Sundukov, Yu. N.
Zoologicheskiy zhurnal 2019; 98(9): 1048-1062
An analysis of the distributions of the ground beetles endemic to the Sikhote-Alin’ Mountains in the scope of related groups is given. “Centers of endemism” and “the main lines” over the territory of Sikhote-Alin’ are delineated. An analysis of the altitudinal and habitat restrictions of the endemics is presented. The main stages in the formation of the modern endemic ground beetle fauna of the Sikhote-Alin’ are determined. The absence from the Sikhote-Alin’ of glaciations in the Pleistocene might have allowed for its fauna to be developed for a long time without epochs of complete destruction. The preserved forest vegetation in the south and east of the Sikhote-Alin’ in the Pleistocene could have become one of the most important refugia for the Tertiary fauna of North Asia.
