Crustacea: Copepoda - Cerambycoidea.com

Lonchaea obscuritarsis Collin - Biology unrecorded but probably develops under bark on
deadwood.
Lonchaea palposa Zetterstedt - Nationally Scarce. Birch, hawthorn, poplar, aspen. England
& Scotland.
Lonchaea patens Collin* - Broadleaves.
Lonchaea peregrina Becker - Nationally Scarce. Under bark of Salix, Populus, elm,
sycamore & ash. Common under bark of fallen aspen in north-east Scotland; widely
scattered across Britain.
Lonchaea postica Collin - Occurs around decaying beeches, biology unrecorded.
Lonchaea ragnari Hackman - Larvae within decaying sapwood on fallen Betula; in various
old birch wood areas of Scotland; also Finland, Sweden & Russia.
Lonchaea scutellaris Rondani - Reared from galleries of bark beetle Scolytus ratzeburgi in
Czech Republic.
Lonchaea serrata MacGowan & Rotheray - One of three species which had been confused as
L. laticornis. Has been reared from softened sapwood under bark on Fagus and Salix.
Known from various lowland wood pastures in England: Ashridge, Burnham
Beeches, New Forest, etc.
Lonchaea sylvatica Beling* =deutschi misident. - Reared from under bark on dead oak.
Frequent on decayed beeches.
Lonchaea ultima Collin - Nationally Scarce. Very local, in woodland; southern England;
biology unknown.
Lonchaea zetterstedti Becker - Has been reared from under bark on Pinus, Picea and an
exotic conifer in Scottish plantations. A holarctic species; in Europe known from
Scandinavia, Alps and Germany.
Pallopteridae - The larvae of some species occur under bark in detritus of burrowing
beetles.
Palloptera anderssoni Rotheray - Reared from under bark of various broadleaved trees, Tilia,
Betula, Fagus and Acer pseudoplatanus, in Scotland.
Palloptera muliebris (Harris)* - Has been bred from debris in workings of beetle larvae in
pine bark; possibly also in broadleaved trees.
Palloptera usta (Meigen)* - RDB3. Mainly Scottish, but with scattered localities throughout
England, plus Anglesey; at sappy pine; larvae predatory on scolytid beetle larvae.
Palloptera ustulata Fallén* - Has been reared from elm bark attacked by Scolytus bark
beetles, and found under grey poplar bark.
Piophilidae – a small group of flies generally associated with carrion, or in some cases
rotting fungi or bird nests.
Mycetaulus bipunctatus (Fallén) - Larvae have been found in decaying fungi and it has also
been reared from rotten wood and bird nests.
Ulidiidae
Myennis octopunctata (Coquebert) - RDB2. Larvae occur beneath bark on deadwood; adults
characteristically rest on tree trunks; broad-leaved woods and parks, especially
poplars, mostly in south-east England.
Homalocephala albitarsis Zetterstedt = bipunctata (Loew) – RDBK. Larvae under bark on
beech, apparently feeding on the breakdown products of the decaying cambial layers;
North York Moors, Midlothian and Inverness-shire. Has been reared from aspen in
Norway and pine in Sweden.
Homalocephala biumbrata (Wahlberg) = albitarsis misident. - RDB1. Larvae and puparia
under bark of freshly fallen aspen, the larva apparently feeding on the breakdown
products of the decaying cambial layers caused by micro-organisms. Northern
Scotland. In Sweden puparia have been found under bark of dead and dying conifers.
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