The structure of entomocomplexes of open biotopes of the Belarusian Polesie in the post-meliorative period

  • Tatyana P. Sergeeva
  • Olga V. Lozinskaya
  • Elena G. Smirnova

Abstract

The assessment of anthropogenically determined dynamics of entomocomplexes, including a number of economically important and biocenotically significant groups of insects inhabiting open biocenoses of the Pripyat floodplain (Belarusian Polesie) has been given. Some patterns in the formation of hortobiont arthropods complexes in natural and transformedhabitats have been established. There have been registered the representatives of 2 classes – insects (Insecta) and arachnids (Arachnoidea) – in the studied territory. The insects are represented by 9 orders (and 22 families): dragonflies (Odonata), orthopterans (Orthoptera), homopterans (Homoptera), semi-coleopterans (Hemiptera), coleopterans (Coleoptera), neuropterans (Neuroptera), hymenopterans (Hymenoptera), dipterans (Diptera) and lepidopterans (Lepidoptera). The most widespread representatives of 6 orders of insects are Diptera, Coleoptera, Orthoptera, Homoptera, Hemiptera. Dipterans predominate in all biotopes, their proportion is up to 40 % of all insects. Orthopterans dominate by biomass everywhere. The structure of entomocomplexes in the studied biocenoses has been established: qualitative composition and quantitative characteristics (abundance and biomass). It is shown that the number of Coleoptera is reduced by almost 2.5 times on pastures compared to the control, while for Hemiptera and Orthoptera, on the contrary, increased. Hygrophiles are replaced by more meso- and xerophilous species. A high number of white–banded filly Chorthippus albomarginatus (De Geer, 1773), a well-known pest of farmland, has been recorded in agrocenoses (an order of magnitude higher than in natural meadows). The disappearance of grasshoppers (indicators of reserved state) from communities has been noted as the anthropogenic load on biogeocenoses increases. The tendency of changes in the structural and functional organization of entomocomplexes has been revealed, it manifests itself in the change of species differing in hygropreferendum. Thus, hygrophilous stenobionts are replaced by mesophilic and mesoxerophilic species and elements of steppe (Stenobothrus lineatus), semi-desert (Gomphocerippus rufus) and even desert (Bryodemella tuberculata) fauna. The bioindicational significance of individual groups and species of insects, demonstrated on orthopterans, has been established.

References

  1. Rassashko IF, Kovaleva OV, Kruk AV. Obshchaya ekologiya. Teksty lektsiy dlya studentov spetsial’nosti 1-33 01 02 «Geoekologiya» [General ecology]. Gomel: GGU im. F. Skoriny; 2009. Russian.
  2. Kiselev VM Kvazivekovaya fluktuatsiya klimata Belorusskogo Poles’ya [Quasi-secular climate fluctuations in Belarusian Polissya]. In: Nauchnyye i prakticheskiye aspekty izmeneniya klimata i ispol’zuyemykh klimaticheskikh resursov. Tezisy dokladov Mezhdunarodnoy nauchnoy konferentsii. Minsk: [publisher unknown]; 2000. p. 56–58. Russian.
  3. Kochanovskiy SB. Mezhdunarodnaya respublikanskaya konferentsiya «Yevropa – nash obshchiy dom: Ekologicheskiye aspekty» [International Republican Conference «Europe – Our Common Home: Environmental Aspects»]. Belorusskiy ekonomicheskiy zhurnal. 2000;1:135–138. Russian.
  4. Prirodnye resursy Poles’ya: ocenka, ispolzovanie, ohrana [Natural resources of Polissya: assessment, use, protection]. In: Materialy Mezhdunarodnoy nauchno-prakticheskoy konferentsii, Pinsk 2015, June 8–11. V 2 chastiakh. Pinsk: [publisher unknown]; 2015. 213 p. Russian.
