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Saproxylic beetles of Ireland ____________________________ Crom Castle Demesne, Co. Fermanagh Accessible for recording only since 1987 and with a steady increase in notable finds: first Irish site for the false darkling beetle Abdera flexuosa, the fungus beetle Agathidium confusum and the bracket fungus beetle Dorcatoma dresdensis; one of few modern localities for the fungus beetle Anisotoma orbicularis and the short-winged mould beetle Bibloporus bicolor. An important and unusually large concentration of old parkland, as well as having areas of more typical ancient wood pasture and ancient woodland. 12 Figure 7: Veteran trees on Inisherk, Crom Castle Estate, Co. Fermanagh © Keith Alexander Charleville Park and Woods, Co. Offaly Also only recorded in recent years; first Irish record for the longhorn beetle Grammoptera ustulata (2003) and one of few Irish sites for the minute fungus beetle Cis villosulus (2003). An important area for the oak high forest habitat as well as remnant parkland.
Saproxylic beetles of Ireland ____________________________ Belvoir Park, Co. Down Figure 8: A mature tree and regeneration at Charleville, Co. Offaly © John Cross Has received a lot of attention in recent decades: the only Irish site for the old forest spider beetle Ptinus subpilosus (1992 onwards) and also with one of the Killarney rarities, the rove beetle Atheta pilicornis. This site contains many old parkland trees especially oak – of 130 native oaks with a girth of 3m or more, 55 have girths in the range of 4-6m (Simon, 2005). St John’s Wood, Co. Roscommon First investigated in any detail in 2010 (Alexander 2011); notably, one of few Irish sites for the short- winged mould beetle Euplectus piceus and the stone beetle Stenichnus bicolor; first known site in the Republic for the bracket fungus beetle Dorcatoma dresdensis. This wood is said to be the largest and most natural woodland in the Irish midlands. Its coppice-with-standards structure means that it contains a large number of veteran trees, particularly oaks, as well as old hazels and alders. Other sites, with at least one great rarity: 13
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