Norwegian Journal of Entomology - Norsk entomologisk forening

Solevåg: Coleoptera from Western Norway
Figure 1. The distribution of Calosoma inquisitor
in the Nordic countries.
Figure 2. The distribution of Badister lacertosus
in the Nordic countries.
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May-6 August 2001; Luster: Luster (EIS 60) 15
May-6 August 2001; Leikanger: Leikanger (EIS
50) 15 May-7 August 2001.
All the sites were more or less dry deciduous
forests. Also previously recorded from the area
(Figure 2) (Løken 1965, Lindroth 1986, Refseth
1987).
Staphylinidae
Quedius picipes (Mannerheim, 1830)
SFY Solund: Engvika (EIS 48) 3 April-4
November 2001, two specimens in an open pine
forest; Høyanger: Værholm (EIS 49) 16 May-7
August 2001, four specimens in an alder forest;
Hyllestad: Staurdalen (EIS 49) 16 May-7 August
2001, two specimens in a open pine forest;
Balestrand: Kvamsøy (EIS 50) 15 May-7 August
2001, Balestrand: Saurdalen (EIS 50) 15 May-7
August 2001, three specimens in an old pine forest
situated 500 m.a.s.l.; Leikanger: Grinde (EIS 50)
15 May-7 August 2001, one specimen in a hazel
thicket; Sogndal: Stedjeberget (EIS 50) 14 May-6
August 2001, one specimen in a dry warm southfaced
Tilia cordata forest. Previously recorded in
coastal areas from AAY to HOY, some isolated
records from BØ, STI and NTI (Vik 1991,
Tømmerås & Breistein 1995).
Hapalaraea melanocephala (Fabricius, 1787)
SFI Luster: Luster (EIS 60) 6 August-3 November
2001, nine specimens in a hollow oak. First record
from Western Norway, scattered in eastern parts
of the country, most common in the south (Vik
1991).
Bolitobius inclinans (Gravenhorst, 1806)
SFY Solund: Engvika (EIS 48) 3 April-4
November 2001, two specimens in an open pine
forest; Hyllestad: Rønset (EIS 48) 16 May-7
August 2001, one specimen; Høyanger: Værholm
(EIS 49) 16 May-7 August 2001, one specimen.
SFI Balestrand: Sæle (EIS 50) 5 May-7 August
2001, one specimen, Kvamsøy (EIS 50) 15 May-
7 August 2001, one specimen, Tjugum (EIS 50)
15 May-7 August 2001, one specimen; Sogndal:
Vesterland (EIS 51) 14 May-6 August 2001, one
specimen; Luster: Bargarden (EIS 60) 14 May-6