THE COLEDPTERIST'S
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:With. ;the: _fin,al "Newsletter" .for the year it is. on~e ' . ~ aga_i11·ny, duty. to remind readers. that .the suba~ript.i~n. • • . • • • • • • • • • : • t • • .._ :. • • ,_.~ ; ~ -, ...... · . .' ~ . for 1987 .i.s:. due •. The good news is that .there y~ll b.e ~-o . . ' ...... ~: incr~a~e ... i.n _the subseripti,on _ra:te. '· : .\ . _:J>l,ea.~e .. -'~~kf) o~eques_ payable.· to ,"Co~eopterist_' s . . ~ .. r{ew.f:!l,et.tf)r" . aQd. send to Peter Hodge, ~ I!arvard Road . ' . . . .1 Ri-ngrner,: Lewes, . "Ea,st Suss_ex~ BN$ 5HJ as· e~oon a_s ...... : .. eonv:~nient~.Y possible. Thanking yo~ for your suppor:t ...... ~ ' ,.. Jonl;lthan Go.oter. ,._ ,~ •, .' ._ .. ; :.-·
-·::· -· .' _'_ ·_ BREEDING ANTHRtBUS RESINOSUS (SCOP.}. :. ;.I :h~v~.:-~~und this. very rare weeyil in· nol"th Oxfordslii"·r~; ,·, .:• . . . ~ . . ~ . . ... ~. . at.-J;~r~e fiites (}\lite. close to Banbury where L live. T~e · · beetle- waf:! not. record~d on th~ .old Viot~ria c~unty Hi:dt~;y .. · .: . . . - . .. . . ~ . . . ~ ...... ' :- list~ofGColeopte~a for Oxfordshire, but David Sheppard . . .. . ' . .. found it a few years ago hibernating in an old hornet's 1;1es·t in·_ _.f/y_ohwood. For~ st. I: found the beetle in Aprfl ~1984' :-;,, ·.; . . . . ·- . _under ol~.as~-bark and John Parry kindly gave me so~ details of its life history. Upon examining a large ash log with plenty of Daldinia fungus on it, I dis~overed about 15 adult beetles and decided to have a go breeding thee. 2
I collected pieces of bark with Daldinia on, (the reddish brown fresh fungus is best) and placed these in an aquarium covered with metal gauze together with about 10 of the adults. The beetles were seen to be mating during May and before long I found the typioal "C"-shaped weevil. larvae inside the fungus. Plenty of fungus is needed as the adults eat it as well. There never seemed to be nore than-one larva in a piece of fungus, perhaps they are carniverous. The. iarvae grow q.uickly: and are ready. to pupate at the end of June or early Jtily. l: discovered 'that· they would not pupate in the bark, bu~ ~hnd~red a~ourid lodking iost~ ~he larvae eat their way out of -the fungu's 'through the bark- and seek wood in which· to tunnel ·and pupate. tt· is· essential, .I ~ .. ·. found, to have a 'pfece of ·ash log' on. whi.ch :to place 'the bark~. this needs to be only a few inches i~·dia~eter,· but with-this underneatb ·'the ·bark· tlie larvae ·will quite :h~ppi'ly bore ·in:to· · · it and pupate, "enierging through a second hole in two or three weeks. My first adults emerged on July 25th. This weevil is rare and hard to catch as it has the habit of dropping to the-·ground and -playing ..dead for.. e. .. l~ng_ ·: time. ·It_oay.be often ~asier for Coleopterists to find fungus during M:ay·and June with the larvae in and breed the adults· . . out. ~he above ri6t~~ ~iil p~~haps be of use~ It is essential· to keep the fungus dampened; damp peat at· the bottom of the· . . . . . container will help to c<:m·serve noisture • . '· .. .. ~ i . . •·t • :' - -. David copestake, 22 Meadow Way, ... r ,.• Banbury·, Oxfords hire, · OX16 9SR ' .. ' •.
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AN IDEAL COUNTY LIST ?
.A county list of. Col.eoptera is essen~ially a sumnary .of .all ·the ,data relating to the beetles of a given county. . . An enormous anount of information is required to write such
a catalogue, both i~ terns of species data and background
inf_orqation. Such information can be divide~ into·a series of subj e_c_t headings and I have attenpted to briefly outline
e~ch one in turn. I nust ~tress that ~~ese are personal views a~d are not ceant to debase the etforts of those who have produced such valuable county _lists in the _past.
1. Area of Study. Descr~b~ the area and define the boutid~ries (e~g. v.c., Adcinistrative County) and present a :series of oa~s showing relevant features. These would include: the najor towns or cities, as a guide to foreigners, the major collecting areas, perhaps as part of a topographical,: geological or land-use nap,. other Bajor landscape featu~es~ TJ:lere is no shane in producing a list froo less than a···
county, so long as it.is honest~y presented as such. Ju~t look at the 126 pages of Donisthorpe's "A Prelininary List of the Coleoptera of Windsor Forest" (1939) -and that·was· not even definitive! 2. ·Sources of Infornation. · There are hundreds of irolunes of published books and journals that would need to be searched as part of the construction of a conprehensive list. Fe~ people, otitside Lond~~' ~ave· access to all of then. A list of those searched should be :p~esented, togeth~r •ith ihe date-span of those consulted (eg EntoGologist 1900-1969; Ent·omologi~t 's Monthly Magazine·· 1930 to date). Any nantis~ript: so~rc~s shduld also be· ·stated, together with their date-~pan and lricati~n (e.g. T.J.Bold diaries 1843-1868 Natural History Society of Northunberland, Hancock r.1useun, Newcastle-u:pon-Tyne). 4
3. Nonenolature. State which oheok-list is being used and any up-dates whioh have b'een incorporated. (E.g. IGoet & Hincks (2nd edition) 1977 and ·aiilElend.tJents as publ i she·d in "Ant'enna" vel unes 1-9, 1977~8:5).
