Figs 14-15 - uploaded by Alexander Dostal
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(14) Habitat of B. hageni: a forest path through damp young forest at the foot of Waschberg, with plenty of undergrowth, 20 September 2023. (15) Waschberg (left arrow) and Rohrwald, a forest island surrounded by intensively used agricultural land; habitat location approximate in the centre of the picture (right arrow); 20 September 2023. © A. Dostal.
Source publication
New evidence of Bittacus hageni Brauer, 1860 and Bittacus italicus (O. F. Müller, 1766) is published from Austria's eastern provinces-Vienna and Lower Austria. The rediscovery of B. hageni after 163 years at the type locality appears to be particularly remarkable; the Waschberg is part of a forest habitat that is nowadays completely surrounded by i...
