Habitus Diversity of Ladybirds (Coleoptera,Coccinellidae) in the Steppe Zone of the Southern Urals and the South of Western Siberia |
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Authors: | Pekin V P Chichkov B M |
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Institution: | (1) Chelyabinsk State University, ul Vasilevskogo 75, Chelyabinsk, 454000, Russia;(2) Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Vos'mogo Marta 202, Yekaterinburg, 620144, Russia |
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Abstract: | In the ladybird fauna of the steppe zone of the Southern Urals and the south of Western Siberia, five variants, three forms, and two habitus types of adult beetles are distinguished, and their hierarchy is established. The habitus diversity of ladybirds is revealed using a new method of describing each form in a polar system of coordinates whose center coincides with the center of gravity of the insect body. The system of ladybird habitus reflects the main directions of trophic specialization in the family. |
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Keywords: | life forms ladybirds habitus the Southern Urals the south of Western Siberia |
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