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Abstract:InthePolishCarpathians,noextensiveresearchhaspreviouslybeencarriedouton
coprophagousbeetlesoftheScarabaeoideasuperfamily.Researchonthisgroupofinsectsin
thePolishCarpathianswascarriedoutfrom2011to2013.Beetleswerecaughtusingbaited
pitfalltrapsandbytheflotationmethod.Theresearchwascarriedoutatsitesthattookinto
accountboththehorizontaldiversityofhabitatconditionsandverticaldiversityassociat-
edwiththeincreaseinelevationabovesealevel.Intotal,beetleswerecaughtat78sites.
ThecurrentspeciescompositionofcoprophagousScarabaeoideainthePolishCarpathians
wasanalysedinrelationtohistoricaldata.ThemesoregionsofthePolishCarpathianswith
thehighestspeciesrichnessandthehighestdiversityofthisgroupofinsectsweredeter-
mined.TheverticalrangesofoccurrenceofindividualdungbeetlespecieswithinthePolish
Carpathianswereestablished,aswellastheelevationsabovesealevelwiththehighestand
lowestspeciesrichnessofthisgroupofinsects.Thehabitatpreferencesofspeciesoccurring
withinthePolishCarpathiansweredeterminedaswell.Finally,criteriawereproposedfor
identifyingrareorvulnerabledungbeetlesinthearea.
Keywords:Coleoptera,Scarabaeoidea,dungbeetles,Carpathians,landusechange,diversi-
ty,speciesrichness,Hillnumbers,rarefaction,altitudinaldistribution,speciesco-occurrence,
speciesrarity
ThisstudywasfinanciallysupportedbytheMinistryofScienceandHigherEducation,grant
No.NN304139940.
