Eur. J. Entomol. 117: 400-408, 2020 | DOI: 10.14411/eje.2020.044

Carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in several types of forests on Hokkaido, Japan, with implications for forest management practices and beetle preservationOriginal article

Jun KAIZUKA1,2, Tamaki YAMAGUCHI1,3, Mitsuhiro IWASA1
1 Laboratory of Entomology, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Japan; e-mail: iwasa@obihiro.ac.jp
2 Chodai Co., Ltd., Higashi 2-5-3, Kita 1, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-0031 Japan; e-mail: kaizuka-j@chodai.co.jp
3 Docon Co., Ltd., 4-9 Kodenmatyoushinnihonbashi Bld., Nihonbashikodenmacho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 103-0001, Japan; e-mail: ty1635@docon.jp

This study of the role the environment in the composition of the communities of carabid beetles was carried out in several types of forests at Obihiro and Furano, Hokkaido, Japan. In addition, we analysed the altitudinal distributions of two forest specialists, Damaster gehinii (Faimaire) and Procrustes kolbei Roeschke, which occur in six mountain forests on Hokkaido. At Obihiro, the forest specialist, P. kolbei was found at only one site in a large area of broadleaf forest. A redundancy analysis indicated that the carabid assemblages were significantly different in the different types of forest, and that two species, Leptocarabus arboreus arboreus (Lewis) and Leptocarabus opaculus opaculus (Putzeys), were associated with broadleaf forests. At Furano, a forest specialist D. gehinii and a forest generalist Cychrus morawitzi Gehin were mainly collected in natural broadleaf and mixed forests, whereas the percentage made up of L. o. opaculus was very high (80.8%) in natural broadleaf forest. Pterostichus thunbergii Morawitz made up the highest percentage of the species in the conifer plantations. In the six mountain forests, D. gehinii was scarce and mainly occurred at low altitudes; however, P. kolbei was relatively abundant and mainly recorded at middle to high altitudes. The management of the forests on Hokkaido needed to maintain the diversity and abundance of carabid beetles is discussed.

Keywords: Coleoptera, Carabidae, carabid beetles, forest management, conifer plantation, forest specialist, mixed forest, conservation, Japan, Hokkaido

Received: March 21, 2020; Revised: September 7, 2020; Accepted: September 7, 2020; Published online: October 13, 2020  Show citation

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KAIZUKA, J., YAMAGUCHI, T., & IWASA, M. (2020). Carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in several types of forests on Hokkaido, Japan, with implications for forest management practices and beetle preservation. EJE, 117, Article 400-408. https://doi.org/10.14411/eje.2020.044
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