The study is the first attempt to generalize data on burrow biocenoses of great gerbil (Rhombomys opimus (Lichtenstein, 1823)) in region persistent plague epizootics lowland part Karakum Desert (Southern Turkmenistan). material was collected May, November, and December 1987–1988 using trapping cylinders residential non-residential colonies gerbil. Coleoptera made up about 40% species compositio...