Corresponding author: Oleg Artaev (
Academic editor: Pedro Cardoso
Protected areas are organised in different climatic zones, which usually include typical ecosystems characteristic of certain climatic zones. In most cases, protected areas are biodiversity hotspots. These areas are benchmarks in terms of nature conservation and to determine their biological diversity is becoming an important task. It is important to investigate the carabid family of protected areas within the framework of understanding the overall biological diversity of these systems. In addition, ground beetles, as one of the largest groups of ground-based inhabitants, are indicators of the state of ecosystems and serve as markers of their well-being.
We present 2,969 new occurrence records comprising 226 species of
Anthropogenic disturbances, such as urbanisation, toxic chemical pollution, more frequent and intense fires, deforestation and climate change have recently had a significant impact on biodiversity in many ecosystems. Insects play an important role in the functioning of ecosystems and a decrease in their biodiversity can cause serious disruptions of natural processes. However, there is a lack of data on the diversity, abundance, phenology and other biological traits of many insect groups that play a crucial role in ecosystems (
From the published dataset, five taxa are recommended for inclusion in the Red Data Book of the region (
The Mordovia State Nature Reserve is located in the Republic of Mordovia (Central Russia). Its area is 321.62 km2. Forests cover 89.3% of the Mordovia State Nature Reserve. The main type of forest is pine (
Each observation includes fundamental information, such as location (latitude/longitude), date, name of observer and name of the identifier. Coordinates were determined on site with a GPS device (various models of smartphones) or after the fact using Google Maps. We used conventional methods for collecting ground beetles, including hand-collecting, pitfall traps, light trapping and partial beer traps (
The dataset provides new records of
54°42'24"N and 54°56'08"N Latitude; 43°04'28"E and 43°37'49"E Longitude.
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occurrenceID | The globally unique identifier number for the record |
basisOfRecord | The specific nature of the data record: HumanObservation |
eventDate | date format as YYYY-MM-DD |
scientificName | The full scientific name including the genus name and the lowest level of taxonomic rank with the authority |
kingdom | The full scientific name of the kingdom in which the taxon is classified |
phylum | The full scientific name of the phylum or division in which the taxon is classified |
class | The full scientific name of the class in which the taxon is classified |
order | The full scientific name of the order in which the taxon is classified |
family | The full scientific name of the family in which the taxon is classified |
decimalLatitude | The geographic latitude of location in decimal degrees |
decimalLongitude | The geographic longitude of location in decimal degrees |
coordinateUncertaintyInMetres | The horizontal distance (in metres) from the given decimalLatitude and decimalLongitude describing the smallest circle containing the whole of the Location |
geodeticDatum | The ellipsoid, geodetic datum or spatial reference system (SRS) upon which the geographic coordinates given in decimalLatitude and decimalLongitude are based |
Country | The name of the country or major administrative unit in which the Location occurs |
countryCode | The standard code for the country in which the Location occurs |
individualCount | The number of individuals present at the time of the Occurrence |
year | Year the event was recorded |
month | The month the event was recorded |
day | The integer day of the month on which the Event occurred |
recordedBy | A person or group responsible for recording the original Occurrence |
identifiedBy | A list of names of people, who assigned the Taxon to the subject |
Alexander Ruchin - conceptualisation, methodology, investigation, validation, original draft preparation; Sergey Alekseev - identification of the material, analysis; Leonid Egorov - methodology, identification of the material, analysis; Oleg Artaev - investigation, software, validation, editing; Gennadiy Semishin - investigation; Mikhail Esin - investigation.