Modeling sexual differences of body size variation in ground beetles in geographical gradient (The case study in Pterostichus oblongpunctatus Fabricius, 1787)

Raisa A Sukhodolskaya; Anatoly A Saveliev; Nadezhda L Ukhova; Iraida G Vorobyova; Igor A Solodovnikov; Anatoliy L Anciferov; Tatyana A Gordienko; Rifgat R Shagidullin; Dmitriy N Vavilov

doi:10.30574/gscbps.2020.13.3.0388

Authors

Raisa A Sukhodolskaya The Institute of Problems in Ecology and Mineral Wealth, Tatarstan Academy of Sciences, Kazan, Russia.
Anatoly A Saveliev Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, Kazan, Russia.
Nadezhda L Ukhova Visimskiy Nature Reserve, Kirovgrad, Russia.
Iraida G Vorobyova Mariy State University, Yoshkar Ola. Russia.
Igor A Solodovnikov Educational establishment, Vitebsk State P.M. Masherov University, Vitebsk, Belarus.
Anatoliy L Anciferov Kostroma Museum-Reserve, Kostroma, Russia.
Tatyana A Gordienko The Institute of Problems in Ecology and Mineral Wealth, Tatarstan Academy of Sciences, Kazan, Russia.
Rifgat R Shagidullin The Institute of Problems in Ecology and Mineral Wealth, Tatarstan Academy of Sciences, Kazan, Russia.
Dmitriy N Vavilov Kostroma Museum-Reserve, Kostroma, Russia.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30574/gscbps.2020.13.3.0388

Keywords:

Body size variation, Sexual size dimorphism, Ground beetles, Geographical gradient, Modeling, Saw-tooth pattern, Bergmann rule

Abstract

Fleshing out the mechanisms of Bergmann rule, we found saw-tooth pattern in body size variation in ground beetle Pterostichus oblongopunctatus. We sampled beetles in 2010 – 2018 at the forest undisturbed plots on the broad territory in Russia and Belarus. Investigating regions covered territory, extending to 3 degrees latitude and 31 degrees longitude. We measured six traits in every of 3294 caught individuals. ANOVA showed that geographical location and sex affected significantly body size of the species studied. Mean values of each trait changed significantly from one studied region to another in females and males as well. Sexual size dimorphism in species was female-biased. We performed models in R to estimate the steepness of body size variation in both sexes. In overwhelming majority of cases that parameter was equal in both sexes. So the hypothesis, that male′s variation is steeper in latitude gradient was not confirmed.

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