Studies are examining the fauna of silken-fungus beetles of the genus Cryptophagus on the territory of beech-fir forests of the Ukrainian Carpathians, especially within the territory of Borzhava ridge in Volovets district of Transcarpathian region, which constitute mountain forests of significant weight, next to the beech and spruce forests. Coleopterawhich are encountered in the forest litter
... [Show full abstract] have been investigated by many scientists. It is not eligible to get a comprehensive information about the fauna and ecological features of life of beetles from the Cryptophagidae family of Transcarpathian region and Ukraine in the scientific literature because these data are available only in the works of foreign researchers of late XIX till mid XX century. To establish the species composition of the family
in the Ukrainian Carpathians this is not enough, so we need to make careful monitoring of beetles’ fauna and complement currently available research results. The research of species diversity of Coleoptera conducted during 2015–2017. Collection of material was carried out using ground Barber-Geilers’ traps. In general, 22 species of the genus Cryptophagus of the silken-fungus beetles of the subfamily Cryptophaginae were identified. Other species of
the same family were representatives of the genera Atomaria, Antherophagus, Caenoscelis, Telmatophilus. In trophic terms in collected material mycetophagous, saprophagous beetles
were dominant and, to a lesser extent, coprophagous and phytophagous beetles.
