EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - UNESCO World Heritage

42 NOMINATION DOSSIER "ANCIENT BEECH FORESTS OF GERMANY"
„Primeval forest
relic species“ Serrahn
Abraeus
parvulus
Aeletes
atomarius
Aesalus
scarabaeoides
Allecula
rhenana
Ampedus
brunnicornis
Grumsin
Hainich
Kellerwald
Habitat requirements
x x Predatory species in rotten wood and voluminous dead wood duff .
Obligatory guest of the Brown Ant Lasius brunneus Tree ruins and/or standing, richly structured
stems*1
x x Predominantly in voluminous tree ruins: Lasius brunneus in duff , within passageways of the
larvae of other wood-dwelling insects such as Dorcus parallelipipedus, Sinodendron cylindricum,
Stereocorynes truncorum.*1
x Primarily in old oak stumps with red rot that have maintained a hard surface, less frequently in
beech stumps, often for a number of generations in one stump, nocturnal.*3
x x x Rather thermophile. Predominantly in deciduous tree ruins. Larvae in dry, detritus-enriched duff
in stem holes, in wood cracks and rather spacious pockets behind thick bark where they feed on
mycelium-containing wood particles and dead insects.
x in near-natural stands rich in dead wood and a tradition of old trees; larvae prefer blighted oak ruins
at low levels
Ampedus cardinalis x rather thermophile, larva frequently found deep in the wood of preferably standing, blighted old oaks
Anitys rubens x x Rather thermophile. Character species of old oaks populated with Laetiporus sulphureus. Larvae
follow the front of the active mycelium in rather humid wood. Many generations of partly fl ightless
individuals in one tree - therefore above-average numbers of dead examples. Association:
e.g. Dorcatoma fl avicornis, D. chrysomelina, Mycetophagus piceus, Lacon quercus, Ampedus cardinalis,
Aderus oculatus.*1
Corticeus
fasciatus
Crepidophorus
mutilatus
x Preferably on dry, hard spots infected with white rot (e.g. lightning shakes, branch tear-out wounds)
on exposed old oaks and open old-growth stands, where it is frequently found associated with
Colydium fi liforme. Lying wood only when kept warm and rather dry through open exposition.*1
x Cavities with rich structures created through processes of aging*²
Dircaea australis x On rotten and fungus-infected deciduous trees and barks, also on old deciduous wood stumps of
several deciduous tree species, nowadays often found on managed grassland with fruit trees, on
putrescent fruit trees, nocturnal.*3
Elater
ferrugineus
Ischnodes
sanguinicollis
Limoniscus
violaceus
Mycetochara
fl avipes
Mycetophagus
decempunctatus
x x Character species of large hollows in deciduous tree stems, mostly at increased heights.
Larvae prefer duff intermingled with nesting material of hole-nesting birds; Often associated with
Osmoderma eremita.*1
x Cavities with rich structures created through processes of aging.*²
x Cavities with rich structures created through processes of aging*2 on root collars.
x Probably a mycetophagous species under the rotten bark of old deciduous trees, in particular
Tilia (in Hainich mainly beeches), which are infected with Corticium quercinum or Tubercularia
confl uens, thermophile species*3
x x On weakened trees with Inonotus obliquus.*²
Necydalis ulmi x In cavities created by fungi of the Ionotus genus.*²
Osmoderma
eremita
Schiff ermuelleria
stroemella
Synchita
separanda
Number 8 5 5 10
x x x Rather thermophile - e.g. seams, open old-growth stands, old parks. Larvae preferably gregarious in detritus-rich
duff , in the wood of spacious cavities of deciduous tree ruins which already show a cotton-like
fungal lining. Furthermore e.g. in deep wood cracks and in woodpecker holes. Generally living in trees
(moisture supply through transpirational stream); but also in rather dry high stumps if there are areas perpetually
imbued by precipitation. Frequently associated with Elater ferrugineus and Brachygonus megerlei.*1
x Thermophile, in dry areas (lee side of the stems, cavities) of standing large dimension timber
and tree ruins
x Probably a mycetophagous species under the rotten bark of old deciduous trees, in particular
Tilia (in Hainich mainly beeches), which are infected with Corticium quercinum or Tubercularia
confl uens, thermophile species*3