COMPOSITION OF FAUNA AND DISTRIBUTION OF LAND SNAILS IN INTRAMONTANE DAGESTAN
https://doi.org/10.18470/1992-1098-2016-3-120-128
Abstract
Aim. Taxonomy of Caucasian land snails has been studied well enough, but at the same time, the question remains concerning the distribution of some species of snails on the main areas of the Caucasus, especially its eastern part. In this regard, we have set the goal of a more detailed study of the species composition and characteristics of the geographical distribution of land snails of the mountain areas of eastern Caucasus, intramontane Dagestan. Methods. All materials were collected during expeditions of 2011-2015 in the major areas of intramontane Dagestan. We made collections and identified the species according to standard procedures. When determining the species we used common identifiers. Results. As a result of our research we registered, for the territory of intramontane Dagestan, 20 species of land snails belonging to 17 genera of 12 families, among which the most richly repre sented in species diversity can be found the Hygromiidae Tryton family, 1886, which includes in its community 35% of species of land snails of the study area. Conclusion. The findings allow obtaining complete information on the species diversity and characteristics of the geographical distribution of land snails in the intramontane part of Dagestan.
About the Authors
L. J. Harutyunova
Institute of Zoology, Scientific Centre of Zoology and Hydroecology NAS RA, Yerevan
Armenia
Armenia
Laura J. Harutyunova - Doctor of Biology, Senior Reasercher, Laboratory of Jeneral Helmintology and Parazitology
M. Z. Magomedova
Institute of Ecology and Sustainable Development, Dagestan State University, Makhachkala; Pre-Сaspian Institute of Biological Resources of the Dagestan Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Makhachkala
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Madina Z. Magomedova – Candidate of Biological Science, Assistant professor of the Department Ecology Institute of Ecology and Sustainable Development, Dagestan State University. Junior research worker of the Laboratory of Animal Ecology.
367001 Russia, Dagestan, Makhachkala, 21 Dakhadaeva Street, tel.+7 (8722) 56-21-40, e-mail: madika83@mail.ru
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Harutyunova L.J., Magomedova M.Z. COMPOSITION OF FAUNA AND DISTRIBUTION OF LAND SNAILS IN INTRAMONTANE DAGESTAN. South of Russia: ecology, development. 2016;11(3):120-128. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.18470/1992-1098-2016-3-120-128
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