4. Status. There are tuo cooponerits of status: abundance and distribution. A species nay be widespread in the county, but only present in snall numbers throughout. AlternativelY, a species nay be found in only a very restricted area, but be present there in very large nunbers. The terninology used should be defined. The following is sugf,ested: Resident -. species established as breeding colonies (e. g. forner resident, current resident, tenporary resident. resident re-inforced. by oigrllt.ion). Migrant - species which nay breed here, but are dependant on regular replacenent fro3 elsewhere. V.agrant - species caught in the wild but which only usually occur in sone distant place and is not known to be nigratory. Introduction - species known to have been brought into the area by nan. Sinilarly the following definitions are suggested for terns of distribution: Ubiquitous - occurs throughout the county in all situations. Widespread - occurs throughout the county in a variety of habitats~ Local - occurs patchily, probably restricted by habitat requirecents. The following definitions are suggested for.teros of abundance: Abundant - 101+ records; Frequent - 51-190 records; Occasional - 21-50 records; Scarce - 11-20 records; Rare less than 10 records. The latter two, since 1970. .,.. 5
The tern "comJon" should be avoided. It is a tern of dispersion, not of abundance. A species night be com~ 6.Localities. The best~worked localities should be described, especially if they have changec'or no longer exist. All the· localities· oentioned in the text sho~ld be listed as a gazeteer together with grid references, vice-counties and the initials of the · collectors who·worked the area. 7. Coverage~ A oap showing.the geographical spread·of records, and pref~rab_lY.. ,th~ _intensity of recording is essential. This not only shows how thorough_the recording has been, but highlights those areas still awaiting investigation. : : 8. Acknowledgeoents. Everyone who has personally helped the author should be individually acknowledged, as should all institutions e.g~ libraries, nuseuns etc·whose resources have been Cf'lnsulted. !). Cont.ents. A contents page at the beginning of the work is essential. 6 10. Index. A species index should be included. We have not all nenorised the sequence in the Check-List. The following inforoation is requ~red for each species recorded froo the county. History - The date and details of its first capture in the co·unty and references to all published records for the coun~y, with sone indication of the naoe by which it was recorded if that differs froo the naoe used in the list. It is not necessary to include all unpublished records - hopefully there will be.too oany of then- but perhaps all the recorU.s of the rarer species could be included - or perhaps not ? Local Status - The published and uhpublished records should be sur~arised and presented on a distribution nap, with sooe differentiation b~tween recent and historical records . ' ( e.g. 3 date classes, pre-1900; 1900-:1950; 1951-date). Any changes in distribution should be given together with any changes in this over tine. National Status- A brief cor_ment .about "the. national status helps to put the local status in perspe~tive. -' . Biology - Sone indication of its biology would be useful, or alternatively, .sone reference to such infornation. Variation. -.Any regionai variation in coloration, norphology, life-cycle or phenology should be noted. The final ~ounty list will probably be surprisingly large if all this inforoation is in6luded. However, the entries for soue species will be very brief and for others so large that severe editing v.rill be necessary. I~ the project becooes too large, then it is possible to cut back on sone sections. The area of study could be reduced, the speci~s coverage could be restricted to Adephage, n~lyphaga 7 .. or irivourite fanilies. The date-span of search could be .. restricted to post-1950 or unpublished or upverified . ·. ,. . . . ·.. ·.· . . records ignored altogether. However, I would pr~s~ for the ' ., . . . •'. . ·.. ·. inclusion of all published species' 'doubtful or ot~~rnise. This ser~es to hig~li~ht-possible, although unlikely. ne~ finds and to forewarn users of the nistal!:es of the past~ Whatever the linitations of the project, it is ioportant - . . to state the paraoeters so as not to give sooe pretence of conprehensiveness which can only lead to distrust of the resu~ts by later workers who too easily discover the ooissions. If the list. is provisional and intended to stioulate nore recording, this.should be clearly st~ted. The publication of such a list presents a series of . . problens ~nd the overall contents arid pr~sentation nay be restricted by editorial pol icy. l:ly <;nvn ·view is that. local lists Should ~e published_locally and thus be available to . ' ::· . ~ .· .. local enthusiasts. National periodicals are not the place for definitive local lists. However, sone notifica~ion should be oade nationally either by advertiseoent in a national journal 9r by a paper on faunal change or new or ...... disputed county records, newly discovered nanuscripts etc., thus refering the reader to the definitive work. No natter how ouch effort has been put into the construction of the list to ensure geographic coverage and~tb6roughness of archive search, you nay be certain that·a few days after publication, a new species'hitherto· unsrispected or untraceable oanuscript will be found. So~ after a fe~ nooents of self-co~gtatnlations, you oust sit down and co:.:mence the second edition. David Sheppard, N.C.C. 1 Northninster, Peterborough, PEl lUA 8 .. The Antenna! Dimensions of Axinotarsus marginalia (Lap~) . It n&y be that this beetle· is now well established in low lying ~~nk grassy a~eas in the sou~h-west Midlands, and I enco~ntered s~veral during 1986. Following discussion wit~ John Owen, some doubt has been cast on whether the 5th antenna! segment is or is not longer than the 4th, as has been claimed. To check this, I set the speoi~ens on a Baty Optical Comparator kindly nade available for the purpose by Mr John Ravepsoroft. Their projected image is mov~d on a screen (at opti@al levels of magnification) between fixed lin~~-, and the lengths of the antenna! segments, in ~his case in microns, is read off digitally. The results are tabled below •. All of the specimens are fro~ Worce~tershire, excepting_that fron Forthacpton, which is in Glou6estershire. The specimen fron Tidd~sley Wobd was neasured by its finder Mr J. F .T The speoinen froo Little Cooberton v~sited a flower of Chrysanthenun 'naxinun' in ny own garden,· and it is clear that the beetle is aerially very nobile. 