ЛАНДШАФТНО-БІОТОПІЧНИЙ РОЗПОДІЛ ЖУКІВ-СТАФІЛІНІД (STAPHYLINIDAE, COLEOPTERA, IN-SECTA) ЛІСОВИХ ЕКОСИСТЕМ ПІВНІЧНОГО МАКРОСХИЛУ УКРАЇНСЬКИХ КАРПАТ ТА ПЕРЕДКАРПАТТЯ

Rove beetles is one of the largest families of Coleoptera on our planet, which play an important role in terrestrial biotopes. Despite this aspect, the family of rove beetles is one of the least investigated groups of insects, particularly in the ecological aspect. The purpose of the paper is to analyze the landscape-biotopic distribution of rove beetles of the northern macro-slope of the Ukrainian Carpathians and the Precarpathian region. The survey of the beetles was carried out by the rout method. As a result of the research, carried out on fauna of rove beetles 52 species of Staphylinidae were found, they belong to 9 subfamilies: Omaliinae (1), Oxytelinae (7), Staphylininae (24), Oxyporinae (1), Paederinae (6), Sten-inae (4), Tachyporinae (7), Xantholininae (4), Olistaerinae (1). The dominant species among the biotopes studied are Ocypus compressus (Marsh, 1802), Atrecus longiceps (Fauvel, 1872), Staphylinus erythropterus (Linnaeus, 1758), Tachinus rufipes (Linnaeus, 1758), Staphylinus cae-sareus Cederhjelm, 1798, Philonthus splendens (Fabricius, 1792), Tachyporus hipnorum (Fabricius, 1775), Pyc-noglypta lurida (Gyllenhal, 1827). The research was conducted in the seven biotops which are located in four tall belts of the northern macro-slope of the Ukrainian Carpathians and the Precarpathian region.: 1. the subalpine belt of the Ukrainian Carpathi-ans, where alpine pines grow (biotope A); 2 - the upper mountain-forest belt, where European cedar pines and fir-spruce groups are found this zone is characterized by a lower degree of anthropogenic loading (biotope B and C); 3 - the lower mountain belt with fir-spruce and beech groups (biotope D and E); 4 – the foothill belt is represented by mixed coniferous forests (biotope F and G). The largest number is typical for the biotopes of beech and mixed forests, the share of Staphylinidae was 45 and 35% of the total quantity of Coleoptera Linnaeus. This aspect is likely to be explained with a higher diversity of food resources, habitats and more favorable stable abiotic conditions of existence. The fir-spruce biotopes contain 20% share of Staphylinidae. In the rest of groups of biotopes, the share of Staphylinidae was 15%