  5. Sushko GG, Shkatulo VV. Sovremennoe sostoyanie i osnovnye tendencii izmenenij kompleksov nasekomyh (Insecta, Auchenorrhyncha, Heteroptera, Coleoptera) transformirovannyh verhovyh bolot Belorusskogo Poozer’ya [The current state and main trends in the changes of insect complexes (Insecta, Auchenorrhyncha, Heteroptera, Coleoptera) of transformed raised bogs of the Belarusian Lakeland]. Vestnik VGU. 2014;4:82. Russian.
  6. Fedorenko AV. Vidovoj sostav pojmennogo luga reki Pripyat [Species composition of the floodplain meadow of the Pripyat River]. In: Sostoyanie prirodnoj sredy Poles’ya i sopredel’nyh territorij. Materialy Respublikanskoy nauchno-prakticheskoy konferentsii studentov, magistrantov i aspirantov (Brest, 2011, March 25). Brest: BrGU im. A. S. Pushkina; 2011. p. 53–55. Russian.
  7. Hot’ko EI. Poleznye bespozvonochnye razlichnyh biogeocenozov zapovednikov i zakaznikov Belorussii [Useful invertebrates of various biogeocenoses of reserves and sanctuaries in Belarus]. Trudy VEO. Leningrad: ZIN AN SSSR; 1986. Part 68. p. 37–40. Russian.
  8. Hot’ko EI. Pochvennaya fauna Belarusi [Soil fauna of Belarus]. Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika; 1993. 252 p . Russian.
  9. Yanovskaya VV. Ekologo-faunisticheskaya harakteristika entomokompleksov (Insecta: Auchenorryncha, Heteroptera, Coleoptera) antropogenno transformirovannyh verhovyh bolot Belorusskogo Poozer’ya [Ecological and faunistic characteristics of entomocomplexes (Insecta: Auchenorryncha, Heteroptera, Coleoptera) of anthropogenically transformed raised bogs of the Belarusian Poozerie] [PhD thesis]. Vitebsk: [publisher unknown]; 2016. 23 p. Russian.
  10. Litvinova AM. Uplyў asushal’naj meliyaracyi na strukturu nasel’nikaў bespazvanochnyh zhyvel u kronah lyasnyh biyageacynozaў Belaruskaga Palessya [Drift dry land reclamation on the structure of the occupants of the bessidaceous living creatures in the crowns of the forest biogeocenosis of Belarussian Polesie]. Vesci AN BSSR. Seryia biyalagichnykh navuk. 1977;6:84–96. Belаrusian.
  11. Truhan MN. Fenologiya i sezonnaya chislennost’ mokrecov na meliorirovannoj territorii Belorusskogo Poles’ya [Phenology and seasonal abundance of biting midges in the reclaimed territory of Belarusian Polesia]. Minsk: [publisher unknown]; 1979. p. 192–199.
  12. Lavrova NK, Birg AV, Zhabinskaya MI. Izmenenie fauny dvukrylyh (Diptera), vyzyvaemye osushitel’noj melioraciej v Belorusskom Poles’e [Changes in the Diptera fauna caused by drainage reclamation in Belarusian Polissya]. In: Vliyaniye khozyaystvennoy deyatel’nosti cheloveka na bespozvonochnykh. Minsk: Nauka i tekhnika; 1980. p. 54–60. Russian.
  13. Zolotarev DA. Hortobiontnye poluzhestkokrylye (Insecta: Hemiptera=Heteroptera) antropogenno transformirovannyh territorij (na primere g. Kemerovo) [Hortobiont Hemiptera (Insecta: Hemiptera=Heteroptera) of Anthropogenically Transformed Territories (on the example of the city of Kemerovo)] [PhD thesi s]. Tomsk: [publisher unknown]; 2005. 20 p. Russian.
  14. Semenov VB, Gildenkov MYu, Starodubceva OA, Semionenkov OI. Zhestkokrylye nasekomye (Insecta: Coleoptera) Nacional’nogo parka «Smolenskoe Poozerie» [Coleoptera insects (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Smolenskoye Poozerie National Park]. Smolensk: Madzhenta; 2012. 192 p. Russian.