5th 4th Date Locality Sex Length antennal·segs Ratio 5tht4th 28.6.85 Tiddes ley 7!!d 156 133 10:8.4 30.6.86 Broadway ~ 140 146 10:10.4 . 9.7.86 Broadway ·~ 150 148 10:9.8 11.7.86 Broadway ~- 120 118 10:9.8 13.7.86 Litt Conberton a 152 146 10: 9 .• 5 20.7.86 Forthanpton ~ 132 138 10:10.4 The suggestion is that the 5th and 4th antenna! segnents nay be of sicilnr length, but not invariably so. P. F. 'rThi tehead, Little Cor1berton, Per shore, 'i7orcs. 9 An Aberrational Silpha atrata_ L. ? A, rJght elytron of.:_ Silpha atrata·collected at Sunbiggin Tarn, Cunbria, on 21.7.1983 deviates so widely fron the- "nom" that it seeMs worth- nentioning. The elytron is strongly swoll-en, being alnost twice as tuoid as all others I have seen·in England. The puncturation is also less strong and deep,_ and the elytral keels half as high as usual. The blacki~h elyt~on hao a well developed cle~r red zone cedially, and ~nother at t~e lateral apex. Dr M.L.Cox ~as kindly oririfirned that_ ...... the spe~ioen should_be regaided~as_ Silpha at~at~~- P.F.'.lhitehead, Little Co!ilberton·, .. -:norc9 •. Coleopterist's Ueeting NOVEMBER 22nd, 1986 Theie will be a Coleopterist's Meeting at the Liv~rpool hiuseur1 on 22n:d Novenber, 1986 be·6.'!eem 2pn and 5pm. _ This is organised by the J&useuri ·and the Lancashire and Cheshire Entooological Society prinarily for the coleopterists in the north..;.-west of England, but anybody is cost welcone to attend. Stan Bowstea~ will be talking on "The Coleoptera associated -with nests of na~:,:lals, birds and insects in the N.1-7. of England" and Paul Eynan will be talking aboui the NCC's Natio~al Re~iew of c6ieop~ere. The Iu.~useun.'s extensive collections '9111· also be available for oonsul t·ation and can be viewed on appointment on the corning of the neeting. v Please contaot: Stephen J._dd, Invertebrate Zoology Departoerit, Liverpool liuseun, National Museur.1s and Galleries on Merseyside, ~illiac Brown Street, Liverpo61, L3 SEN if you would like to attend. 10 ..;.;'J..;e..;s~t-e;..;r;..·_R~o~s...;.s_.,--'S;...c_o;...t.;;..l;..._a.;....n...;.d;..;I, __A_u~g ..... u_s_t_l...... :9'-8_6___;... The o b j e c t n f t l--,e s e notes -is to record the salient findings or·assenb1ages nade . . during a fanily trip to the are~ of Ben Eighe near Kinlochewe. CoDpl ete .notes are being ·prepared :for. the ·NCC, Ben Eighe .being a NHR. Sone of these findings still require specialist ratification. ** Sum:it of Ben Eighe 18/952607, 24th August. Species poor in oost groups but at 2600ft fine scree froo Torridonian good with St~nus brunni~es Stph., S.niveus Fauv., Quedius brevis Er., 0.ful¥icollis $tph., Arpediun brachypteruo (Gr.). John Owen ha.s kindly agreed to confiro Aleochara villosa Hannh. Large populations on this fine noss-covered scree (with Alcheoilla alpina L. and Gnaphaliuo supinun L.) of Bypnoidua riparius (F.) with sooe.Byrrhus pilula L. and Notaris acridulus L. It is interesting that this habitat produces' s~ch red and bro"'"'n ferns of Carabidae, sor:!e· P<:ltr.obus septentricnis Dj. b~ing alJJ9st ciear red. Between 600ft and 2600ft I encountered a nucber of rather soall unoetallic adult Carabus probleoaticus- Hb. having dark bro~n elytra. This foro has not previously been recorded (info rna t ion fron V\art in Luff). ** Coinneach l.ihor 18/645603, ca 3000ft. Speci:::lens passed to ne by Nr Richard Pen~ington f~on his spider traps. P.sententrionis . . dooinant carab outnunbering Uebria gyllenhali (Sch·.) 5:1 in a saople of ~2. Also Loric~ra pilicornis (F.)1, Trechus obtusus Er. 6, Lesteva nonticola Zies. 2,0tiorrhynchus ~u"ropunctatus Gyll. 1. It is possible that this last is extreoely rare even at the si~e and it nay have been seen . . only twice befori: in 1964 at Stac Pollaidh, Ross, and in 1976 in the Cc:mbrian Uountain~ ( inforoation fron Paul :::yoan). ** Gairloch Dunes 18/8175.' Interseting little dune systen easily oissed with a good flora.near southern rock outcrop, and good syrphid fauna. Anotylus saritious Thon., Serica brunnea L., Otiorhynchus atroapterus (Dg.). Dragonfly Syopetruo nigrescens Lucas. 11 ** Ben Eighe. Transect across footBlopes below lOOOft, dissected by pine-clad go~ges. Calluna uoor, with Trichophoruo/ Llolinia bogs. 26t!} :August. LirJax cineronigcr. ?7o1 f. on Hebel~na fung~s in ancient silver birch stand~ Viviparous lizard.aoongst torrent boulders. Be~bidion punctulatun Drap., Geodrooicus nigrita (gftll.), expected series ~"~f Agabus, Anacaena, Trechus, BraGycellus. Ocalea ?rivularis Miller, Galeruca tanaceti (L.) at about 500ft Heteropterans seeoingly rare, only .Stygnocoris pedestris (Fall~) on Calluna noor with grazed stunted juniper. ** Picea abies L above Loch Carron 18/8835. Cleared sl6pes of plantations, 27 August. Good carab fauna with Leistus fulvibarbis Dj. At stuops Dendrophagus ~renatus Soh. (evidently not averse to nonocultures) and ever inpressive the ichneuoonid Rhyssa persuasoria (L.). ** Broadford Beach 18/6925 .(Skye) 27th August. Stunning coast where soft Jurassic Liuestones neet the sea. Lagoon and fixed shingle at I-r..vMK. Faoous. for its Lauria/Pyranidula o.ollusc fauna (if you can drag your eyes away froo the.· ·scenery ! ) •.Anura lunicollis Soh., Cychrus caraboides L. under strandline (this ~nd population of Arianta arbustoruo (L.) on exposed rocl~s presunabl~l due to high rainfall), Clivina fossor L., Staphylinus winkleri Bern.; Xantholinus glabratus Gr., o. rugifrons Gyll. ** Coillee Na Glass-Leitre 18/995650. Ancient Scotts Pine and Silver Birch Forest, 28th August. Terrain so difficult everything larger than a springtail overtakes at speed - keep to the path! Just recognised Carabus glabratue 7k. as it rushed past! Melanotus erythropus (Gnelin) (on pine) Dalopius narginatus L., Rhagiuo bifasciatun P. (breeding), one Bradycellus ruficollis Stph. deep_in heartwood of felled nine. Staphylinus aenoce2halus Dg~ at road level. Dragonflies CorduleGaster boltoni (Don~) generally, and larvae of Libellula quadrinaculata (L.) in inch deep pool in birch wood •. At this site tinsr Jean-Yves Bussen and Molle. \ C.Vien Vial recorded 3 adult Nicrophorus species. (I recorded interruptus nearby) hurrying a dead toad. P.F. Uhitehead. 12 Choleva elongata (Paykull) ne:n :to Britain. Until such ti:Je -I an able to. finisl? ?ri ting a -proper article,--- : - followed no doubt by :the current frustrating delay until publication, I thought it night be abpropriate to use the "Ne":7siette~". to announce. the. . . ~nresence of.. another Le_iodid in our rii_dst.