Vestnik of Orenburg State Pedagogical University. Electronic Scientific Journal.2015. № 4(16). P. 30—37
03.00.00 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
UDC 591.15:591.128.1:595.76
Sukhodolskaya Raisa Anatolyevna, Candidate of Biological Sciences, Senior Researcher
Institute for Environmental and Subsoil Use, Tatarstan Academy of Sciences Savelyev Anatoliy Aleksandrovich, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor
Kazan Federal University
INTRA-SPECIFIC BODY SIZE VARIATION OF GROUND BEETLES (СOLEOPTERA, СARABIDAE) IN LATITUDINAL GRADIENT
Abstract
The authors used linear models to study the relationship between the area site and elytra length variation among Ground Beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) of six widespread Palearctic species. Four of them followed the converse Bergman rule when elytra size changed as a result of a shorter vegetation season in high latitudes. One species demonstrated a “saw-tooth” curve of elytra length change as a result of changes in the life cycle. Another species did not show any body size changes in latitudinal gradient.
Key words
Latitudinal size variation, Ground Beetles, Bergman rule, linear models.
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