@misc{Stępień_Anna_A_2013, author={Stępień, Anna and Jaskuła, Radomir and Włodarczyk, Przemysław and Słowińska-Krysiak, Iwona}, editor={Polska Akademia Nauk. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii}, copyright={Rights Reserved - Restricted Access}, address={Warszawa}, howpublished={online}, year={2013}, language={eng}, abstract={Data on diversity and distribution on ground beetle species protected by Polish law noted in the area of the Łódź Province is summarized based on the literature data and new records. In total, data on twenty taxa are provided including records for Calosoma (3) and Carabus species (17). Among them, occurrence of three species should be confirmed by new faunistic data: Carabus auratus (not noted since 1959), C. marginalis and C. nitens (both with last records from before 1990). The most common species in the region are: Carabus arvensis, C. auronitens, C. cancellatus, C. granulatus, C. nemoralis, C. hortensis, and C. violaceus. Seven species are endangered according to the Polish Red List, including Carabus clathrarus Linnaeus, 1761 (EN category), C. marginalis Fabricius, 1794 and C. nitens Linnaeus, 1758 (VU category), Calosoma sycophanta (Linnaeus, 1758) and Carabus convexus Fabricius, 1775 (NT category), C. intricatus Linnaeus, 1761 (LC category), and C. problematicus (DD category).}, type={Text}, title={A distribution atlas of legally protected ground beetle species (Coleoptera: Carabidae) occurring in the Łódź Province, central Poland}, volume={56}, number={2}, journal={Fragmenta Faunistica}, publisher={Museum and Institute of Zoology, PAS}, keywords={Calosoma, Carabus, Carabidae, carabids, Coleoptera, beetles, Insecta, insects, protected species, Central Poland, Łódź Voivodeship, Łódź (region), UTM, distribution, nature conservation, diversity}, }