Recordings of beetles species (Coleoptera) new for the Lithuanian fauna

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The article provides with information about 25 species of Coleoptera, which are new for the fauna of Lithuania, 9 of them being new for the Baltic states (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia).

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Baltic J. Caleoptercl. 6 (1) 2006
lssN 1407 - 8619
RECORDTNGS OF BEETLES SPEC|ES (COLEOPTERA) NEW
FOR THE LITHUANIAN FAUNA
Vytautas Tamutis, Romas Ferenca
Tan'rutis V, Fcrenca R. 2006. Recordings olbeetles species (Coleoptera) new lbr the Lithua-
nian fauna. Baltic J. Coleopterol., 6 (1): 59 - 64.
The article provides with intbrmation about 25 species ofColeoptera, which are new for the
fiuna ofLithuania, 9 oftherr being new tbr the Ilaltic states (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia).
y)'t(rLttas T(1muli.t, LitltLrattinn Uniyersitt, oJ Agriculture, StwlentL( Il, Akademija, Kaunas
tlislt'. LT 53361, Lithuania; e ntail: tlronius{4I.ahoo.c:ont
Rantas Fercnca , Ktttuns 7'. Ivonauskus zoologicaL ntuseunt, Ltti.syes al. 106, Kaunas, LT
44253, Lithuania; e ntril: e n tonr.t l(i,Ep!lj1!t:it'j!!!J1
INTRODUCTION
The knorvledge about the Coleoptera fauna and
the distribution ofits species in Lithuania is still
incorrplete. A list of2879 species ofLithuanian
beetles is given in the rronograph ,.Lictuvos
fauna. Vabalai" (Pileckis, Monsevidius 1995,
1997). Infornation about additional 430 species
recorded in Lithuania has been publishecl later
(Baricvskis 2001; Sablevidius & Ferenca 1995;
Sablcvidius 2003, 200,1; Tamutis 1996, 1999, 2001,
2001, 2003. 2004; Monsevidius 199E, 1999;
Barievskis 2001; Monsevidius & PankevidirLs
2001 , Iierenca et a1., 2002; Ferenca 2003, 2004,
lnokaitis 2004).
lhe dr nr ol the pre:e r publicrrlon is tu npro\ e
the current ktowledge about the Coleopter.a
fauna ofLithuania. The paper prescnts infomra-
tion aboul 25 species rvhich arc new tbr Lithua-
nia.
MATERIAL AND METHODS
Thc majority ofthe beetles were collected jn dif
f'erent parls ol Lithuania by the authors of this
arlicle; Ronas Ferenca (R.F.) and Vytautas
larnull\ {V. 1.1 Houc\e-. sor)te spccillens \,, ere
collected by Alcksandras MerZijevskis (A.M.),
Norbertas Noreika (N.N.), Sirr.ronas Pileckis (S.
P.), and Paulius Zolubas (PZ.). Insects rvere col-
lectcd using Barbcr's and pherolrone traps, us
ing entomological nets, searching in dead u,ood,
under bark. and hand catches
The nomenclature of the beetles fbllows Law-
rence & Newton ( 1995). Beetles were identified
accorcling to the following literature: Freude,
Harde, Lohse (1969-81); Hnrka (1996);
Smreczynski (1974).
Irig. I and Tab. I provide with infbmation about
the collection sites.

[ *HarpalusnelaucholicusDejean.ls2q-Drusk.:i VT.)
/) Liepalinejs, I 7 07 2005 (8, attracled by trghl. V.T) |
f \ ^Acrpolpu, lule4rrs Duflshmidr. I8l2-Kaun.:l Dinarda maerkeliiKiesenwetter. 1843 Ukme.:
I Margininkai 3l 08 I997 (1, wel meadow, wirhl Pasiles m ilkas foresr.. 20 04 2004 ( I . Barber's t-ap.
I carcr planls, v.T.). I \.N.).
