Short communication, Note
Providing a base for conservation of true bugs (Insecta, Heteroptera) and their saline habitats in Vojvodina (northern Serbia)
Jelena Šeat
orcid.org/0000-0002-9184-6612
; HabiProt, Bulevar Oslobođenja 106/34, 11040 Belgrade, Serbia
Bojana Nadaždin
; HabiProt, Bulevar Oslobođenja 106/34, 11040 Belgrade, Serbia
Marija Cvetković
; HabiProt, Bulevar Oslobođenja 106/34, 11040 Belgrade, Serbia
Aleksandra Jovanov
; HabiProt, Bulevar Oslobođenja 106/34, 11040 Belgrade, Serbia
Ivan Tot
; HabiProt, Bulevar Oslobođenja 106/34, 11040 Belgrade, Serbia
Abstract
Saline habitats of the Pannonian region are recognised as conservation priorities by EU legislation, and represent rare semi-natural habitats in mostly agricultural lowland of northern Serbia. Saline habitats have a key role in conservation of numerous plant and animal species in Vojvodina, as well as characteristic communities of true bugs. These insects belong to one of the most diverse insect groups in saline habitats. Species Henestaris halophilus (BURMEISTER, 1835), Conostethus hungaricus WAGNER, 1941 and Solenoxyphus fuscovenosus (FIEBER, 1864) are saline specialists and can be found only in these habitat types. True bugs have great qualities for future biomonitoring projects concerning habitats such as saline grasslands and wetlands. During the study, species Hydrometra gracilenta HORVÁTH, 1899 and Solenoxyphus fuscovenosus (FIEBER, 1864) are recorded for the first time in Serbia.
Keywords
Hemiptera; salt steppes; salt marshes; alkaline lakes; Pannonian plain
Hrčak ID:
176805
URI
Publication date:
1.1.2017.
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