The Fauna of Ground Beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in Mt. Gariwang and Comparison with Neighboring Taebaek Mountains, Gangwon-do, Korea

Abstract The study was performed to compare a list of ground beetles at Mt. Gariwang in Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do and their previous distribution in nearby places, as well as provide fundamental information on community structure and diversity of ground beetles. A total of 15 species belonging to 8 genera of 4 subfamilies were identified from 244 collected ground beetles in Mt. Gariwang. Nine species of Pterostichinae and 4 Carabinae species were collected the most and the abundance of Pterostichus and Synuchus genus were 89 and 83, respectively. The dominant species were Synuchus sp. (64 individuals, 26.2%) and Eucarabus cartereti cartereti (40 individuals, 16.4%). The Korean endemic species were 98 individuals of 6 species. The ground beetles at mountainous areas in Pyeongchang, Inje, Wonju and Taebaek from the Taebaek Mountains including Mt. Odae, Mt. Chiak, Mt. Gyebang, Mt. Jeombong, Mt. Taebaek, Mt. Balwang and Mt. Bangtae are identified in 140 species belonging to 51 genera of 15 subfamilies. The study is expected to provide important information on distribution of ground beetles in monitoring long-term changes in biofaces around the Taebaek Mountains.