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Data on beetle (Coleoptera) new to Lithuanian fauna

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  • Kaunas T. Ivanauskas Museum of Zoology
  • Kaunas T.Ivanauskas museum of zoology

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The faunistic data on 21 species of Coleoptera newly found in the territory of Lithuania, such as: Calathus cinctus, Platyderus rufus (Carabidae), Pteryx suturalis, Ptinella aptera (Ptiliidae), Lordithon speciosus, Atheta europaea (Staphylinidae), Danosoma conspersum (Elateridae), Danacea pallipes (Dasytidae), Oenopia impustulata (Coccinellidae), Ploiotrya subtilis (Melandryidae), Mycetochara obscura (Tenebrionidae), Ischnomera caerulea, I. cyanea (Oedemeridae), Cyrtanaspis phalerata (Scraptiidae), Trichoferus campestris (Cerambycidae), Lasiorhynchites olivaceus (Attelabidae), Ceutorhynchus canaliculatus, C. pumilio, Magulones raphani, Otiorhynchus porcatus, Lixus pulverulentus (Curculiuonidae), is presented. The main features of their biology and distribution are commented as well as habits and male genitalia of some interesting species are illustrated by original photos in this paper.
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NAUJOS IR RETOS LIETUVOS VABZDŽIŲ RŪŠYS. 28 tomas 21
DATA ON BEETLE (COLEOPTERA) SPECIES NEW TO LITHUANIAN
FAUNA
ROMAS FERENCA¹, VYTAUTAS TAMUTIS¹ ², VYTAUTAS INOKAITIS¹, KAZIMIERAS
MARTINAITIS¹
¹Kaunas T. Ivanauskas Zoological Museum, Laisvės al. 106, LT-44253, Kaunas, Lithuania.
E-mail: agagutta@gmail.com, entomol@zoomuziejus.lt
²Aleksandras Stulginskis University, Studentų 11, Akademija, Kaunas distr., LT-53361,
Lithuania. Email: dromius@yahoo.com
Introduction
The species composition of beetles (Coleoptera) is not completely known in
Lithuania. The last catalogue of Lithuanian Coleoptera includes 3597 species of beetles,
additionally 1390 species are considered as expected to occur in the country (Tamutis et
al., 2011). During the five year period after publication of above mentioned calalogue,
104 species of beetles have been found in the country for the first time (Ferenca et al.,
2011, 2013; Nagrockaitė et al., 2011; Tamutis, 2012; Ivinskis et al., 2013, 2014, 2015;
Monsevičius 2013; Tamutis & Barševskis, 2014). Assuming this tendency endures, we
can hope that the mission of the catalogue to encourage faunistic study in the country
will be achieved. Here we present the data on beetle species newly recorded in Lithuania
and contribute the knowledge on Lithuanian Coleoptera fauna.
Material and Methods
The material was collected using windows traps, Barber’s traps, light traps with 150
W blended mercury lamp bulb and sweeping net as well. Some specimens were collected
by sifting the forest litter.
The majority of the species was collected by the authors: Romas Ferenca (R.F.),
Vytautas Tamutis (V.T.), Vytautas Inokaitis (V.I.) and Kazimieras Martinaitis (K.M.).
Two specimens were collected by Aleksandras Meržijevskis (A.M.).
The specimens were identified following the keys of Assman (2004), Besuchet
(1971) and Lohse (1964).
All the specimens are preserved in the collection of Kaunas T. Ivanauskas Zoological
museum.
List of localities
Ąžuolynė
Jonava district
55.129722, 24.480277
Ažvinčiai Nat.R.
Ignalina district
55.447222, 26.068055
Braziūkai env.
Kaunas district
54.901666, 23.484444
Jiesia landscape pr. (1)
Kaunas district
54.856666, 23.934166
Jiesia landscape pr. (2)
Kaunas district
54.856944, 23.931666
Jiesia landscape pr. (3)
Kaunas district
54.847777, 23.932222
Jiesia landscape pr. (4)
Kaunas district
54.853333, 23.939444
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Jiesia landscape pr. (5)
Kaunas district
54.853611, 23.939166
Juodkrantė env.
