SPECIALITIES OF FOOD PREFERENCES OF <i>POECILUS VERSICOLOR </i>(COLEOPTERA, CARABIDAE) IN BIOGEOCENOSESOF SOUTH STEPPEFOREST POLTAVA REGION
The specific trophic preferences of P. versicolor (Coleoptera, Carabidae) as one of the mass ground litter zoophages in forests biogeocenoses of south Forest-steppe Poltava region are investigated. Taxonomic, size-weight and trophic structures of potential food objects offered to the P. versicolor were analysed. P. versicolor choicecriteria of potential food objects were established: hardness of exoskeleton and size of victims and also victim’sability for fast moving.