Invertebrate communities from the mesovoid shallow substratum of the Carpatho-Euxinic area

Between 1998 and 2008, the authors have analyzed from a faunistic and zoogeographic point of view, 5 sites with different types of mesovoid shallow subtratum (MSS) from the karst areas of Dobrogea and the Carpathians. These sites are: the cleitric MSS from the Movile area (South Dobrogea) – from the karst of Dobrogea and the nude and covered colluvial MSS from the Varghi ului Gorges (600 – 660 m.), the colluvial and cleitric MSS from the Motru Basin (370 – 407 m.), the nude (Marele Grohoti – 1650 m.) and covered colluvial (Valea Seac – 1000m.) MSS from Piatra Craiului – from the karst areas of the Carpathians.On the whole, the authors have identified 265 invertebrate species frequently found in the various MSS types (19 species of Isopoda, 13 species of Diplopoda, 71 species of Collembola, 38 of Araneae and 124 species of Coleoptera), all presented in a comparative way. Among them, 25 species are endemic for the Carpatho-Euxinic space. The specific diversity, the degree of endemicity, the preferential and characteristic species are highlighted. The role of the MSS from the analyzed sites in the edaphic – subterranean transfer at a faunal level and in the conservation of the local populations is discussed.