Neringa municipality
55.555000, 21.127500
Juškinės Miškas f.
Šakiai district
55.019444, 23.462777
Karmėlavos Miškas f. (1)
Kaunas district
54.960277, 24.110277
Karmėlavos Miškas f. (2)
Kaunas district
54.963333, 24.115833
Kaunas
Kaunas district
54.905000, 23.913611
Kriūkai
Šakiai district
55.068888, 23.391111
Minčios Miškas f.
Ignalina district
55.484722, 25.980555
Naujenėlė
Kalvarija municipality
54.360833, 23.181388
Pilėnų Miškas f.
Kaunas district
54.963611, 24.035555
Punios Šilas f.
Alytus district
54.543055, 24.087500
Školkampio Miškas f. (1)
Kazlų Rūda municipality
54.879444, 23.575555
Školkampio Miškas f. (2)
Kazlų Rūda municipality
54.879722, 23.575833
Tervydoniai tsh. (1)
Šakiai district
55.027777, 23.444444
Tervydoniai tsh. (2)
Šakiai district
55.026944, 23.446111
Vilkija
Kaunas district
55.046111, 23.558055
List of species
CARABIDAE
Calathus cinctus Motschulsky, 1850
Tervydoniai (1), agricultural land, wheat stubble, 20 08 2015, 1 (R.F.); Juškinės
Miškas f., grassland of forest edge, 28 08 2016, 1 ♀ (R.F.).
Comments. The distribution of this species is still not known completely
(Aleksandrowitcz, 2012) because of comparatively new taxanomic status of this taxa. C.
cinctus was regarded as synonym of C. mollis (Marsham, 1802) (Vereschagina, 1984)
and established as a good species only in 1990 (Aukema, 1990). The presence of C.
mollis in almost whole Europe was noted in the Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera
(Hovorka & Scaky, 2003), however C. cinctus is noted only for western and southern
part of Europe. The controversial pattern of distribution ranges of these two species are
presented in the check list of Russia and adjacent lands (Kryzhanowskij et al., 1995) and
in a well-known interactive database “Fauna Europaea” (Vigna Taglianti, 2014). Indeed
the trustworthy data on the presence of C. mollis in Lithuania is still missing, because old
records of these species in the territory of Lithuania (Ogijewicz, 1933) are not
confirmable (the specimens are lost). Assuming the new knowledge of distribution of
these species in Europe, we suggest attribution of previous records of C. mollis to C.
cinctus, as the distribution of later species in territory of Lithuania is proved by our
recent findings. Both specimens were found in open area with loamy soils. The photos of
habitus and male genitalia of our specimen are presented in Fig. 1–2.
Platyderus rufus (Duftschmid, 1812)
Juodkrantė, 10 09 2014, 1 ♂ (R.F.).
Comments. Only 2 species: Platyderus depressus (Audinet-Serville, 1821) syn. ruficollis
(Marsam, 1802) and P. rufus have been reported for Central European countries
(Hovorka & Sciaky, 2003). P. depressus reaches further to the north, where it has been
detected in the Netherlands (Aukema & Baars, 1986) and in southern Norway (Skartveit
et al., 2000), while the distribution range of P. rufus reaches Slovak and Czech
Republics (Hůrka, 1996), southern Poland (Burakowski et al., 1973) and north-western
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Ukraine (Aleksandrowitcz, 2014). So, the finding of this species in the territory of our
country was quite unexpected. Our specimen was found in the sand of shady shore of
Curonian lagoon. The habitus of the specimen is presented in Fig. 3.
PTILIIDAE
Pteryx suturalis (Heer, 1841)
Minčios Miškas f., 19 06-25 07 2013, 1 spec., 25 07-28 08 2013, 1 spec. caught using
windows traps, in Pinetum vaccinio-mirtyllosum stand (V.T.); Ąžuolynė, 24 02 2014,
1 spec. in litter of Pinetum vaccinio-mirtyllosum stand (V.T.).