· (That is;. :i,t .nay :be of-· interes-t to . . .. - ...... ·-- . -those few collect-ors wh.o haven 1 t already heard through the anazing Cole~pteri~t's Grapevine, the workings of which I have y~i ~~ f~lly understand.!) I have found two speciuens in a nole_'s nest in ~~~t Norfolk and a -further one in flood refuse frob the .~:liver '7aveney, which. sepa~a_te-s l'·Torfollr fror.1 Suffolk.- It seens · __ likely therefore that this species is widespread in East . . Anglia, if not i~_Qthe~_~egiqns of the country. I ao grateful to Nr A.A.Allen for initially identifiing C.elongata, ~sing nFreude, Harde & Lohse" in which it keys out fairly readily. Externally, bot-h males and fenales nay . . . . be recognised by the shape of the pronotun uhich is obviously widest in front of oiddle and contra·cted to base almost in a s~raight line. The aedeagus differs markedly ...... fton any other British species by having a narrow, par~llel sided tip, ~hich is angled dorsally. ·Feoales or undissected nalea c9uld easily exist undetected in collections and I would be very interested to hear if any are discovered - td which end I would be willing to check doubtful specinens, if acconpanied by returiJ- post_a.ge ~ Martin Collier, 67 ~~~rc~ Lane, Honersfie~d, na~leston, No~!olk, IP20 OEU 13 Tho,~ghts on Cornwall, August '1986 ,, The south~vves t peninsula's aoferite· headlands,. a rock :::10xe basi.c than the. ·adjacent · Branite, pernits core diverse plant associationo. Near St. Ives, carpets _of Agrostis stolonifera (L.),. hung_vertically fron saturate·d cliffs •. Sten'odeoa laevigatuo (L_.) .looking ' . . , . " recarka'bly li1re nobile . caryopses,. fed on the real thing. Arwngst the endless drip of water Stenus gut'tula JFtn I. and a few Quedius huoerali~ Stp~. lurked. In gravel beiow, eatching the spray froo h{g~est tides, all the Lestev~ agreed with hans~ni t6hs~. Higher up, where roots of Aoeria gripped drier rock, the associntion of aninal 1 ife inculded abundant slm7:..-l"JOr.:lS, !·Je@;asternuo, Pterostichus oadidus F., A:.1ara sioilata Gyll., Stenus brunnipes Stph., Sepedophilus oarshaoi Stph., Staphylinus winkleri Bernh., and the oollusc Cochlicella acuta (Liull.), ·.a nyria:pod Cylindroiulus bri ttanicus/late stria tus, and the ant-1 U~e Mirid t1yrnecoris gracilis ( Sahl.) At Cape Cornwall, a corresponding facie~ of this fauna includes Anara lunicollis Soh;., Harpalus rufitarsis Duft,, H.aeneus. F. 1 Calathus ~elanocephalus L., Plntydracus stercorari us ·o1. , Staphyl in us ol ens IAtlll. , S .uinkl eri Bernh. , and Duleoa oelanona L. in its riaiural habitat on a drift of YorkBhire Fog Grass. Here too ~ Tingid Derephysia foliacea (F$-llen) (? out lo,:~king for ivy), the r1yriapod Cylindroiulus teutonious (Po6ook), and.u~der a sto~e Silpha obscura L. ·· At Gurnar~'s Head a Cetoni~ aurata L. wa~ ~oi within sight of aoything.purpdrting to be a tree,.and it is interesting how nany taxa occur on these exposed Cornish cliffs. that would otherwise, perhaps, seck the huoidity of woodlan~. Occurring on exposed weathered rock·we found Abax, the centipede Lithobius variegatus Leach, and the ~olluscs Clausillia bidentata (Stro~) ~nd Milax iagates (Drap.). At Bosygran's fnoous ·cliffs with Earpalus latus L., Othius cy~oecophilus Kies., and Lathrobiuc oultipunctun Gr., a streao descends a ·steep cliff-gorge, away froo cill herbivorous oaonals. Full of lush Ane;elica, Lythruo, and Eunatoriuo it .. 14 too surprised us with its c"apsule of 1ife; · Eere 'Phol idontera Leptophyes, Evaoanthus (Auohenorhynch~n)~ and the fly Sicus fer·rugineus L. . . Our faunal 1 ist for August ·I 3th 1.~as coopara ti vely snall oainly because· it was-producing the kind.?f fine, invigorating, insistent drizzle that· prevented us, on E-1ayle Beach, froo . . seeing the ~round. In t~is airocious visib,lity ~e-~new that the black beetle bela~ u~·was Brbsc~s iri~~¢t~r~rice--io Aegialia because it was·devouring an Orchestia ganoarella (Pal.), but it aas progressively le~s easy to b~l~eve that the large ·beetle walking al01i.g· the beach was a nale Laonyris noctilucn L., and the even larger one was actual!~ Arhopalus rusticus (L.). Ti7e can only presm:le that this was· a true vagrant fran sene p.ine stakes' set in the.. back of· the beach. A couple .o-f days spent at Sennen :c·a·ve produced· a_ f_auna of such richne~s th~t it cari·hardli~e dealt with in~ "Newsletter" arid it. w~l~ be put on ice for the present. And Thoughts on S:taphylinus ater Gr •••• '?hilst in Corn~~ll- I ~~~-able to ad~ to oy.knowledge of this . . ·. . .. interesting insect •. It occurs so:::~eti!Jcs as the. third large 'It.. . ,...... invertebrate in an association of the Iso;_Jod Ligia oceanica (L.) and the Bristle-tail Petrobius naritioas (Leach). It is probabli ~ ~~jor predator of the Isopod. This f~una occurs anongst cliff-rubble descending alnost to ~eaeh~level at ~t. Ives, and at Hayen Cliff, near Sennen. Here fine triclrles and seepages traverse bare granite about 200ft O.D. with patches of Aster triooliuu.L., Aroeria oaritina (Mill.)Willd., nncl ~lantaso corobopus L. The site could hardly be nore un conproofsine; 1J:y inland records of s.ater include it in a coopost h_eap, but also froo a dry ga_r:len frane; hun~ing at. ~:i,:ght on a gatd~n path; in a greenhouse; in a hous~; ~nd in gardens on a suburban estat.e.· So it r.iay .be that s.ater tolerates __ the austerity of our ii.Jr."":edVite surroundings and ;is attracted by their_ sooetines inrge nunbe~s- of Jew species. In s,o doing, ,& ater passes sobering judgeoent_on our own habitat. p~-:;-fu.itehead,· Little Co.:Jb2rton, ':Jeres. 15 A Second Hecord of r~lell~e rugosus L:ia.rsh. in ~7orcestershire. On the lOth DeceDber 1981• I found a grav.fd fenale of M. rugosus at 3roadnay, 7orcestershire. Fuil details ar~ in the press. On the 3rd ·october 19B6 I found a further fenal e in the saoe area. It ·.;•ns large ( 17nD) and net i ve and "'as released aft~r scrutinyr Its behaviour wns rather passive and hard to define, but it was frequenting an area with ornaoental Heliantheouc favoured by the bee AnthoDhora nluoipes (Pallas) in spring. This is probably the host~ hiel6e rugosus oay be an "October species" when it \7US found in Oxford3hire in 1927 and Wiltshire in 1976. I an grateful to Paul Hynan for advice and coDuent. P.:TI1itehead, Little Co0berton, P~rshore, 7orcs. SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR 1987 /\.f?.E DU2 NO·:!. PLBAS2 SETTD Y0UR CHEQUE OR·POSTAL ORDER TO P.ET-r,.n.J 4...). ~onrr.r"-·- • _,, · s E>\UVA.r.n qo· ,\'1, RH.JGI.1ER, LE~?ES, EAST 3U33E~, . Bl·ia 5EJ TEE RAT 8 H.ilS ONCE AGAIN BEEN H2LD AT £2-00p PLEASE UAI\E PAYABLE. TO' "COLEOPTEhiST 1 S. NJ1:-,'7SLE:T'f'ER" T3Al!E YOU FOR YOUR SU??