  15. Hotko EI. Izmenenie fauny pochvoobitayushchih lichinok dvukrylyh (Diptera) nizinnyh bolot pod vliyaniem melioracii i selskohozyajstvennogo osvoeniya [Changes in the fauna of soil-dwelling Diptera larvae of lowland bogs under the influence of land reclamation and agricultural development]. Ekologiya. 1978;1:70–75. Russian.
  16. Hotko EI, Pankevich TP, Molchanova RV. Vliyanie osusheniya i posleduyushchego sel’skohozyajstvennogo osvoeniya bolot na strukturu zhuzhelic (Coltoptera, Carabidae) [Influence of drainage and subsequent agricultural development of swamps on the structure of ground beetles (Coltoptera, Carabidae]. Minsk: Nauka i tekhnika; 1980. p. 158–180. Russian.
  17. Smirnova TP, Litvinova AN, Anfinogenova VG, Belyavskaya VI. Zmyanenne entamafauny peraўvil’gatnenykh zyamel’ baseina Yasel’dy u suvyazi z ikh meliyaratsyyai [Changes in the entomofauna of waterlogged lands in the basin of the river Yaseldy in connection with their melioration]. Vesci AN BSSR. Seryia biyalagichnykh navuk. 1986;6:93–98. Belarusian.
  18. Smirnova TP, Anfinogenova VG, Belyavskaya VI. Sravnitel’naya ocenka entomofauny lugovyh biocenozov pojmy r. Pripyat’ [Comparative assessment of the entomofauna of meadow biocenoses of the floodplain of the river. Pripyat]. In: Biologicheskoe raznoobrazie nacional’nogo parka «Pripiyatskij». Turov – Mozyr: Belyi veter; 1999. p. 185–188. Russian.
  19. Aleksandrovich OR, Lopatin IK, Pisanenko AD, Cinkevich VA, Snitko S M. Katalog zhestkokrylyh (Coleoptera, Insecta) Belarusi [Catalog of beetles (Coleoptera, Insecta) of Belarus]. Minsk: FFI; 1996. 103 p. Russian.
  20. Rykovskij GF, Bernyakovich IV, Goldenkov AA. Biologicheskoe raznoobrazie verhovyh bolot Belarusi [Biological diversity of raised bogs in Belarus]. Minsk: [publisher unknown]; 2003. 16 p. Russian.
  21. Sushko GG. Fauna i ekologiya zhestkokrylyh (Ectognatha, Coleoptera) verhovyh bolot Belorusskogo Poozer’ya [Fauna and ecology of Coleoptera (Ectognatha, Coleoptera) in raised bogs of the Belarusian Lakeland]. Monografiya. Vitebsk: Vitebskij gosudarstvennyj universitet imeni P. M. Masherova; 2006. 247 p. Russian.
  22. Kovalev AV. Zhestkokrylye semejstv Throscidae, Eucnemidae, Cerophytidae i Brachypsectridae (Coleoptera) fauny Rossii i sopredel’nyh stran [Coleoptera of the families Throscidae, Eucnemidae, Cerophytidae and Brachypsectridae (Coleoptera) of the fauna of Russia and neighboring countries][dissertation]. Saint Peterburg: [publisher unknown]; 2014. 234 p. Russian.
  23. Shkatulo VV, Lukashuk AO. Poluzhestkokrylye (Insecta: Heteroptera) verhovyh bolot Belorusskogo Poozer’ya posle osushitel’noj melioracii [Hemiptera (Insect: Neteroptera) of raised bogs of the Belarusian Poozerie after drainage reclamation]. Vesci NAN Belarusi. Seryya biyalagichnyh navuk. 2014;1:107–116. Russian.
  24. Lukashuk AO. Fauna poluzhestkokrylyh transformirovannyh zemel’ [Fauna of Hemiptera transformed lands]. Minsk: Belaruskaya navuka; 2014. 128 p. Russian.
