Non-target organisms associated with the soil might be adversely affected by exposure to the CrylAb protein from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) in transgenic corn (Zea mays L.). To check for such exposure, we used ELISA to test for Cry1Ab in ground beetles collected live from fields with Bt corn residues and Bt corn (Bt/Bt), Bt corn residues and non-Bt crops (Bt/non-Bt), or non-Bt corn residues an...

Density and nutritional condition of the five carabid beetle species Agonum mülleri, Anchomenus dorsalis, Anisodactylus binotatus, Pterostichus vernalis and Poecilus cupreus was studied. Carabids were caught in sixteen 1–4-year-old wildflower areas, identified and counted, their nutritional condition was calculated and calculations were related to habitat parameters (i.e. wildflower area age, v...

Mexyclothorax baehri, sp. n. (type locality: Papua New, Guinea, West Sepik Province, summit of Mount Capella, 3960 m), Atrotus indicus, sp. n. (type locality: India, Nilgiri Hills, Coonoor env.), Microzarguspakistanus,sp. n. (type locality: Pakistan, Kaghan Valley, Shogran env.) and Pterostichus (Oreophilus) podgoricensis, sp. n. (type locality: Montenegro, Podgoritsa env.) are described. The f...

For the first time in Belarusian Lake District, influence of regular tree felling pine forests under power lines on biodiversity ground beetles has been studied. On line corridor species richness, number individuals, and diversity were highest comparison with adjacent (Pinetum vacciniosum Pinetum myrtillosum). In addition, composition group dominants different. Among dominant there are inhabita...