_ORT 16 Bl.CimUi-riBERS These Days I duplicate 110 copies of the "Newsletter" and as a result I only rarely get nny extra:copies. On sorting out so:::.1e piles· of papers recently I oar:1e across u feg bu6knuobers: L1ay 1985 ( nunber 20) Novenber 1985 (~ueber 22) January 1986 (nu~ber 23) Iti.:l y 19 8 6 · ( n urJ be r 2 4 ) · August 1986 (nuober 25) List cif Subscribers Burying Beetles - A Bibliogru,hy Key to Apion species ( tra.nslated frou Freude, ~-1.::.rde :!t Lohse) Should anyone require copies, please send n 12p atAop per eopy to cover return ~ostuge or for the Apion key 4 x 12p stacps. J.Cooter, 23 f!Ieyriek Street, Hereford, HP..4 ODY :7111 anyone be ?repared to organise a field oecting durinG 1987 ? Is anyone organising indoor neetings for 1987 ? If so, plc=tse let ue lmor;r l7ell in advance if you require the venture to be publicised in the "Ne\·lsletter" J.Cooter, .·, 17 RADNORSHIRE F~ELD MEETING 6th 8th JUNE 1986 'The boundary counties of Wales are also proaising and coaparitively virgin hunting grouds.• So wrote E.C. Rye in 'On Colltctin; and aounting Colro~trra' In 'Hardwickr't Scitncr Ectslp' In 1866. Llttlr did hr rrallsr that it would br 122 years before anything would be done to rectify the situation. During this one .wee~end in June, thirty four coleopterists put in acre aan-hours of entoao!ogical work in the county of P.adnorshire than in the "holt of that intervening period. That the aee't1ing was- a great success there can be no doubt. After the apalling spring aonsoon, the sun broke through on the Thursday before the aeetinq and the "hole of the spring beetle season was coepressed into the couple of days that 11e were in the counties of Radnor and Brecon. 'Goodies' started turning up before the aeeting was officially started. Fcrc!pu! rect!r~~tris turned up both to Colin Johnson and Peter Skldtore and to ay own party during the early part of Friday. This species, occurring on bird cherry and ne• to Britain froa the lake District In 197~, turned out to be quite coaaon in Radnor and "as new to Wales. Pvrrhidic! sangu!ntua !1nother 'star' of tht 11eekend which turned up in a nuaber of places), Schizotus pe~tlnlccrnls !new to Walts) and Thvttlus liebttu1 all turntd up while waiting around tht field centre for the first p1rticipants to arrivt. The rut of thr wuktnd contlnurd In a tlallu vrin. Parhap1 tht aost produ'ctivt location turntd cut to bt tht txtlnslvt sand and shingle beds at 6lasbury-on~Wyt, where a full coapleaent of riparian species turned up Including rarities like Perileptcs areolatus, Thalassophilus lonqicor~is, Bidessus ainutissiaus, 6eorhissus crenulatus, Negastria !abulicola and ~lautiau~tllus aarltiaus 11 well as 16 species of Qeabidion. "any thanks to the owner, "ajar de Winton, for allowing us access to the site for the weekend. The old oak woodlands of Coed CnRch at Elan Village (aostly in Breconshirel also produced an excellent range of dead wood species including Pvrrhidiua, S~hi;ctus, Thvealus, Aplocneaus niqricornis and Iyloterus signatct, as well as Calloscea inouisitor in abundance and yet a_nother site for Furcious. Bailey Eincn Woad also turned up aany rarities and a never-to be-forgotten sight there was all three British cardinal beetles within an area of a few square yards. Hot quite a 'first' but a great rarity was Selatosoeus angustulus, found in abundance in aeadows by the River !than it Disserth by To• Eccles and co. This species was previously kno11n only froa its original locality in Shropshire in the 1~30s ~nd a single speciaen I had found at Llandeilo Graban in Radnorshirr in 1983. So productive was tht first day that certain coleopterists were out and about by 7.30 a.1. on the Sunday to aake the aost of their re•aining time in the field, despite a very late night/early earning after the Coleopterists' Dinner at the Hew Inn in Hewbridqe-on-Wye the night before. I have taken thr unusual step of including ill records supplied to u in the follwing list, the 'goodies' !as defined in tht latest edition of Paul Hyaan's national coltoptera rtvitwl underlined. "y lain reason for including all records is that both counties are so poorly known to coleopterists that the list alaost adds up to a su11ary of current kno~ledge - breaking aost of the rules suggtsted in Dave Sheppard's article above (all records are held in a coaputer database on Radnor Coleoptera, with a view to producing a 'proper' fauna in the fullness of tiae). Any inforaaticn that anyone has on beetles In the county would obviously be aost welcoat. "'thanks to everyone who contributed to the success of the weekend !especially to those who relieved Rdsy and I of the burden of cooking breakfast and washing up afterwardtl and to those who contributed thtir records. Soae of the spellings of Welsh place naaes gave great aauseaent and caused soae confuseaent! "y apologies to those Coleopterists whoa I have been badgering for lists in the last couple of weeks but was finally unable to include their records (working on the I.S.R. is good training at pestering people for inforaation!l. Jonathon gave ae a strict deadline for the report for the newsletter which I had to stick to. I proalst faithfully that I will Include all subsequent records in a suppleaent in t~ ~ext newsletter, so please let ae have any further infcreation re!ulting fro• the 11eekend. It seeas that we have put Radnorshirt fir1ly on the Coleopterists' aap, and I gather that th~re have already been a couple of follow-up visits to the county and at least one tajor beetle expedition Is planned for 1987. Keep up the good work! Roger Key. Invrrtebratt Site P.eg i ster. H. C. C. Pehrborough_. ''· ,. '• ... ;·, CC£~ CNWCH 1 EL~N VILLA:; SH9~6~ ~~AA~~p~~~~~ ;:·!'fl(·~· SO·H CCEQY~D 6L~~~~~U Y CWII CCE~ $~906~ e~c. c~ cireconi~aons barcer. rlcstiy in erec:n. fro,n·~~ ~ac::~ oy 111"V'erlthcn oescr1oeo oy aost as oarreg ucu •=:~5. Oak woodland •ilh very old trees. "a1nly oat •cedlar.d on hillside by Net public oc:ess woods as we thought~ resevoir. Stre••s ond Sphagnua flushes. C Joh~son P Skidaore II Darby II Collier P Hyaan C Johnson llalthcdes fibulatus Kiesen"etter A Darby T Eccles P Hodge D Prance D Lett P Slicaore P Whitehead ~elioethes atrabs !Olivier) Phyt~oecta pallida llinn•eusl C3l~5caa inguisitcr !Linnaeusl Anthcnoaus b1tu~erculatus Thcason C•rahcs prcbleaatic~s !Herbst) Eeaa1o:cn oec:rua lienkerl Anthonoous pedicularius llinnaeusl Caloscaa in uis1tor !linnae~sl Pterostichus nigrita !Parkulll rurc1~~5 r~:~ir~slr!! !l!nna!