In search of better strategies of using activity traps to collect Dytiscidae and Noteridae (Coleoptera): a case study of a local fauna in central European Russiaстатья
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Аннотация:Activity traps (ATs) are a widely used method of sampling water beetles (Coleoptera). This case study attempts to investigate the effect of mouth size and trapping effort on the performance of the ATs and reveal sex ratios and proportions of morphs in dimorphic females in populations of Dytiscidae and Noteridae in one particular area of Udomelsky District, Tver Oblast, Russia. ATs are more selective compared to hand netting but make it possible to collect a greater number of abundant species with relatively little expenditures of effort and time. The width of the trap mouth has no effect on efficiency. Long-time (48 h exposure) traps are not more efficient than short-time (24 h) ones, in terms of the relative intensity of collecting individuals and species. The applied number of ATs (up to 330 trap-days) was not sufficient to reveal the full diversity of diving beetles in the studied
waterbodies.