Comments. This species is widespread in almost all the Europe from Mediterranean
basin to Fennoscandia reaching beyond to the extreme Northern provinces (Johnson,
2004; Polilov, 2014) P. suturalis is regarded as typical dweller of rotting wood and
forest litter (Burakowski et al., 1978), as eudominant species it was found in decaying
birch (Betula spp.) wood (Sawoniewicz, 2013).
Ptinella aptera (Guérin-Ménéville, 1839)
Ažvinčiai Nat. R., 09 01 2014, 1 spec. in litter of Pinetum vaccinio-mirtyllosum stand
(V.T.).
Comments. Like the previous species, it is widely distributed in Europe (Johnson, 2004;
Polilov, 2014), recently found in the North American continent (Sörensson, 2003), but
still not registered in north-eastern part of the region as well as in the eastern Baltic
countries. The preference of this species in decaying wood is well known (Jonsell &
Hansson, 2011;Sawoniewicz, 2013). We suppose that both these species of Ptiliidae
should be widely distributed in Lithuanian forests.
STAPHYLINIDAE
Lordithon speciosus (Erichson, 1840)
Ažvinčiai Nat.R., 25 07-28 08 2013, 1 spec., caught using windows traps, in Pinetum
vaccinio-mirtyllosum stand (V.T.).
Comments. This eurosiberian, boreo-mountaine species is known throughout the whole
norhern and middle Europe, but is still not recorded from several countries (Smetana
2004; Schuelke, 2014). It is considered a relic species of primeval coniferous forests
(taiga) in central Europe and is in the lists of threatened species in some countries
(Geiser, 1992; Pawlowsky, 2008).
Atheta europaea Likovsky, 1984
Minčios Miškas f., 29 05-19 06 2013, caught using windows traps, Pinetum vaccinio-
mirtyllosum stand, 1 spec. (V.T.).
Comments. A. europaea is insufficiently known species in Europe. Till now it was
reported only from several European countries (Smetana, 2004; Silfverberg, 2010). Our
specimen was identified by Viktor B. Semenov (Institute of Medical Parasitology and
Tropical Medicine of E.I. Martsinovsky, Moscow, Russia).
ELATERIDAE
Danosoma conspersum (Gyllenhal, 1808)
Karmėlavos Miškas f. (2), 25 07 2005, 1 spec. (V.I.), Školkampio Miškas f. (1), 31
08 2016, 2 spec. (K.M.), Školkampio Miškas f. (2), 1 spec. (R.F.) (Fig. 4).
Comments. It is a boreal Eurasian species distributed from Scandinavian peninsula to
Russian Far East and Korean peninsula (Cate, 2007). It’s range reaches extreme northern
provinces in Sweden and Finland (Lundberg & Gustavsson, 1995). The Bialowezha
forest is the most southern area of records of this species (Burakowski et al., 1985). The
larvae are carnivorous, live under the bark of dead coniferous, rarely deciduous trees or
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in the rotten wood of its stumps and trunks situated in well sun exposed areas (Tarnawski
& Buchholz, 2008).
DASYTIDAE
Danacea pallipes (Panzer, 1793)
Jiesia landscape pr. (1), 09 06 2016, 1 spec. (R.F.) (Fig. 5).
This species is distributed in the southern and Central Europe, northward to southern part
of Sweden and Estonia (Lundberg & Gustavsson, 1995; Silfverberg, 2010). The larvae of
this species develop in dead wood of maple (Acer platanoides) in the larvae tracks of
Allosterna tabacicolor (Constantin, 1989).
COCCINELLIDAE
Oenopia impustulata (Linnaeus, 1767)
Jiesia landscape pr. (2), 18 05 2016, 1 spec. (R.F.) (Fig. 6).
This species is distributed in Southern and Central Europe, north to Poland (Canepari,
2014). It is registered here for the first time for the eastern Baltic region and
Fennoscandia.
