Tamara A. Avtaeva

sexual Size Dimorphism (SSD) is considered to be the indicator of environmental quality. Peculiarites of its variation reflect trends in traits evolution. We estimated the values of SSD in populations from two distanced regions of Russia – Chechnya and Krasnodarskiy Province. In total those values did not differ, but SSD was higher in elytra and pronotum parameters in beetles from Chechnya and lower – by head parameters. Advancing research in this direction promises to unravel the ecological processes that structure soil biodiversity and to predict the impacts of global change on terrestrial e...