\t
I Acupalpus srrruralis Dejean, 1829 - Nering.:i +Collicerus obs, urus Cravenhorst. 1802- Kaun.;
\ Juodkanreenv 06072004(2.sand-dunesnearl Ringaudai.30032004(l.orchardlitter.VT.).
i[ the Baltic Sea. R.F. V
Cryftophonus (:Harpalus) melancholicus (Dejeat, Asaphidio-n curtum (Heyden, 18?0) was misidentified
Tamutis V., Ferenca R.
Llsr oF sPEclES 7l))|"oii"r^,ro'",",sMotschutsky, t'4s-Klai.:
Species new for Baltic states are marked with an Plocis lake env." 25 05 2005 (13, shore of the
asterisk (*). Curonian lagoon, R.F );Nedng.: Juodkrante env,
08 09 2005 (6, shore ofthe Curonian lagoon, R.F.).
Carabidae
Asaphidion ctultmHeyden, 1870 - Siaul:Dzidai] acrotrichis sericans Heer, i841 - Kaun.: Jiesia
0408 2002. (1, in a meadow, V. T.);Ukme.: PaSilesf landscapepreserve(2),24082005(1,RF)'
miikas forest. 30 04 2004 ( l. Barber's Lrap. N.N.).j
Kaun.: KazliiLiai,23 06 2005 (1. Barber's trap In{i Staphylinidae
rhe snrino barlev- V1.1 . r:/1."tr;',' . )1. Coproporus col,hicus Kraatz. 1858 - Kaun.:
'J. '.1,' 3. ..1.'.i.'. t,1:zi':-; - , .: - jl Karnsosrnrskasforesl.0708200j{l.lorestlirter.
Fig. 1. Col)ection sites ofbeetles species new for the Lithuania Fauna (for description ofsymbols see
Tab. 1)
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calceatus (Duftschmid, 1812) and erroneously noted 176D and eno-neously noted fol Lithuania (Tamutis
for Lithuania (Tamutis and Flrenca 2006). Eicluded and Ferenca 2006). Excluded from the list of ,
frorn the list oilithuanian beetles ( Tamutis et al. Lithuanian beetles (Tamutiset al' 201l, Catalogue ,
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Record ngs of beeties spec es (Coleoptera) new tor the L thuan an fauna
llblc l. lulbrnntron about the collectron siles
1'G_t r4thu L,tttt ru!ipctuti.\ Nlulsant & Rei'. 1361
Kairn.: Jiesiir landsclpc preser vc ( 1). 25 09 2005
(3, in a *ood lirnqus. R.ii).
Sunitrs ntclunot:tph ulrr.y Fablicius. I79i - I(lLut.:
Ringludai05 0:1200,1 (,1. olc|ard ILtcr. \iT.).
rGubriu.t rtstutoitL,.r Slrand. 19,16 - I(aun.:
Rineauchi. l9 03 2004 ( 1. orchard liLrcr. V. ll).
Eucnemidae
-\1, 1,t', 1'tt'tt.t ', /,,I t..rr rs. l-",1 K.rr.
Drl r.'r,'. \1i.k.,. tur-\'{ ,. r,l l]' '0Uj {.,
pherorDone lrap lor Ips tt,pograph u s, P.Z.).
Der-mcstidae
l^ ,1,n..1 .ttt //.//,,, \u.l.r. S1,, K:r rrr 9.r.|-
anLinestatiorl, 2708 1990(1.inLhe grilins, S.P.).
*Glohit orni.,r cc'rlrcrrlls Eichholl-. 1 861 Kaun.:
Dubravos i\,liiLas foresr. 0,1 05 2002 (1,
fheronronc trrp lbr 1/r.s tt,pogrophu. 1,.2.).
.,\nobidae
Etrahius ebictiiiLt.\ Gyllcnlul, 1808 Kaun.:
Dublai,os Miikas forest. l5 0.1 1997 (1, uncler
bark. \lT.).
