Ground beetle assemblages of dolomitic grasslands in Hungary

Abstract

The carabid assemblages of dolomitic grasslands were investigated in the Transdanubian Mountains in Central Hungary using pitfall trapping between 1988 and 2005. A total of 2515 indvidual adult carabids, belonging to 65 species were collected from five localities. The most abundant species were Calathus ambiguus (24.5%), C. cinctus (16.8%) and C. fuscipes (8.4%). Rare species were Amara proxima, A. sollicita, Cymindis axillaris, C. variolosa, Licinus cassideus and Masoreus wetterhallii. The seasonal activity of adult Carabus hungaricus is given. © Entomologica Fennica.