  25. Sergeeva TP, Storozhenko SYu. Biotopicheskoe raspredelenie i dinamika struktury soobshchestv saranchovyh (Acrididae) estestvennyh i tekhnogenno transformirovannyh biogeocenozov Belorusskogo Poles’ya [Biotopic distribution and structure dynamics of locust (Acrididae) communities of natural and technogenically transformed biogeocenoses of Belarusian Polissya]. In: Sovremennye problemy entomologii Vostochnoj Evropy. Materialy 1 Mezhdunarodnoj nauchno-prakticheskoj konferencii. Minsk, 2015 sentyabrya 8–10. Minsk: Ekoprerspektiva; p. 249–252. Russian.
  26. Sergeeva TP, Smirnova EG, Kazanceva VI. Indikacionnaya rol’ saranchovyh (Insecta: Acrididae) osushennyh zemel’ belorusskogo Poles’ya [Indicative role of locust (Insecta: Acrididae) drained lands of the Belarusian Polissya]. Ekologicheskij vestnik. 2016;2(24):122–127. Russian.
  27. Smirnova TP. Izmenenie soobshchestv pryamokrylyh Belorussii pri antropogennom vozdejstvii [Changes in Orthoptera communities in Belarus under anthropogenic impact]. Sibirskij ekologicheskij zhurnal. 2006;3:287–289. Russian.
  28. Homich VS, et al. Prirodnye resursy Poles’ya: ocenka, ispol’zovanie, ohrana [Natural resources of Polissya: assessment, use, protection: Polessky state]. Pinsk: PolesGU; 2015. 179 p. Russian.
  29. Fasulati KK. Polevoe izuchenie nazemnyh bespozvonochnyh [Field study of terrestrial invertebrates]. Moscow: Vysshaya shkola; 1971. 304 p. Russian.
  30. Palij VF, Gajvaronskaya IK. Razrabotka metodiki kosheniya sachkom – kak sposob ucheta melkih vidov entomofauny travostoya. Sbornik entomologicheskih rabot [Development of a mowing technique with a net – as a way to account for small species of grass stand entomofauna]. Moscow: [publisher unknown]; 1963. p. 92–99. Russian.
  31. Kopaneva LM. Pryamokrylye (Orthoptera i stepen’ antropogennogo pressa v agrocenozah [Orthoptera and the degree of anthropogenic pressure in agrocenoses]. Leningrad: VIZR; 1987. p. 25–38. Russian.
  32. Chernov YuI Osnovnye synecologicheskiye kharakteristiki pochvennykh bespozvonochnykh i metody ikh analiza [Basic synecological characteristics of soil invertebrates and methods for their analysis. Methods for studying soil invertebrates]. Moscow: Nauka; 1975. p. 160–216. Russian.
  33. Kopaneva LM. Osobennosti raspredeleniya saranchovyh v agrolandshaftah Kazahstana i Kirgizii na makroprofile ot Chu-Balhashskoj vpadiny do Vnutrennego Tyan’-Shanya [Peculiarities of distribution of locusts in the agrolandscapes of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan on the macroprofile from the Chu-Balkhash depression to the Inner Tien Shan]. Trudy entomologicheskogo obshchestva. 1986;68:156–158. Russian.
  34. Sergeev MG. Zakonomernosti raspredeleniya nasekomyh-fitofagov v travyanistyh ekosistemah Golarktiki [Patterns of distribution of phytophagous insects in herbaceous ecosystems of the Holarctic]. Izvestia AN. Seriya biologia. 1998;4:445–450. Russian.
  35. Pshenicyna LB. Uroven pogloshcheniya i utilizacii fitomassy stepnymi saranchovymi [The level of absorption and utilization of phytomass by steppe locusts]. Sibirskiy ekologicheskiy zhurnal. 1997;3:263–268. Russian.
Published
2023-11-08
Keywords: Belarusian Polesie, drainage reclamation, transformed lands, open biocenoses, insects, orthopterans, environmental indicator species, bioindication assessment of the territory
How to Cite
Sergeeva, T., Lozinskaya, O., & Smirnova, E. (2023). The structure of entomocomplexes of open biotopes of the Belarusian Polesie in the post-meliorative period. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Ecology, 4. Retrieved from https://journals.bsu.by/index.php/ecology/article/view/5912
Issue
No 4 (2022): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Ecology.
Section
The Study and Rehabilitation of Ecosystems