PRINCIPLES OF THE INSECT LIST MAKING FOR THE RED BOOK OF THE ROSTOV-ON-DON AREA
The method of the marker-species selection for entomological refuges is offered on example of noctuid family (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) for their including into the regional Red book. Entomological refuges are considered as parts Specially Protected Natural Territories (OPNT) or Key Natural Territories (KNT) with emphasis on entomofauna. The marker-species selection based on a data of the long-term monitoring of Noctuidae family during 1972-2010, presenting the material for objective analysis: 93145 ex., 439 species from 83 catching sites. On the first stage the extended list of rare and local species is formed, basing on statistics account: not more than 2 ex. per one-shot light-collecting, no more than from 10 sites, not more than 10 catches during the whole period of the studies. On the second stage the additional criteria are included for selection: ecological preference of species, the first and the last dates of catches, supposed total area of inhabitance. On the third stage goes species rejection, which are not corresponding to determination of “marker-species”. The final list includes 82 Noctuidae marker-species for the Rostov-on-Don area.