MELANDRYIDAE
Phloiotrya subtilis (Reitter, 1897)
Punios Šilas f., 27 06 2008, 1 spec. (R.F.).
Coments. This species is distributed in the eastern part of Europe, from Poland to Croatia
and Serbia, also known in the western part of Russia (Nikitsky, 2014). The larvae feed
on dead, partly rotten wood trunks and branches, infected by fungi. Larvae of this
species occur mainly on hazel, also were found in the rotten wood of beeches, oaks,
alders and willows.
TENEBRIONIDAE
Mycetochara obscura (Zetterstedt, 1838)
Minčios Miškas f., 19 06-25 07 2013, caught using windows traps in Pinetum
vaccinio-mirtyllosum stand 1 spec. (V.T.).
Coments. This species is distributed mainly in Northern Europe: Fenoscandia, northen
part of Russia, Estonia and Latvia (Silferberg, 2010; Fattorini, 2014; Telnov, 2004), also
known in Poland (Burakowski et al., 1987).
Larvae develop in wood of oak, birch and spruce infected by fungi, under the bark in the
larvae tracks of longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae).
OEDEMERIDAE
Ischnomera caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pilėnų Miškas f., 01 06 2015, 1 spec. (V.I.).
Coments. This species is widespread in Europe from the Mediterranean sea to the
southern Scandinavia (Lundberg & Gustvasson, 1995; Silfverberg, 2010; Vazquez
Albalate, 2014).
The larvae occur on the trunks of dead deciduous trees, especially in places damaged and
without bark.
Ischnomera cyanea (Fabricius, 1792)
Karmėlavos Miškas f. (1), 28 04 2015, 1 spec. (V.I.).
Coments. This species is distributed mainly in the southern and central Europe north to
Denmark and southern Sweden (Lundberg & Gustvasson, 1995; Silfverberg, 2010;
Vazquez Albalate 2014).
It is associated with the decayed wood of deciduous trees: oak, elm, beeches, maple,
poplars, willow and chestnut. Larvae has two-year development cycle.
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Fig. 1–9: 1. Calathus cinctus (photo R.Ferenca); 2. C.cinctus genitalia (photo
V.Tamutis); 3. Platyderus rufus (photo R.Ferenca); 4. Danosoma conspersum (photo
K.Martinaitis); 5. Danacea pallipes (photo R.Ferenca); 6. Oenopia impustulata (photo
R.Ferenca); 7. Trichoferus campestris (photo K.Martinaitis); 8. Otiorhynchus porcatus
(photo R.Ferenca); 9. Lixus pulverulentus (photo R.Ferenca).
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SCRAPTIIDAE
Cyrtanaspis phalerata (Germar 1847)
Minčios m., 19 06-25 07 2013, caught using windows traps, Pinetum vaccinio-
mirtyllosum stand, 1spec. (V.T).
Comments. The distribution range of this European species covers the territory of central
Europe (Leblanc et al., 2008), reaches southern Sweden (Lundberg & Gustavsson,
1995), Finland, Karelia, Estonia, Latvia (Silfverberg, 2010), but seems to be rare and
sporadic in the whole range (Geiser, 1992; Kubisz et al., 2014). This species is regarded
as forest species, occurring on wood edges and in light spaces in tree stands (Kubisz et
al. 2014), probably occurs all over our country.
CERAMBYCIDAE
Trichoferus campestris (Faldermann, 1835)
Kaunas, 19 08 2012, 1 spec., 01 08 2013, 1 spec., 28 07 2014, 2 spec., 06 08 2015, 1
spec. (V.I.) (Fig. 7). Caught using light trap.
Comments. T. campestris is native to eastern Asia (e.g., Far East, Japan, Korean
peninsula, most of P. R. China, Mongolia, Souther Ural, Central Asia, Armenia, and
southern part of European Russia (Grebenikov et al., 2010). Over the last forty years it
has spread in many European countries westward to Sweden, Poland, France (Dascǎlu et
al., 2013), was also detected in North America (Grebenikov et al., 2010). This species is
polyphagous on both deciduous trees and conifers (Iwata & Yamanda, 1990). The larvae
develop under the bark and in the wood of healthy trees (Dascǎlu et al., 2013). T.
campestris is included in the list of quarantine species in Europe (EPPO, 2015). The
identification of our specimens was confirmed by M. L. Danilevsky (A.N. Severtsov
Institute of Ecology and Evolution Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow).
