Editing Beetle (section)

===As biodiversity indicators===

Due to their habitat specificity, many species of beetles have been suggested as suitable as indicators, their presence, numbers, or absence providing a measure of habitat quality. Predatory beetles such as the tiger beetles ([[Cicindelidae]]) have found scientific use as an indicator taxon for measuring regional patterns of biodiversity. They are suitable for this as their taxonomy is stable; their life history is well described; they are large and simple to observe when visiting a site; they occur around the world in many habitats, with species specialised to particular habitats; and their occurrence by species accurately indicates other species, both vertebrate and invertebrate.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Pearson |first1=David L. |last2=Cassola |first2=Fabio |title=World-Wide Species Richness Patterns of Tiger Beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae): Indicator Taxon for Biodiversity and Conservation Studies |journal=Conservation Biology |date=1992 |volume=6 |issue=3 |pages=376–391 |jstor=2386038 |doi=10.1046/j.1523-1739.1992.06030376.x|bibcode=1992ConBi...6..376P }}</ref> According to the habitats, many other groups such as the rove beetles in human-modified habitats, dung beetles in savannas<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1046/j.1365-2664.2002.00743.x |title=The verification and application of bioindicators: A case study of dung beetles in a savanna ecosystem |journal=Journal of Applied Ecology |volume=39 |issue=4 |pages=661–672 |year=2002 |last1=McGeoch |first1=Melodie A. |last2=Van Rensburg |first2=Berndt J. |last3=Botes |first3=Antoinette|bibcode=2002JApEc..39..661M }}</ref> and saproxylic beetles in forests<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.04.013|title=Saproxylic beetles as indicator species for dead-wood amount and temperature in European beech forests |journal=Ecological Indicators |volume=23 |pages=323–331 |year=2012 |last1=Lachat |first1=Thibault |last2=Wermelinger |first2=Beat |last3=Gossner |first3=Martin M. |last4=Bussler |first4=Heinz |last5=Isacsson |first5=Gunnar |last6=Müller |first6=Jörg}}</ref> have been suggested as potential indicator species.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1016/S0167-8809(99)00043-2 |title=Staphylinid beetles as bioindicators |journal=Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment |volume=74 |issue=1–3 |pages=357–372 |year=1999 |last1=Bohac |first1=Jaroslav|bibcode=1999AgEE...74..357B |url=http://www.zin.ru/animalia/coleoptera/pdf/bohac_1999_357-372.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811032854/http://www.zin.ru/Animalia/Coleoptera/pdf/bohac_1999_357-372.pdf |archive-date=2017-08-11 |url-status=live |citeseerx=10.1.1.496.4273 }}</ref>