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The ground beetle fauna (Coleoptera) in apple orchard in Croatia

The ground beetle fauna was studied in IPM apple orchard in northwest part of Croatia (Krapina). Carabids were sampled by pitfall trapping in the year of 2015 from July 1st until October 15th. A total of 183 individuals belonging to 17 species and 9 genera were collected. The most abundant species, with the proportion almost 55% in the total catch, was Pterostichus melas melas followed by Carabus coriaceus coriaceus (18.03%) and Calathus fuscipes graecus (4.92%). This three species account for about 80% of the total catch. The species, which dominated the carabid assemblage in the apple orchard habitat (with the total scores), were Pterostichus melas melas (100), Carabus coriaceus coriaceus (33), Calathus fuscipes graecus (9), Harpalus dimidiatus (7) and Harpalus atratus (6). This work presents new insights into the ground beetles fauna in the system of integrated fruit production.

Carabidae; pitfall trap; diversity; IPM

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