Cartographic analysis of woodlice fauna of the former USSR

By

Kuznetsova, Daria M.
Gongalsky, Konstantin B.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2012

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

176

Pages

1-11

Subjects

database , mean annual air temperature , Russia , Woodlice

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.176.2372

 

Abstract

An inventory of the woodlice fauna of the former USSR yielded 190 species, 64 of them were recorded from the territory of Russia. According to the cartographic analysis, the limits of distribution of epigean terrestrial isopods over the area, excluding mountains, is explained by temperature. No woodlice records were found outside the isocline of 120 days a year with the mean daily air temperature >10°C. The highest species diversity was found between the isoclines of 180 and 210 days. These areas correspond to forest-steppe and steppe zones.