Summary: | The data presented concern preliminary results of faunistic research carried out on the epigeic
beetle fauna in the Lake Świdwie nature reserve, NW Poland (UTM VV53). Fourteen pitfall
traps were placed in four different habitats in the reserve. A total of 957 specimens were collected
belonging to 83 species and 16 families: Byrrhidae, Carabidae, Catopidae, Curculionidae,
Dermestidae, Dryopidae, Elateridae, Eucinetidae, Hydrophilidae, Geotrupidae, Leiodidae,
Limnichidae, Silphidae, Staphylinidae, Scarabaeidae, Tenebrionidae. Representatives of
Staphylinidae, Hydrophilidae and Curculionidae were determinate to the family level only.
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