Red Data Book Carabidae species of the Urals and Western Siberia in the collection of the Museum of IPAE UB RAS

The dataset describes protected species of the Carabidae family (Insecta, Coleoptera) stored in the entomological collection of the Museum of the Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Museum of IPAE UB RAS) and included in the regional Red Data Books of administrative-territorial formations of the eastern slope of the Urals and Western Siberia (Yamalo-Nenets and Khanty-Mansi autonomous districts, Tyumen, Sverdlovsk, Kurgan and Chelyabinsk regions). We found that on the territory under consideration, 26 species are included in the latest editions of the regional Red Data Books; of these, there are 19 species in the Museum’s collection, numbering 2.248 specimens (= occurences in the dataset). In addition, we made recommendations for correcting the species lists of Carabidae: most of the ground beetle species are rightfully included in the regional Red Data Books. However, for several species, the status of protected is controversial. Perhaps Carabus canaliculatus, Carabus estreicheri, Carabus odoratus, Carabus regalis, Pterostichus kaninensis, Pterostichus urengaicus should be excluded from the regional Red Data Books of the Urals and Western Siberia since these are common species in these territories, whose habitats and populations do not have significant threats. We clarify that Carabus menetriesi needs protected status only on the eastern edge of the range, in the Tyumen region, and Carabus loschnikovi only in an isolated area of the range in the Sverdlovsk region (Denezhkin Kamen and Konzhakovsky Kamen mount massifs). We concluded that Carabus exaratus, Carabus hummeli, and Polystichus connexus are of the most significant interest in the collection of the Museum of IPAE UB RAS. These species have specimens found in isolated areas of their ranges; the publication of these data will make it possible to supplement the descriptions of the species in the compilation of subsequent editions of the regional Red Data Books.