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Article name THE FIRST RECORD OF EUROLEON POLYSPILUS FROM THE SIKHOTE-ALIN STATE NATURE RESERVE, RUSSIA, WITH REMARKS ON ITS BIOLOGY
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Maksim E. Sergeev, PhD, Senior Researcher of the Laboratory of Entomology, Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch of RAS (690022, Russia, Vladivostok, 100 let Vladivostoku Avenue, 159); iD ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9078-001X; e-mail: eksgauster@inbox.ru
Vladimir N. Makarkin, PhD, Senior Researcher of the Laboratory of Entomology, Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch of RAS (690022, Russia, Vladivostok, 100 let Vladivostoku Avenue, 159); iD ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1304-0461; e-mail: vnmakarkin@mail.ru

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Sergeev M.E., Makarkin V.N. 2021. The first record of Euroleon polyspilus from the Sikhote-Alin State Nature Reserve, Russia, with remarks on its biology. Nature Conservation Research 6(1): 100–101. https://dx.doi.org/10.24189/ncr.2021.011

Section Research Notes
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.24189/ncr.2021.011
Abstract

Larvae of Euroleon polyspilus (Neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae) were found in coniferous-broadleaved forests at two localities in the Middle Sikhote-Alin Mountains (northern Primorsky Krai), including the Sikhote-Alin State Nature Reserve. These findings show that this species can live in a closed canopy forest with dense undergrowth. Their larvae build pitfall traps in any suitable substrate, including dry wood detritus accumulated at the bases of the Pinus koraiensis trunks and produced by beetles (adults or larvae).

Keywords

ant-lions, Myrmeleontidae, Neuroptera, Protected Area, Russian Far East

Artice information

Received: 27.10.2020. Revised: 07.12.2020. Accepted: 21.12.2020.

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