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Taxonomic diversity of insects from the relic steppes of the Mid-Lena River Valley (Central Yakutia)

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Data on insects of the central Yakutian steppes preserved in the relic state since the Late Pleistocene are presented. Orthoptera, Homoptera, Heteroptera, Coleoptera, and Diptera are used as examples to demonstrate that, in addition to meadow and meadow-steppe species, these steppes are inhabited by species belonging to an extrazonal steppe fauna-genetic complex comprising five elements: Eurasian, Dauria-Mongolian, Black Sea-Kazakhstan, desert-steppe, and mountain-central Asian. Disjunctive areas are characteristic for these species.

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    A. K. Bagachanova, N. N. Vinokurov, T. G. Evdokarova, Yu. V. Ermakova, S. N. Nogovitsyna & A. A. Popov

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Original Russian Text © A.K. Bagachanova, N.N. Vinokurov, T.G. Evdokarova, Yu.V. Ermakova, S.N. Nogovitsyna, A.A. Popov, 2011, published in Aridnye Ekosistemy, 2011, Vol. 17, No. 1 (46), pp. 64–74.

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Bagachanova, A.K., Vinokurov, N.N., Evdokarova, T.G. et al. Taxonomic diversity of insects from the relic steppes of the Mid-Lena River Valley (Central Yakutia). Arid Ecosyst 1, 38–45 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2079096111010033

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