tanymastix stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758), Chirocephalus horribilis Smirnov, 1948, C. josephinae (Grube, 1853), Streptocephalus torvicornis (Waga, 1842), and two species of tadpole shrimp: Lepidurus apus (Linnaeus, 1758) and Triops cancriformis (Bosc, 1801). These represent the majority of crustacean species included in the Red Data Book of the Saratov Region. Species: C. horribilis, C. josephinae, S. torvicornis and L. apus have successfully mastered anthropogenic-transformed habitats and have a high occurrence index in them. The regional conservation status of these four species should probably be lowered as follows: C. horribilis and S. torvicornis which are now listed as VU ones (Vulnerable) should be included into the NT category (Near Threatened), while C. josephinae and L. apus which are now classified as LC ones (those arousing Least Concern) should be transferred to the special attention list of the Red Data Book of the Saratov Region.

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Author Biographies

Maxim Yu. Voronin, Saratov National Research State University named after N.G. Chernyshevsky

Candidate of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor, Saratov National Research State University named after N.G. Chernyshevsky, Saratov, Russia

E-mail: voroninmj@ya.ru

ORCID: 0000-0001-7992-4502

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

Candidate of Biological Sciences, Senior Researcher, Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Borok sett., Yaroslavl Region, Russia ORCID: 0000-0002-0907-5194

ORCID: 0000-0002-0907-5194

Nikolay A. Evdokimov, Saratov State Medical University named after V.I. Razumovsky of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation

Candidate of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor, Saratov State Medical University named after V.I. Razumovsky of the Ministry of Health of the Russian  Federation, Saratov, Russia

ORCID: 0009-0009-0914-9884

Alina A. Tkacheva, Saratov Branch of the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution "All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography" (SaratovNIRO)

Specialist, Saratov Branch of the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution "All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography" (SaratovNIRO), Saratov, Russia

Victoria V. Yaroshevskaya, Saratov National Research State University named after N.G. Chernyshevsky

Student, Saratov National Research State University named after N.G. Chernyshevsky, Saratov, Russia

Alina V. Skachkova, Saratov National Research State University named after N.G. Chernyshevsky

Saratov National Research State University named after N.G. Chernyshevsky, Saratov, Russia

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2025-09-30

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Voronin, M. Y., Sazhnev, A. S., Evdokimov, N. A., Tkacheva, A. A., Yaroshevskaya, V. V., & Skachkova, A. V. (2025). Materials on the Invertebrates Macrofauna of Temporary Roadside Water Bodies of the Saratov Trans-Volga Region. Field Biologist Journal, 7(3), 361-370. https://doi.org/10.52575/2712-9047-2025-7-3-361-370

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