К вопросу изучения фауны мягкотелок (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) Крыма

Abstract

The results are presented of studying the fauna of the family Cantharidae in the Crimea. 29 species of Cantharidae were found in the explored territory. Catitharis li-vida L., Rhagonycha femoralis В r u l., Rh. fulva Scop, are the most common and widely distributed. C. pallida G z., Rh. limbata Thoms., Rh. nigripes R e d t. and Malthinus fasciatus О 1. are mentioned for the first time for the Crimea. Most species are mesophyls predominating on the glades, borders of forests, meadows with thick grass stand; some species are confined to the plots with woody-shrub vegetation.