FAUNISTICS OF COLEOPTERA IN SUB-ARCTIC PINE FORESTS IN FINNISH LAPLAND

The beetle fauna of pine fc,rests was surveyed by window flight trappi ng in four separate study areas in Pallas-Ounastunturi National Park i n Enontekio Lapland (Le) and Hammastunturi wilderness area in Inari La pland (Li). The total catch of individuals was 4905: consisting of 195 species. The proportion of species new to the province was 48% in Le and 25% in Li, respectively. Eleven rare species (known at most from 2 5 localities in Finland) were found. Rarefaction, diversity analyses a nd similarity indices showed that species richness, relative abundance s of species and species composition did not differ significantly betw een the study areas.