~S) C!lC~OI US Dtgut atus t<=rtCIUS) P~erastichu~ oblcnocp~nc.at~! !F~br. l Lcricera piliccrnis !Fabrictusl Pterosucnus cupreus 1l1nnaeusl Nebria brevicollis !Fabrict~sl Abax par•llelep1pedus !Fill ~ "ittl Eeabidicn laapres !Herb~tl Drcaius quadriaaculatus !Linnaeusl Beabidicn dentelluc !Thunberg! Ptenidiua nit!dua !Heer) Pterostichu5 aadidus IFabric:"sl Ptiliol"• fuscua IErichsonl interesting variety P.Whitenead Buocru• variolosa ~uls. ~ Fey Pterostichus nicer !Schaller! Acrotrichi 1 9nndicoll I~ l~•nnerheial DQl~CWlOD E~i~TE SN9~59 Erec:ns Pterostichu~ ob!cno~=~nc~ltu~ !F.l Acrotrichis tnt~raedla !6iliaeisterl rr!va~e partlano •ltn 019 old oaks. Pterostlcnus vrrna1:s 1Pa~:er1 An1setcaa huaer1ll~ !Fitriciusl Abax porallvlepipe~ul !Pill '"ittl Agathidiua seatnulca IL!nn•eu~l K A!e1ander F. Key D Shirt alit~us aicro·t~rus !Ou4tsc~al1l Eus~hllarua sorti 16vllenhal l a at~us p1ce~s •rsnaa Acrull• !nfl•t• 16yllenr.all Pterc5tichus niger !Schaller) Aqonua aarqinatua llinnarusl Phloeonc'"' punctip!nnis Thoason Abax parollelep1pedus !Fill. l ~~tt.! Agenua asslailt IPaytulll Fhlceoc~aris tuotiliss11a Mannerheia An1sctoaa huteralis IFobriciusl Aaara pltbe,a 16yllenhall 6a~rtus s~ltndidulus IEravenhcrstl Atrechus •ffinis IFaykulll Crrcyon aelinocephaluus lllnnaeusl Leotus~ fuaida Kraat: Quedius aesoselinus l"arshaal Hister iacres5us Fabrtc!us e•t·~u u •htll• l!lanntr~ I a) T~c~ypcrus nitidulu~ IF•~r!ciusl Ptenidiua niti~ua !Heerl Olitccnarl oo t~u• trtcnson T~chtnus signatus 16ravenhorstl E"r{ptil!ua saxcntcua 16lllaeisterl At~eta 1tricolcr !Sh1rpl Cyph~ laeviuscula (llannerhri•l Ftl !olua fuscua !Er!chsonl At~.eta sordidul• !Eric~s~nl S1nodendron cyllndricua llinnaeusl earocrara varlolosa "uls. ' Rty Oxypcda liv!diptnnis "anntr~eia 6eotruors sterccr•rius llinnae~sl Acrotrich!s co;nata l"atthe~sl Aleoc~•r• lntrtc•ta ~anntrhtia Aphodius equestris !Pan:erl Acrotr!ch!s fascicular!s IHer~ttl Sincdtndron cylindricua lllnnaeusl Aphedius erraticus llinnaeusl Anisotcaa huaeralis !Fabricius! Geetrupes sterccrosus !Scribil Aphodius fossor llinn.uusl Htcrodts l!ittoral!s IL!nnaeu1l A;:hcdius eq~estris IPar.Hrl Aphcdius prodroaus IEr•h•l rndr~stn uadriHC'.: at a ISc: 'I i l Aphodlus pusillus IHtr~stl . Onthoph~gus siailis !Scrt~al eurac~ts tlcngatulus u rr ~unztl Aphcdius fiaetarius !Linnaeusl C4ntharls cryptica Asht Stenichnus colliris l"uller ' Kun:el Aphodi us ater !Oeqerr I Cantharis nigr1cans IMullerl Acrulil -lnfllt• !Gflltnhall Aa~edus balttllus !llnnaeu5l Cantharis pellucida Fibricius Phlorochlris su~ti isstal "annfrhria ~elanotus trythrcpus !Gael!nl Rha~cnycha lignosa (llullerl Atr:c~~~ 1fflnis !Paykulll Athous haeaorrhoidalls !F•briclusl F.ha~cnych• feaor1l!s IErullel Philenthus •~r91natus !Str:al Denticollis l!ne•ris !L!nn•eusl Ct~sias serra !Fabricius! Philont~us vlr11ns !Paykulll Ca,tharis ob~cura Ltnnae~~ 6r·tnc~IU5 planus 1Fclortclusl Q~rdiu~ ~~nt~oous Eric~~cn Thvtaius lta,at"~ IFaorlC!usl T~vt3!us !tlb3tus IFa~riciusl Bolttcc~arl ool1qu~ cr1cnson Ao1ccneaus n1grlc:rnls IFaot~ciusl E:uraea ael1na Ertcnson Aleochora curtula !Eoezel Rh1:cpnagus otspar tPaykul!) ~h1~c~ha~us nitidulus IF3~riciusl Aleochlra lanuginos• Sravenhcrst Rhizcphiqus ferrugintus !Paylulll Cerylo~ lerrugtneua ~te~nens Biblcpcrus bicc!cr !Oennyl Atcaari• niticula !"arshaal Pitoaa cren3ta !Fabricius! Sinodendron cylindricua tlinnaeusl Atc••ria ruficcrnls !Marshoal Pvrcc1r:a c:cc:nea !L:nn ;l~~~~cy S~!~SlE ~E~S ~QI~£0 6LAS9URY Sn!NSL£ BEDS 5019\0 cont. F~rtly ve~etateo sn1no1e ~ slnd beds. lcthrCJlCI •ncusucolle 'tOlL~ Lace.) ELA~SURY SH!SGLE E£DS SOtS:Q cont. + surrounci1no r1ver banls ~~~hold lithroolut lultlounctua bravennorst Chatcolces plutus lLHredlel trees and ha~thcrns. ~eden rt~tcJla '~r~•t:l Psylliodes affinis IPaylulll Sv kind pertiSSICn of ~ajcr de Winton. 6vronypnus rracttccrnls (~ullirl Psylliodes picina (~arshaal Philonthus atrat~t IEravenhorstl Cassida rub1qlnosa "uller DBilton" Collier MDarby~ Drane Philonthus varius 16vllenhall Rhynchites geraanicus Herbst T Eccles H Henson P Hodoe ? Hvaan Philcnthus vari1ns IPiytulll Aptcn hydrolopathi (~arshaal C Johnson P. Key 0 lett A ~endel Philont~us aicans (6ravenhorstl Apicn ul.icis !Forster) "Mcrr1s 0 Prance P Sridacre P Whitehead Philont~us s•n~u1nolent~s !Gravenhorstl Apicn ainiat~• 6eraar t: Tac~yporus hypnorua !Fa~rlciusl Ap1cn curtirostre Geraar Hcticohi\us bicuttatus !Fabr:c1usl Tachypcrus chrysoatlinus lllnnotusl Phyllobius pcaaceus 6yllenhal Elaohrus cuoreus Ouftscha1d Tlchyporus obtusus llinnaeusl Phyllobius calcaratus !Fabricius) Ela~nrus r1oarus !linnaeusl T•c~1nus si~notus Eravenhcrst Phyllcbius pyri llinn•eusl ~! ~ v!~a ~~II a~:~ !H~r~stl Autalia rivul•ns !Grovenhcntl Phyllcbi~s rcbcretanus 6redl~r ft?r!!~~t:.:~ cr~ctA:'.:s 'tf'?'..!t:~~' Ccrdalia cbsC'~ra !Eravenhorstl licphlceu~ te~sulatus (~ullvrl tn>!>:sc:,ll'~~ ~~~~1c:r~1~ !::·~rel Tachyusa ccnstr1cta Erichsen Barypithe~ pellucid~s !Eche•anl ·.· Eea~1~1cn laacros lherostJ Tcchyusa atri !Eravenhorstl Leicscaa deflexua !Panzer) Ee1~1dicn punc~ulatua Drapiez Tachyusa leuccpus l"•rshaal Hypera ruaici5 lllnnoeu~l Eeaoidicn guttula !Fabric1usl ~vdrosaec~:n• sc~tilli~~~•a !Kr••t;l crvt~aus ict:r !Her~stl Eeab1d1on q~~driaaculatua IL1nnaeusl Gnypeta velata ttrtcnscnJ 1~norn1nus -•ac~lat~s llinn C!L!AIJ OPiSL~ SO!Qfl cent. C!L!~U ~INGL~ ~010~2 Suococ:lnetla !4-ounctata !Linnaeusl Eoroe ct last streis !Bich Hc-ev Break! LLMIQ~!LO-~F~:~N RCAO 'IE~G~ ~0093-HB Ccccinella 7-punctata Llnnaeus SC!!ll!b ~ixed decid~o~s "co~land. partly Ad~lia 10-cunctata !Linnaeusl under?lanted -ith ccnilers. Pro?vlea 14-punctata Linnaeusl R.~.F..s. T. ~e~erve Soecies rich grassland on road ver;e~ A nu,aer of reccrds frc2 Ll~ndeilo Calvia 1~-;uttata (Linnaeusl Sraban P.cad verje ~re probablv inclu~ed Many 5pecies reccrced under C;l:au ~:nq Octoteenus glabr:culus 16vllenh~ll tay refer to this site. here as scae recorders did not llycetcpha~us quadripustulatus !Linnaeusl differenti~te the two sites. Pvrochroa serrat:corn:~ !5copolll· M~orris Or~hesi 3 a:nor 'Wa·l ~er·· ~Collier MDarby P Hcdce P Hyaan ~~~nnc!er~ s>nOulnl~~lli~ IF~br~~iusl 0 Let~ H ~endel M ~orr:s D PrJnce (~elato~c·~~ ~~~~~tel~~ lKie~en"~'t~~'' Oe~eaer a luna a 1Hars~aa1 !reccrceo 1~~3 ~;K) St~nostcl> !S~~r>~H ferrea F.hynchites ae~~at~s (Linnae~sl Hotioo~ilu~ biguttat~~ !Fa~rici~sl Ouleaa l:c~en:s Yoet Rhvnciites geraan:cus Hertst ~!i~hr~~ cuoreus Duftsc~11d Ou!eaa aelanop~ !Linnaeu~l Apion hy~rola~athl !llarshaal Ee•~:~icn atrccJeruleua .Ste~h2ns Chry!olina staohvlea llinn~eusl Aoicn loti Kirby Ee1~1~icn :~~t~la !Fa~r1ciusl 6astroohvsa vir:dula (Oeoeerl Pter:st:c~us ••di~us !Fabricius) A~1on viol~ceua Kirbv Hvdrot~a;sa •~rc1nella !