ATTELABIDAE
Lasiorhynchites olivaceus (Gyllenhal, 1833)
Jiesia landscape pr. (3), 26 05 1985, 1 spec. (R.F.); Jiesia landscape pr. (4), 04 06
2005, 1 spec. (A.M.); Jiesia landscape pr. (5), 24 06 2005, 1 spec. (R.F.); Vilkija, 17
05 1997, 1 spec. (A.M.).
This species is distributed in the southern and central parts of Europe, reaching north to
Denmark, southern Sweden. (Burakowski et al., 1987; Silfverberg, 2010; Biondi, 2014).
Larvae develop in the young shoots of oaks.
CURCULIONIDAE
Ceutorhynchus canaliculatus C. Brisout, 1869
Braziūkai env., 30 05 2012, 1 spec., xerothermic habitat with sparse vegetation, on
Berteroa incana (V.T.).
Comments. This species was previously known only from the central and south-eastern
part of Europe (Burakowski et al., 1993; Colonnelli, 2014), but it has recently been
recorded also in the southern part of Russia and western Siberia (Legalov, 2009;
Arzanov, 2015).
Ceutorhynchus pumilio (Gyllenhal, 1827)
Kriūkai, 30 07 2000, 1 spec. (R.F.).
Comments. This species is widely distributed in Western Europe, its range reaches
Ukraine and Poland in the east (Colonnelli, 2014). The larvae of this monophagous
species feed on seeds of Teesdalia nudicaulis (Burakowski et al., 1993). This is the first
record of this species in the Baltic countries.
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Mogulones raphani (Fabricius, 1792)
Braziūkai env., 19 06 2012, 3 spec., moist meadow, on Symphytum officinale (V.T.)
Comments. This species is widespread in Central Europe, eastward to Romania and
Ukraine (Colonnelli, 2014). Larvae feed on stems and root collar of Symphytum
officinale (Burakowski et al., 1993). This is the first record of this species in the Baltic
countries.
Otiorhynchus porcatus (Herbst, 1795)
Tervydoniai (2), in plantation of strawberries, 26 04 2014, 1♀, 25 05 2014, 1♂ 1♀
(R.F.).
Comments. This species is widely distributed in Western Europe, its range reaches
Finland and Poland in the east (Magnano, 2014), it is also introduced in North America
(Majka & Maclvor, 2009). O. porcatus occurs in open areas, was observed feeding on
the leaves of Primula officinalis, Convallaria maialis, Fragaria vesca and F. grandiflora
(Burakowski et al., 1993). This is the first record of this species in the Baltic countries
(Fig. 8).
Lixus pulverulentus (Scopoli, 1763)
Naujenėlė, 09 06 2015, 1 spec. (R.F.) (Fig. 9).
Comments. This species is widely distributed in Europe (Talamelli, 2014), known in
Turkey (Avgin & Colonnelli, 2011) and northwards in Sweden (introduced) (Lundberg
& Gustavsson, 1995), its range reaches Iran in the east (Ghahari & Legalov, 2011). It has
been recently recorded in Kaliningrad region (Alekseev et al., 2015). This species
developes on Malva silvestris, Althaea officinalis, Vicia faba, Cirsium arvense, C.
palustre. Adults feed on leaves, flowers and young shoots. Female lays eggs inside the
stems. The larvae feed in the core, which is transformed. The pupal stage continues
about two weeks. Imago overwinters in the withered stem or in the soil (Burakowski et
al., 1993).
Acknowledgements
Authors are grateful to Ph. Dr. Mikhail L. Danilevsky for the help identifying the
specimens of T. campestris and Dr. Viktor B. Semenov for the help identifying the
specimen of A. europaea.
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