Rove-beetle fauna (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) of the central part of the southern taiga in West Siberia, Russia
The Staphylinidae species diversity and distribution in the central part of the southern taiga of West Siberia, Russia, has been investigated for the first time. In all, 301 species of 82 genera of 11 subfamilies are recorded, of which 52 species (Aleocharinae mainly) are new to Siberia. The richest diversities in species number were the subfamilies Aleocharinae (105), Staphylininae (57) and Tachyporinae (51), and in terms of genera: Atheta (38), Philonthus (26), Stenus (23), Tachyporus and Oxypoda (15), Carpelimus (11), Mycetoporus and Lathrobium (9). The majority of the beetle fauna, 232 species, inhabits the natural terrace of the Irtysh river. The rove-beetle fauna of the West Siberian southern taiga is represented by species with widely distributed and European-Siberian areas in equal proportion, with a small number of Siberian species.