Tolstoguzova O., Lyabzina S., Bolsun N. Elytra pattern variability of Nicrophorus investigator (Coleoptera, Silphidae) // Principy èkologii. 2015. № 2. P. 29‒37. DOI: 10.15393/j1.art.2015.3621


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Elytra pattern variability of Nicrophorus investigator (Coleoptera, Silphidae)

Tolstoguzova
   Olga Aleksandrovna		Petrozavodsk State University, Lenin street, 33, olga.tukacheva.91@mail.ru
Lyabzina
   Svetlana Nikolayevna		candidate of biological science, Petrozavodsk State University, Lenin street, 33, slyabzina@petrsu.ru
Bolsun
   Nikita Valeryevich		Petrozavodsk State University, Lenin street, 33, nikitabolsun@yandex.ru
Keywords:
Nicrophorus investigator
burying beetle
elytra pattern
continuous variability		 Summary: The analysis of variability of elytra pattern of Nicrophorus investigator was carried out in Petrozavodsk. Two elytra patterns of this burying beetle – typical and rare - were found using Quantum GIS 2.2.0 and Microsoft Excel programs. The typical form has a characteristic black pattern of spots and bridges connecting them against an orange background. The rare form features reduced size of dark areas. Thus, this investigation revealed that the studied feature varies almost continuously and has a normal distribution. It was found, that variability is not the same for elytra pattern elements. It was estimated, that the spots are more variable than the bridges

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Reviewer: A. Vasil'ev
Received on: 11 November 2014
Published on: 15 May 2015

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