(inn~eusl A~1on f~scirostre !Fabricius! ;terost:c~us n1crita !P~v~ulll F~yt:dec~a oallija !Linnaeusl Ao1cn striatul (~arshaal Abax prllleleoi~edus !Pill ~ llittl Phyllo~ec~~ l~ticollis Suffr:an ~oi.:n cun~ti~e·•!! (P!vhlll ~tara aenea (C:t~eerl 6a!erucella lineola !Fa~riciusl A~1on ervt 1.;r~y · Aaara pleee;a !Gyllenhall Derccrepis rufices !Linn~eusl Ac:on •:ricans Her:st . Anaoena o;lcbulus !Pav~ull l Ch~lccides aurata (~arsh~•l Aoion tr:folii (Lir.naeusl Hister striola Sahl~erg Altic~ sp ind Aoion c"rtircstre Straar LlBnebi•JS trunotellus !Thu~bergl Chaetocne•a horttnsl~ (Fourcroyl Otiorhyr.c~uJ sinQularis (L!nn~eusl Ptenidi~• niti~~· !Heerl Ch~etocne•~ concinna l~arsh~•l Phvlloo:us ar~tnt•tus (Linn~~usl ~tiliolc• fuse..:• !Eric~sonl C~l~tccne•> arida Feud~~~ Phyllc~ius pcaaceuJ 6ylltnhal C:!en1! i!lu~~a '5t~rtl Aotercoeoa o1coc'a dl11cer! Fhvllo~ius ro:oretanut 6rtdler J~J~n:o1u1 qua:rtaicutatus (L!nnaeusl Psyti:ooes nap1 !F~or1c:us1 Ph~llcbius calcaratus IFabric:usl Le~teva lonqcelytra !Eoezel Casstda flaveola Thunberg Phvllc~iu~ pvri llinnatusl Eusoh~l~rua pr11ulae !Stephens! Cass:da rubiqinosa lluller Ph~llcbius oblcng~s (Linnar~sl Stenus flav:pes Steohens Fhynchites aeneoviren5. l"arshatl Pclvcrusus cervinus (Linnaeusl 3tenus pici:es Stephen! ~hvnchitts atouatus !L!nnaRusl Polycr~su~ ptery~caalis Boheaan Stenus biaaculatus Evllenhal ~oion punctiqer~• !P~ylulll Polvdrusus undatus !Fabricius) Stenus i•~ressus 5tr~ar Ao1on cnc~ordi Kirby Str6ohcscaus ntbulcsus Step~ens . Stenus ~111lis !Herbst! Ao:on trv: Kir~y Strcphosoaus 1elanoqraaaus (Forster! 3tenus fulvic"rnis Steohens A,:on trifolli !Linnaeusl Sitona suturalis Steohrns Stenus t~rsalis L!ungh A~:cn curtirostrr 6eraar Sttona reqtnstrintnsis IHtr~stl Stenus bcc~s Ljungh Aoion rben:nu• K:rby Sitcna striatrllus 6vllenhal Di~ncus ccerulescens (6yllenha!l Oticr~ynchus singularis !Linnaeusl Sitona sulcifrcns (Thunberg! auedi~~ Eric~scn Ulbrinus Phvllc~ius argentatus (L:nnaeusl Larin~s olanus IFabrlc!~sl ~vcet:,orus leo:du~ (6rav!nhcrstl Phyllcbius pcaaceus 6yllenhal C1cn~s nortul anu~ !t~urcroyl Tac~y::ru~ hvcnor~• (Fabriciu~l Phvllcb:us ro~orttanus ErRdler Anoplus plant~ris (Haezenl Tac~y~crus chry5o•elinus !Linnaeusl Phyllobius calcaratus (fabriciu~l Ocrvta~s rufatus (E-?dell Ta:~yccrus solutus Erichsen ~hvllobius pvri !Linnae~sl Coel iodes dryaccs !Eael in! T~chy~crus cbt~~us !Linnaeu~l Phvllobius cblc~c~s !L!nnaeusl Cidnorh:~us ~-aaculatus (Linnaeu~l Tach:nus siqnat~s 6ravenhorst Polvdrusus cerv1rius !Linnaeusl Ceuthorhynchidiu~ troqlodvtts !Flbr.l Callicer·Js rigidiccrnis !Erichsen! Polydrusus.pterv~c~alis Soheaao Ceutornvnchus qu&drtdens !P•n:erl A~~et1 fungi !Eravenhorstl Polvdrusu~:~olli~ IStro•l Ceut:r~vnchus P~O~~r~iae Fr:sc~\ At~et~ cra~sic:rnis (Fabr:ciu~) Polydrusus undatus !Fa~riciusl Rntnoncus caster !taor:c:usl ~:~~~~ara ~revi~ennis 6rave~~crst Barypithes pellucidus !Echeaanl Rhincnc~~ oericar~ius (Linnatusl S1~c~e~drcn cvlindricua !Linnaeusl Sciaohilus asperatus !Eonsdorff) Anthonotus· pedicular ius !Linnaeusl Phvllc~ert~a horticcla !Linnae~sl StrcJh05CI~s nRbulosus Stephen~ Curculio pyrrhcceras !Iarsh•• E!odes 1aro:nata (fatric!usl Strcphoscaus aelano~raeaus !Forster! Curculio venosus !Erlvenhcrstl Errrhus pi(ula !Linn~e~sl Sitona suturalis Steohens Curculio s~licivcrus Paykull ~elanotu~ ervthrc~us !Eeel!nl Sitona ~triatellus Gyllenhal ~iccaotrogus picir~stris !Fa~riciusl At~cu~ vittalus !Fabricius! Sitona hisoidulu~ (Fabricius! ~e~inus pyraster (H!rbstl · Athous haeeorrh:i~alis !fabriciu5l Sitcna sulcifrons (Thunberg! 6vanetron vercnicae !Eeraarl Selato~aaus incanus 16vllenhall Sitcna lineatus !Linnaeusl Rhynchaenu~ ave!lanae (~cncv&nl 1:~1 a~=~~lc! ~icust·~! 3t'.!~ 'Linnae·J~l l Ancolus rcbcris Suffrian ~h·,~ch>~nus ci I ~su5 (F'.!~r: Cl'!,l 1r~c:neo 1n I~;) r~:ll Leiosoaa deflexus (Panzer! Rhvncnaenus quercus ([:nnaeusl Cten:cera cu~rea !Fabricius! Dorytcau~ rufatus !Ee~ell Rhvnchaenus rusci !Herbst! Acr1otes obscurus (Linnaeusl Notaris acridulus (Linnaeusl P.h;,nc~aenus sal icis !Linnaeusl Agr1otes pallidulus !llli~erl Cceliodes rubtc~ndu~ !Herbst! Rhynchaenus fagi !Linnaeusl AJriotes acua1natus (Ste~hensl Coel icdes ruber (llar5hul Acriote~ lineJtu~ !Linnaeusl Coel icdes dryados !6nel in! Oilao:us aarg:natus !Linnaeusl Cidnorhinus ~-eaculatus !Linnaeusl ~entic:lli~ lineari~ !Linnaeu~l Ceuthorhynchidius troqlodytes (fabr.l Pc~abrus allpinus !Pavlulll . Ceutcrhynchus cochltariae (6yllenhall Anc:!tr~nvc~a a~dcainal is fFaQrjcju~l Ceutorhynchu~ alliariae Brisout MDarby II Morris ta~t~ar:s rust:ca tallen Ceutorhvnchus oollinarius (Forster! Cant~aris dec!oiens Saudi Ceutcrhynchus ?aarqinatus IPavlulll Ptenidiua lonoicorne Fuss Cantharis nigricans (Muller! Ceutorhvnchus flcralis (Pavkulll Aoion curtirostre 6eraar Cantharis pelluc1da FabriCius Rh:noncus pericarpius llinnaeusl Phvllobius calcaratus !F1briciusl R~aqcnvc~a testac~a (Linnaeusl Phvtobiu~ quadr:nodosus !6yllenhall Sitcna suturalis Steohens ~haaonyc~a liqncsa (~ullerl Anlhcnoaus pedicularius (Ltnnaeusl Ceuthorhynchidius troglodvtts !Fabr.J ,1! h~1~~ li~ul !l'H ~i~Hnw!lter Curculio pvrrhoceras ~arshaa Ceutcrhynchus florali~ 'Paykulll P.alt~c~•s aar11natus (Latrl!llei Curculio qlandic• llarshaa lld~::tt•J ~!rtnt~i~~, lli,na~·J Curculio ulicivorus Pn~ull a~eretes o1pust~ at~s 1raylUl11 ~ecinus pyraster !Herbst! ~~lig~t~es bidens Br1sout 5vanttron veroniCie !Seraarl Cyc~raaus luteus (fa~riciusl F.hynchaenus pilcsus (fabrtc:usl Bvturus tcaentosus (Otgerrl Rhynchatnus faqi llinnaeusl Ctrylcn ftrruginneue Ste~hrns 22 tPE=Erw ~GCKS ~ ~JVE~~~N~ ~G~~!