Nitirlulidac
r(ilist:hutchilus tlLttttlt i.signatu.t Sr),. 1835
Ignr : Pakasas Lrkc precinct. 05 0E 1997 (1.
flied.\ll): KauD.: Noreikiikcs, 03 05 199:l (1. l]ar
bcr's trap in tlte spring barLey. VT.): Kaun.:
KazliSkiai,2l 05 1998 (1, Barbcr''s rrap in rhc rvin
ler \\ficat. V.T.).
(i I i s t:lt ro t h i I u s grun r1r.v -l'ournicr. I 872 I(eda. :
SlapabcrTe. 07 0.12000 (1. \{ T.): Krun.: Jiesia iancj-
sc-rpcleservc(2), 06 08 2001 (l, on l1ollers, \lT.):
Siau.: Llazilionai. 01 05 2005 ( I, on ilou ers. \/.T.).
Karrn : Noreikiikcs, S0 il7 200-5 (2, tsnrbcr's lrap
in lhc corn fic1d, V'[ ).
Lncnrophlor:idae
*t\"otol4ctnu.t a4.\t(ticrr.s Irrichson.I E45 Kaun :
.liesia lanclscape prcscrre (1). I8 06 2005 (2. A.M).
Corrlophidae
Ot tlnpent.s ll tnnil;cs G,,llenhal. 1808 Kaun.:
Kazliikiai.29 07 1998 ( 1. Barber.'s rrap in thc \\4reat,
\{T.).
Cisidae
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(il.r g/alrotirs Mel1i6, 1843 Kaun.; Nlalgininkai,
02 05 1997 (1, in the u,ood sponge, V.T.);
Girininkai, 27 0ll i992 (1, in thcuood sponge,
V.T.): Noleikiikes. 21 03 2000 (1 . in thc wood
sponge, VT.); Siau1.:Dzidai,04 07 2002 ( 10, in
fic $ ood sporlgc. V. f.).
Ccrambl'cidae
lvleso.stt nyops Dahnan, lll l7 Alyt.: Vidz-uilis
botanical presen c, 09 06 2003 ( 1. R.F. ).
Chrysomclidae
Oulana lri.tti.v Herbsl. 1786 Birst.: Nentuno
kilpq regional paLk, 17 08 2005 (3. slope of
Nerrunas river, l{.f.).
(lrepitloderal)/r/lrs Latreille, 1i10,1 Kaun.:
KarrSos nrjikas f'orest. 2,1 05 1995 (1. on tlie
lcaves ofSoln, \lT.).
Curculionidae
Sttnocutrrs trntbritLr.r Cyiicnhal. 1827 Kaun.:
Brazinkai. 0l 06 2005 ( l. on a poppy pLant. VT.).
DISCUSSION
Faunistic research is a qlrite djfllcult and collt-
plicated process of entomologlcal stuclies.
FaLrnistic data arc nol completc even in thosc
countries in Europe u'here this type ofteseatcit
has a comparatively long history arrd high sci
entiiic leve1. Tire tenitoly ofLithuania belongs
to the zone ofEuropean nixeclforest. FLora and
fauna of this zone havc a transitional characler.
Ilepresentatives o1-the f'auna of typical nordr
crn.r ,d h-na,r.l.arcd tbre.t. ..rc l\re.rrrl rn
Lithuania (Pileckis, Monsevicir'rs, I995). Stud-
ies of 1he Coieoptcril l'auna oli the telTitory of
Lithuania date back to the beginning ofthe last
century. Howevcr, only a feu'fitullistic studies
\\ere (:l lcJ crr,. I rrosc ol l' il)cr llLlorLance
were nracle by Ogilervicz (193 l. l919), Pileckjs
(1960), Pilcckis & Monscviiius (1995, 1997),
tLrnutis ( 1996,200i. 200'1), Fcrcnca (2003, 2004),
and Ferenca et al. (2002). Tlte fauna of sourc
taxonomic groups of beelles is not rvell exam-
ined until norv.
