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Saproxylic beetles of Ireland ____________________________ H38 Down: Donard Demesne, Newcastle (J373301), 1 pair under fungoid bark of veteran beech on the ground, 9.i.2012, RA; Leitrim Lodge (J223256), 1 under bark of dead standing Scots pine, 29.ii.2012, RA. STAPHYLINIDAE SUBFAMILY PSELAPHINAE Short-Winged Mould Beetles Predatory, particularly on mites; a number associated with deadwood. Euplectus bescidicus Reitter, 1881 – Rare Lives amongst insect borings and frass in old trees. H2 North Kerry: near Killarney, in burrows of wood-wasp Sirex in an old tree, v.1928, EFB (O’Mahony, 1929a). Euplectus infirmus Raffray, 1910 – Rare In rotten wood and under bark, especially willow. Ireland (Pearce, 1957). H6 Waterford: Waterford, JAP (Power, 1878). H33 Fermanagh: Castle Coole Park (H2643), from FIT in hollow horse chestnut, 14.ix.2006, KNAA. H38 Down: Hillsborough Estate (J243576), 1 in pitfall in parkland, 5.vi.1992, RA. Euplectus karstenii (Reichenbach, 1816) – Rare H20 Wicklow: Ashford, ARF (Johnson & Halbert, 1902). H21 Dublin: Dublin unlocalised, ARH det. AHH (Hogan, 1854); Dundrum, FHB det. JNH (Johnson & Halbert, 1902). H33 Fermanagh: Castle Coole Park (H2643), from FIT in hollow horse chestnut, 14.ix.2006, KNAA. Euplectus mutator Fauvel, 1895 syn. fauveli Guillebeau, 1888 – Rare In bird nests, under dead bark and in rotten wood; oak and beech. Ireland (Pearce, 1957). H2 North Kerry: Bullock’s house at Flesk, Killarney, EFB (O’Mahony, 1929a). Euplectus piceus Motschulsky, 1835 – Rare old growth species Under bark of oak and beech, and in red-rotten heartwood decay in oak. H2 North Kerry: near Killarney, EFB (Bullock, 1914). H25 Roscommon: St John’s Wood (M9956), under bark on fallen oak branch, 14.iv.2010, KNAA. Euplectus punctatus Mulsant, 1861 – Extinct 26
Saproxylic beetles of Ireland ____________________________ In moist crumbly rotten wood; primarily a relict species of old growth forest; Ireland (Pearce, 1957). H2 North Kerry: ‘Kerry’, JAP (Power, 1878). Bibloporus bicolor (Denny, 1825) – Rare old growth species Under bark and in rotten wood of a wide variety of trees, broad-leaves and conifers. H2 North Kerry: Killarney, Bullock (1914). H20 Wicklow: Powerscourt, Heasler (O’Mahony, 1929a). H33 Fermanagh: Inishfendra, Crom, FIT, 16.vi-15.vii.1993, APF. STAPHYLINIDAE SUBFAMILY PHLOEOCHARINAE Phloeocharis subtilissima Mannerheim, 1830 – Scarce Amongst debris under beech bark, in moss on trees, on bracket fungi especially Daedaleopsis confragrosa on Salix, etc. H1 South Kerry: Valentia Island (V47), taken commonly by Miss M.J. Delap, in decaying Fuchsia sticks and in moss (Halbert 1898b) (Johnson & Halbert, 1902). H2 North Kerry: Kenmare Demesne (V99), in some numbers beneath the bark of dead firs, between 18 & 25 July 1913, OEJ (Janson, 1914). H9 Clare: Kilrush, v.1914, EFB. H34 East Donegal: Milford, ix.1906, Halbert (1937). H37 Armagh: Peatlands Park (H904606), 23.v.2007, RA; Derryadd Lough (H911606), in Piptoporus on birch, 11.v.2012, RA. H38 Down: Rostrevor, 15.iv.1974, CAMR; Rostrevor Oakwood, 2000 (Anderson, Simms & Nelson, 2000); Tollymore Park, 6.iv.2011, MDB; Donard Park (J372298), 9.i.2012, RA. H39 Antrim: Shane’s Castle, Sept 1902, C.W. Buckle (Halbert 1910); under bark of fallen firs, June 1923, O.E. Janson (1924); Rea’s Wood, Antrim, 17.iv.1974, CAMR. 27
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