~/~8l7 q~as-;acH sotc4s coaea bas1c roct cutcr:~s r1s1ng to Rat1:na1 Nature F.eserve bilberry/he~ther acorlanc above R~1sed peat bog ~ith S ha nue hollo~s ccn·fluence of R Eeoc ·and R Wye. heather and birch/s~l OM c~rr, grad1nq Into poor hn. K Alexander R Key 0 Shirt P Whitehead K Alex~nder M Collier A Dr1r.e leistus spinib~rbis !Fabricius) 0 He11nqway H Henson P Whitche3d Beabidicn tibi~li !DuftschaJdl Be1~1dicn deccrua !Zenker) Nebria brevic~llis !Fabricius) El ~t~1 U ~nct<3h IL!nn;~usl A~:nua ~ssiai!e !Fay~ulll sa 11•Jl Aqo~us al~1p_es !Fabricius) loonrus c~;reus uuttscna1o Aaan t1b1al1·5 !Paykulll Lc~:cera piliccrn11 !F~briciusl Strnichnus collaris !Muller ~ Kcn:tl Eeabidion doris !Panzer! lrstev~ pc~esce~s MannQr~ria Eea~1dicn aeneu• Eeraa Stenus bccJs L.ur.gh Ptercstic~us aelanarius lllli~erl Stenus guttula'~uller · Plerostichus dil1qens !Stural lanthol1nus lcng1ventris Heer Pter~stich~s aincr !Eyllenna!l Ee~~~~O!S vernal:! fl!nn~eu!l Pterostic~us ni~rita !Pav~ulll 6eotrupes stercorar1us tl1nnaeusl Pterostic~us vernalis !Panzer! Ap~cdlus lesser !linnae~sl Aqonua aoestua !Duftschaidl AJncjius haeaorrhoid~lls !linnaeusl Agonua auelleri IHerbstl Apncdius lur!dus !Fabric:usl Aqonua·qracile St~r• alacst black v~r1etv 035. Aqcnua viduua !Panzer) Aphcdius aercarius !Fabricius) Aqcnua thcreyi Oe 1ean A~~cdlus ~"s!llus !Hertstl Aqcnu• pice~• !lir.n~eusl new to Vales' CES. A~cnu1 ~lbi?eS !Fabricius) Aphodius ater !Oegrerl . Aaara aene~ !Deqeerl ~phcdius sphacelalus !Panzer! Aa~r~ faa:li~ris !Duftsc~aictl ~elolontha aelolcnth~ !linnaeusl Trichocellus pl~cidus !Eyllenhall Serio brur.nea !l!nn.oeusl Acup~lpus dub!·us Sc~1lsky Cant~aris ~~scur! Linnae~s Coelc1tcaa orbiculare !Fabricius) Cantn~r1s cec1p1ens Dauo1 Cercyon aelanocep~~lus !linna~~sl Cantharis n!gr1cans !Xullerl Encchr·~s c~~rc~atu~ !ErP~Ierl Cantharis pellucioa Fabricius ;tenus juno tnytulll Rhagonycha lignosa !~ullerl Atrechus a/finis !Flykulll Laapyr1s noct1luca !llr.naeusl Ph!lont~us Hnguinolentus !Eravenh:rstl Agrypnus aurinus !linnHusJ Fhilcntr.u1 •~r;in~tus !Strcal Athcus haeaorrhoidalls !Fabrici~sl Philcnthus vmans !Pavl.ulll Prosternon tessal~tu• !Linnaeusl Tr1sseaus iaoress~ !Fa~zerl Selatcscaus aeneu1 !Linnaeusl Aohodi~s aerdarius !Fabricius) Agriote~ ~allidulus !Illiqerl Aphcdius h~eaorrhoic~lis !Linn~e~sl Trix~gus deraestoides !Llnn~eusl A'hcdius tquestris !Panzer) Ada!!~ !0-?unct~ta ll!nnaeusl Aphodius 1pnacel~tus !F3n:erl Anasp1ls frontalis !linnaeusl Hvdrcth~ssa tir~1nell~ !linn~eusl 6cnc~er1 l~Q~ru~ IHertstl Notaris lcr1Culus !Linnaeusl Chalcolces tu!vJc:rn1s !Fabricius! Derocrepiis rulipes !Linn~e~sl Str~~hcscaus nebul~sus ~te hen! BO~GHRnOQD RO~D~!~E 50!4l~E7 · y1 co1us c~ ontus orJcJusl Barypithes arene1forais !Schr~nkl r1 Xorri5 Aoion fuscir:1tre !Fabri:iu~l A~1on sen1:ulus Kirby ~pic:~ lc~i Y.irbv Ao1on ~sstsile Kirby Phyllc~ius ro~cretlnus Ere1ler ~URF~ 90GlA~QS ~0'1'611 .L11.R. i. ;,crve Sitcna reaenste1nen5is !Herbst! Flood aeadcoc and aarsh by streaa. Hypera plantaq1nis tre~eerl R Key Elaohrus cupreus Dultschaid Eusphal~rua sinutua !Fabricius! Cantharis pallida Eoeze Clt~ES~Y ~IN~LE 50!7~1 Rhaqonycha leaoralis !Brullel H1xea deCIC~ous Mocoland in ~croe. ~~ or Selatoscaus inc~nus !Gyllenhall By lind peraission of 1 de Winton. Oent1coll1s linearis !linnaeusl Snchypterus gl aber !Stephens! M Dar by Anasp1s re;iabarti Schilsky Annp11 huaenl is !Fabricius) Ptenidiu• nitidua !Heerl Apion vlolaceu• Kirbyq Acrotrichis qrandicollis (~annerheial - 2.3 - THE 1986 COLEOPTERIST'S MEETING AT MONKS WOOD (18-2.0 April) ' Following the highly successful Colcoptcrist's Weekend at Monks Wood in 1980 (from which this Newsletter was born!) recent feelings among colcoptcrist's have indicted that it has been long overdue for another similar event. So occurred the 1986 meeting. Following the arrival of many participants on the evening of Friday 18, the meeting "kicked off" on the Saturday with numerous workshops and displays in the morning followed by a number of short talks in the afternoon and a dinner that evening. The Sunday was left open for site visits. Briefly the agenda was as follows:- Saturday 19 April 'Morning Session ·Workshops were presented by: Colin Welch (Staphylinidac); Peter Hammond (Staphylinidac); Mike c;ox (Chrysomdidae and Bruchidac); Howard 'Mendel (Elatcridac - Eucnemidae); Garth Foster (aquatic Coleoptera); Andy Foster (aquatic Coleoptera); Dave Shirt (Scarabacidac) and Roger Booth (Tachyporus Gravcnhorst). Displays included: S.E.M. 'photos of Ptilidac, Pselaphidae etc (Ian McClenaghan); a display of specimens and 'photos from the Mcrscyside area, including Eunlcctus bonvouloiri Reitter (recently added to the British list) and an as yet un-named species of staphylinid (Tom Eccles); the biology of Cionus Clairville species (John Bullock); recording beetles in Leicestershire (Derek Lott); a display on the Balfour-Browne Club (Garth Foster); the fauna of dead wood (Keith Alexander) and a display on the Invertebrate Site Register (Nature Conservancy Council). Apologies if I've missed anybody out. Afternoon Session Talks presented were:- John Mugglcton- An illustrated report on the distribution of many of our Coccinellidae with an update on progress in the recording scheme. Tom Eccles - A talk and slide show on Coleoptera in the Merseysidc area. Dave Shirt - News reports of the forthcoming Insect Red Data Book and A Coded Checklist of British Insects. Howard Mendel - A talk and slide show on the biology and ecology of some of our Elateridae with hints on rearing. Mike Cox - An illustrated talk on the taxonomy and distribution of the genus Longi tarsus Berthold. Roger Key- An update on the work of the Invertebrate Site Register plus an illustrated guide to the Llysdinam field meeting (sec pages 17 - 2.2.). Paul Hyman - An introduction and progress report on the National Review of Coleoptera (it's come a long way since then). Peter Hammond - An enlightening talk on the role of the British Museum (Natural History) in relation to other organisations and individuals. ··~ - 24- In addition to the talks, 4 new recording schemes were launched and 1 relaunched. These arc:- Scarabaeoidca (Dave Shirt); Buprcstoidca and Cantharoidca (Keith Alexander); Orthocerous weevils [Ncmonychidac - Apionidac] (Paul Hyman); Cleroidca, Lymexyloidca and Hetcromera [in part] (Roger Key) and Cerambycidac (relaunched by Peter Twinn). Sunuay 20 April The whole of this day was given over to field work mainly in Huntingdonshire and Cambridgeshire with the emphasis on 'new', little known and under-recorded sites rather than the 'famous' ones such as Woodwalton Fen etc. It is hoped that species lists for these sites will be presented in a forthcoming Newsletter (when I've got all the info!). In conclusion I would like to thank everyone who helped, contributed and attended this 1986 meeting and perhaps in another five years or so, or hopefully earlier, we may have another such meeting.· Certainly if attendcnce figures arc a mark of success then the participation of 58 people for this meeting may certainly be regarded as such. PAUL HYMAN PETERBOROUGH CAMBS •.. . ; ·• ~ .;.; " I"'