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ZLATICE (COLEOPTERA: CHRYSOMELIDAE) PLANINE FRUŠKE GORE (VOJVODINA, SJEVERNA SRBIJA), SA PREGLEDOM BILJAKA HRANITELJICA
LEAF BEETLES (COLEOPTERA: CHRYSOMELIDAE) OF MT. FRUŠKA GORA (VOJVODINA PROVINCE, NORTHERN SERBIA), WITH AN OVERVIEW OF HOST PLANTS
Bojan GAVRILOVIĆ, Branka GAVRILOVIĆ, Srećko ĆURČIĆ, Dejan STOJANOVIĆ, Dragiša SAVIĆ
Abstract
Leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) have not been sufficiently studied in Serbia so far. The species of the family were investigated in a protected area – the Fruška Gora National Park (Vojvodina Province, Northern Serbia) over the period of 11 years (2001–2011). Mt. Fruška Gora is an isolated island mountain in the Pannonian Plain and is characterized by a complex assembly of forest, meadow, shrubby, grassland, cultivated land, wetland, and aquatic phytocenoses. At total of 99 chrysomelid species from 42 genera and 11 subfamilies were identified from the area. The data on nutritional preference of the found Chrysomelidae species and host plants are given by own observations in nature. Furthermore, economically important leaf beetle species (i.e., forest and crop pests) are identified and briefly discussed as well. The registered species can be classified into seven chorotypes of Holarctic and three chorotypes of Europe according to zoogeographical analysis.
KEY WORDS: Chrysomelidae, Serbia, diversity, trophic associations, distribution
Introduction
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Family Chrysomelidae is one of the largest phytophagous groups of order Coleoptera. More than 38000 species and 2500 genera have been known so far (Seeno & Wilcox 1982). According to some assumptions their number is far greater, more than 60000 species worldwide (Suzuki 1996). The Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera mentions the existence of 28560 taxa of Chrysomeloidea (Löbl & Smetana 2010). Today, modified classification system proposed by Seeno & Wilcox (1982) is the most utilized, according to which the family Chrysomelidae is composed of 20 subfamilies (Suzuki 1996). Because of the phylogenetic relatedness Bruchinae are sometimes treated as a subfamily within the family Chrysomelidae (Reid 2000; Farrell & Sequeira 2004).