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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Cypha sem<strong>in</strong>ulum (Erichson, 1839) – Ext<strong>in</strong>ct<br />
In rott<strong>in</strong>g <strong>wood</strong>, fungi, under bark and <strong>in</strong> moss; elm and sycamore. <strong>Ireland</strong> (Haliday collection).<br />
H34/40: Foyle District, CWB (Buckle, 1900; Johnson & Halbert, 1902).<br />
Oligota apicata (Erichson, 1837) – Rare<br />
Occurs <strong>in</strong> bracket fungi on trees: reported from Stereum hirsutum, Polyporus squamosus, Trametes<br />
versicolor; possibly preys on Cis beetle larvae; also recorded <strong>in</strong> leaf litter <strong>in</strong>side a hollow oak, under<br />
beech bark, etc.<br />
H15 South-east Galway: Coole Park (M433043), 22.v.2010, PJH.<br />
H38 Down: Helen’s Tower, Clandeboye, <strong>in</strong> rott<strong>in</strong>g Trametes/Bjerkandera on beech logs, 10.ii.2011, RA.<br />
H39 Antrim: Shane’s Castle Demesne, Lough Neagh, two sifted from debris, vi.1923, OEJ (Janson,<br />
1924).<br />
Ischnoglossa prolixa (Gravenhorst, 1802,) – Rare<br />
Found beneath bark on freshly dead timber; widespread on the Cont<strong>in</strong>ent.<br />
H15 South-east Galway: Ardfry, under bark, vi.1921, JNH (Halbert, 1937).<br />
H16 North-east Galway: Clonbrock (M7439), collected by R.E. Dillon, det JNH (Johnson & Halbert,<br />
1902).<br />
H19 Kildare: Curragh camp (M774118), 2 under bark <strong>of</strong> Scots p<strong>in</strong>e, 17.iii.2012, RA.<br />
H20 Wicklow: Ballyward Bridge, under bark, vi.1921, JNH (Halbert, 1937); Powerscourt Demesne, 16<br />
under Pseudotsuga bark, Sept/Oct, 1990, JAG (Good & Butler, 1995).<br />
H21 Dubl<strong>in</strong>: Dundrum, 1900, EFB (Halbert, 1900; Johnson & Halbert, 1902).<br />
H37 Armagh: Slieve Gullion Forest Park (J037194), 1 under bark <strong>of</strong> dead stand<strong>in</strong>g Scots p<strong>in</strong>e, 8.iii.2012,<br />
RA; Loughgall (H909513), under bark <strong>of</strong> dead alder, 3.v.2012, MDB.<br />
H38 Down: Belvoir Forest (J342694), <strong>in</strong> Bjerkandera adusta on oak stump, 23.iv.2004, RA; Leitrim Lodge<br />
(J223256), under bark <strong>of</strong> dead stand<strong>in</strong>g P<strong>in</strong>us contorta, 29.ii.2012, RA.<br />
Phloeopora testacea (Mannerheim, 1830) – Uncommon<br />
Predatory, beneath bark on dead<strong>wood</strong> <strong>of</strong> various broad-leaved trees. Phloeopora reptans (syn.) reported<br />
from <strong>Ireland</strong> by Haliday and there are Irish-taken specimens <strong>in</strong> his collection (Johnson & Halbert,<br />
1902).<br />
H2 North Kerry: near Killarney, 1914, EFB (Bullock, 1914); Kenmare Demesne, Killarney, P. reptans <strong>in</strong><br />
some numbers under bark <strong>of</strong> recently felled p<strong>in</strong>es, 25.vi.-30.vi.1919, OEJ (Janson, 1920).<br />
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