The beetles of decaying wood in Ireland - National Parks & Wildlife ...

Saproxylic beetles of Ireland
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H39 Antrim: Collin Glen (J270720), 6.ix.2002, KNAA.
Quedius lyszkowskii Lott, 2010 – Rare
A recently described species, previously overlooked within Q. aetolicus Kraatz by modern workers and
historically with Q. puncticollis in Irish collections (Lott, 2010). So far known only from Scotland and
Ireland; may be endemic to the British Isles. Of the historical Irish records of ‘Q. puncticollis’ only
material from Killarney and Portmarnock have so far been examined. Summer and autumn records
are typically associated with decaying wood, but one winter record is from atypical habitat and may
have been a dispersing individual.
H2 North Kerry: Killarney, 22.vi.1927, LHBW (BMNH) (Lott, 2010).
H21 Dublin: Portmarnock, 7.vi.1905, collector unknown (BMNH) (Lott, 2010).
H36 Tyrone: Baronscourt Park (H3682), under dead bark on veteran beech, 12.ix.2006, KNAA.
H38 Down: Hydebank Woods, under fungoid sycamore bark, 25.x.2007, RA.
H39 Antrim: Barnett’s Park, under sycamore bark, 12.xii.1979, RA; Belfast Castle, under fungoid bark
on beech, 11.vii.2004, RA; Bucklebrook House, Upper Ballinderry, in hen litter, 6.xi.2010, MDB.
H40 Londonderry: Roe Valley Country Park, under bark of stacked conifer logs, 16.vii.2011, RA.
Quedius plagiatus Mannerheim, 1843 syn. laevigatus Gyllenhal, 1810 – Rare old growth species
Lives beneath loose bark and amongst moist well-rotted timber; broad-leaved trees & conifers.
H1 South Kerry: Lickeen Wood, Glencar (V78), one in an oak stump, July 1924, OE Janson (Janson &
Bonaparte-Wyse 1924)
H2 North Kerry: Rossbeigh Dunes, no date, EFB (O’Mahony, 1929a); near the base of Torc Mountain
(V98), 2 in a much decayed fir-log, vi.1919, OEJ (Janson, 1920); Derrycunihy Wood (V9181),
18.viii.1990, KNAA; Muckross Woods, 2.ix.2011, 4.ix.2011, RA.
H20 Wicklow: Powerscourt Demesne, 2 under Pseudotsuga bark, Sept/Oct, 1990, Good & Butler (1995);
Ballard Wood, Glendalough (T1495), 14.vi.1993, KNAA.
H21 Dublin: Glendhu, Heasler (O’Mahony, 1929a).
H30 Cavan: Cloverhill, Nicholson (O’Mahony, 1929a).
Quedius truncicola Fairmaire & Laboulbène, 1856 syn. ventralis (Aragona, 1830) – Rare
In wet, very rotten timber, often with dense, clay-like blackish mould, in tree holes and hollow trunks,
generally beneath bird nests; also reported from rotten fungi and at sap.
H21 Dublin: Portmarnock, var rufipennis, two, 21.ix.1925, E. O’Mahony, det. PMH (Nash, Anderson &
O’Connor, 1997).
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