The beetles of decaying wood in Ireland - National Parks & Wildlife ...
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Saproxylic <strong>beetles</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Ireland</strong><br />
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H36 Tyrone: Caledon Deer Park (H7543), 16.viii.2006, KNAA.<br />
H38 Down: Rostrevor Oak<strong>wood</strong>, under bark <strong>of</strong> oak logs, 13.v.2000 (Anderson, Simms & Nelson,<br />
2000); Murlough NNR, under dy<strong>in</strong>g elm bark, 15.xi.2010; Hollymount Wood NNR, <strong>in</strong> Trametes<br />
versicolor, ash log, 18.i.2011, RA; <strong>The</strong> Dr<strong>in</strong>ns, Tollymore Forest, under bark, 6.iv.2011, MDB; Mallard<br />
plantation, Castleward, under bark <strong>of</strong> Pseudotsuga log, 21.viii.2010, RA; Shooter’s Island, Quoile<br />
(J494470), 1 <strong>in</strong> deer dung(!), 23.ii.2012, MDB; Tullyframe Wood (J264169), under bark on beech,<br />
27.iii.2012, RA.<br />
H39 Antrim: Murlough Bay, one under bark, ix.1901, GWC det. JNH; Great Deer Park, Glenarm<br />
(D2911), 20.v.2006, KNAA; Glenarm Nature Reserve, under bark <strong>of</strong> oak log, 8.vi.2011, 14.vi.2011, <strong>in</strong><br />
Piptoporus on birch, both RA.<br />
H40 Londonderry: Altnaheglish Forest, Banagher, Sitka spruce stump, 6.viii.2005, RA.<br />
Leptusa ruficollis (Erichson, 1839) – Recent arrival<br />
Under bark on dead<strong>wood</strong>; favours th<strong>in</strong> fibrous-barked <strong>wood</strong>y plants notably Tilia & frequently<br />
Clematis; ancient <strong>wood</strong>lands <strong>in</strong> Brita<strong>in</strong>, but appears to be a recent arrival <strong>in</strong> <strong>Ireland</strong>.<br />
H38 Down: Mount Stewart House, 1 <strong>in</strong> rott<strong>in</strong>g Russula under beech, 13.viii.2010, RA; Temple <strong>of</strong> the<br />
W<strong>in</strong>ds, Mount Stewart, 1 under fresh bark on fallen beech bough, 5.x.2010, RA.<br />
Gyrophaen<strong>in</strong>i are associated with fungal fruit<strong>in</strong>g bodies, generally <strong>wood</strong> decay fungi but not<br />
exclusively so; larvae spore-feed<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
Agaricochara latissima (Stephens, 1832) – Uncommon<br />
H2 North Kerry: Killarney, Bullock (1914) (O’Mahony 1929); Ballyseedy Wood, ix.2001, JAG.<br />
H30 Cavan: Cloverhill, 13.ix.1913, GWN (Nicholson, 1920; O’Mahony 1929).<br />
H36 Tyrone: Baronscourt Park, 15.vi.2006, KNAA, det. RA.<br />
H37 Armagh: Ardress House, 25.ii.2011, RA.<br />
H38 Down: Dane’s Wood, Clandeboye, 21.x.1973, CAMR; Stormont, 18.ix.2004, RA; Castle Espie,<br />
19.viii.2007, RA; Belvoir Forest, 22.xi.2007, RA; Murlough NNR, 15.ix.2010, RA; Hollymount NNR,<br />
18.i.2011, RA.<br />
H39 Antrim: Ballycastle, GWC (Johnson & Halbert, 1902); Barnett’s Park, 29.ix.1993, RA; Portmore<br />
Churchyard, 29.ix.2009, RA; Belfast Castle, 23.i.2011, RA; Glenarm Nature Reserve, 1.xi.2011, RA.<br />
Gyrophaena aff<strong>in</strong>is Mannerheim, 1830 – Uncommon<br />
H16 North-east Galway: Clonbrock (M7439), <strong>in</strong> fungi on trees (Halbert, 1896; Johnson & Halbert,<br />
1902).<br />
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