Publikationen

Abstract: Four beetles new to Switzerland discovered in Ticino. − The four beetle species, Contacyphon solarii (Scirtoidea: Scirtidae), Malthodes tetraglyphis (Elateroidea: Cantharidae), Stagetus italicus (Bostrichoidea: Ptinidae) and Trichoceble floralis (Cleroidea: Rhadalidae) are reported for the first time in Switzerland from the Canton Ticino. All were caught in 2022 using interception traps placed in various forests across the canton.

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Wooded pastures combine trees and pastures in a land-use system resulting from traditional silvopastoral practices. With their sparse tree cover, wooded pastures represent an ecotone between open area pastures and forests with potentially high species diversity, although this is poorly tested for animal groups especially insects. In this study, we aimed to characterise and compare species communities in terms of species composition and diversity indices, biomass and ecological traits of ground beetles in wooded pastures, forests and non-wooded pastures.