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ENTOMOFAUNA OF THE KURIL
ISLANDS

Table 16.  Distribution of Entomofauna and Some Vertebrates on the Kuril Range
Number of Species on the Islands
southern
central
northern
Urup 
Simushir
Insects:
aphids (Aphidinea)
64
5
1
3
cicadas (Cicadinea)
64
6
2
5
bugs (Heteroptera)
119
9
2
4
ground beetles (Carabidae)
75
6a
8
23
carrion beetles (Silphidae)
16
-
-
4
clickbeetles (Elateridae)
46
3
-
5
darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae)
6
3
-
1
leaf-beetles (Chrysomelidae)
66
1
-
2
long-horned beetles (Cerambycidae)
66
6
-
1
bark beetles (Ipidae)
53
9
-
2
butterflies (Rhopalocera)
55
12
3
4
cutworm moths (Noctuidae)
160
17
3
15
geometrids (Geometridae)
114
18
3
7
crane flies (Tipulidae)
64
7
1
12
bumblebees (Bombinae)
14
3
1
6
birdsb
233
170
95
100
reptiles and amphibiansc
7
-
-
1
 

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