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Issue: Vol. 7 No. 1: February 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-02-27
DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.7.1.8
Page range: 112-131
Abstract views: 18
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First record of insects from the oldest and older Dryas of Altai (Russia). Coleoptera assemblages from Lebed River

Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Novosibirsk 630091, Russia; Kemerovo State University, Kemerovo 650000, Russia
Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Novosibirsk 630091, Russia
Department of Ecology & Nature Management, Ural State Forest Engineering University, Yekaterinburg 620100, Russia; Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg 620002, Russia
Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences, Borok 152742, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia
Zoological Museum (at the Natural History Museum of Denmark), 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch, RAS, Yekaterinburg, Russia
Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Novosibirsk 630091, Russia; Department of Ecology, Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Altai State University, 656049 Barnaul, Russia; Department of Forestry and Landscape Construction, Tomsk State University, 634050 Tomsk, Russia
Insects Palaeoenvironment Late Pleistocene Deglaciation Western Siberia

Abstract

Subfossil remains of insects found in the Lebed site (52.25220°N, 87.15692°E) located on the Lebed River, Altai Republic are recorded. The calibrated radiocarbon dates for two layers of these deposits were 16,461–17,056 cal BP, and 13,520–14,077 cal BP, which correspond to the oldest and older Dryas (Late Pleistocene). Insect assemblages of these deposits are mainly represented by Coleoptera, which are noteworthy there for high taxonomic and ecological diversity and include several endemic and relic species. At least 120 beetle species from 17 families have been found altogether, of them, 37 species are recorded for the Pleistocene deposits of Western Siberia for the first time. Three families, Carabidae, Staphylinidae and Curculionidae are most abundantly represented in the examined Lebed site. Ecologically, this beetle assemblage is dominated by species that are currently confined to the taiga belt and alpine meadows of the Altai Mountains; aquatic and near-water species are also well represented. The studied assemblages are rather different from the previously studied Pleistocene insect fauna in the south of the West Siberian Plain. The taxonomic and ecological compositions of the beetle fauna of Lebed site suggest its existence under humid palaeoclimate that was significantly colder than modern climate in this area.

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