The majorpa ofthe data preserlted in this adicle
is obtained as a resrlt of ecologicaL sludies, but
not larmistic stuclics, ofbeetles. Such species as
Ca llLcerus obscurus Grav.. SL!niuj
ntelonocelthtLlu.s F. and Galriii"r asluloides
Strand. rvere delcctcd clLlring entonocolnplex
studies of thc epigeic iarLna of orchards; l,Ielasrs
buprestoitles L., GIoltitoutis tttrticrrlis Eich. and
llmobiu.\ al)ieti us Gyll. clLrring the atralysis of
the clisLribution of lps ltpograpluts iti the
Dubrava t'orest; CrrTtt opotus t o1thicus Kratiz itntl
Diuurda ntaerlrclii Kiesu'. as rcsult of a stucly of
ln- lo e. e rln l,,\Lrt.lll(\. 5otrtc:1'c.ies ue-e
dcrc. lrJ ,l.rrlng c r I o I r'u I u s I ( i' I c\r'lr:lullr:
ila rp uu.t nt: I o nt holi cLr.s. A cup a lp us lu I aa t trs,
At:Lrpct/pLr.s s luI .rlis, A.t otl icllis silkuctl.\i.\
Motch.. ,4( ro1l i.rls scri.,/r! Iteer, G),ttphueru
t ugil1e .\i.t N'lulst.. C'ls glablrrliis Mel1..
h"oelarenus cask1nelr.r Er.. Mr:.ro-ra rrll'ops Daln.,
Oulena tristis IIbst. and St(noct1l'us ntnbtitltts
Gyll. Some beetles species rvhich are dift'icult to
detennine rvcre cletected by analyzing nraierial
fonnerly be ing collected by dif'f'ctent reseatches:
Asaphilion .r/i-l?/r, Heyden and Trogoclctnu
angustunt Solier. All the nrentioncd species ate
knorvn in Er.rrope. Tlietefore, the detection ofsuch
specics as Atupalpus lutaulLts, Harpalns
neluntholicus or (h r/cr?a r1.rtl.! Hbsl. in Lithur-
nia provides with ncrv inforn'ration about the
northern ranges oftheit occurrence. -frvo species
af NitilLl idae G list:hocltilu.s quudrtsig]lLtlus
S"1.IllJ t,1r*. ltu, ttil,t\ ri,t',.11 lottttttut. .ue.r
novclt)' both in Lithuania and Ettlope. Thc inva-
sion into agrocenoses js visible.
Ihe pruces:e: ol \rlric"i.rll !olri ,,ll ill li.lLrlle
continuall-v change the strLlcture ofihe lllLlna. For
jnstance. so[]e species disappeirr ftorn certain
areas rvhercas other species occupy them during
the regcncration of a forest aftcr delorestation or
formation offbrests on arablc ticlds being fallorv
as a result ofchanges ofthe structure of tlte ilora
and humidity rcgirnc. Taking into account the dis
persal porver of beetlc species and the subse-
quent clianges in habitat ranges depending on
llu. ru.rtrorr. ,rt hLri|iJr') ..n.r lerlrperPlrtre. tl t.
possible to prcdicate that the fituna ofsrLch small
countries as Lithuania, Latvia. Estonia or Den
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R. o o o. ot n e -pe or \(O6opi,,Jl --^ or.h- _, 1.,o. o1 |,,nd
nrilrk is un(lctLvin! signiliclnt chilrses lrnd
lruni\1rc studi.s u,iLl netcl hc coltplete. C)n thc
olher hun(1. {urrnislic stuciies lLlrc both scicrr
tillc arrclcultLrlrl socnl llltotlancc. *hereas tlres!'
asfects drrectl], sho$ 1ha iL\\'ilranasS ollhc soci-
et\'\\'ith rcspect 1o thc nature ol it'.\ ovrn collntrv
nncl tlte necessrty ol it s conscrviltion.
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