(Coleoptera) in the Babia Góra National Park
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Wiadomości Entomologiczne 38 (4) 212–231 Poznań 2019 New findings of rare and interesting beetles (Coleoptera) in the Babia Góra National Park Nowe stwierdzenia rzadkich i interesujących chrząszczy (Coleoptera) w Babiogórskim Parku Narodowym 1 2 3 4 Stanisław SZAFRANIEC , Piotr CHACHUŁA , Andrzej MELKE , Rafał RUTA , 5 Henryk SZOŁTYS 1 Babia Góra National Park, 34-222 Zawoja 1403, Poland; e-mail: [email protected] 2 Pieniny National Park, Jagiellońska 107B, 34-450 Krościenko n/Dunajcem, Poland; e-mail: [email protected] 3 św. Stanisława 11/5, 62-800 Kalisz, Poland; e-mail: [email protected] 4 Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, University of Wrocław, Przybyszewskiego 65, 51-148 Wrocław, Poland; e-mail: [email protected] 5 Park 9, 42-690 Brynek, Poland; e-mail: [email protected] ABSTRACT: A survey of beetles associated with macromycetes was conducted in 2018- 2019 in the Babia Góra National Park (S Poland). Almost 300 species were collected on fungi and in flight interception traps. Among them, 18 species were recorded from the Western Beskid Mts. for the first time, 41 were new records for the Babia Góra NP, and 16 were from various categories on the Polish Red List of Animals. The first certain record of Bolitochara tecta ASSING, 2014 in Poland is reported. KEY WORDS: beetles, macromycetes, ecology, trophic interactions, Polish Carpathians, UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Introduction Beetles of the Babia Góra massif have been studied for over 150 years. The first study of the Coleoptera of Babia Góra was by ROTTENBERG th (1868), which included data on 102 species. During the 19 century, INTERESTING BEETLES (COLEOPTERA) IN THE BABIA GÓRA NP 213 several other papers including data on beetles from Babia Góra were published: 37 species were recorded from the area by KIESENWETTER (1869), a single species by NOWICKI (1870) and 47 by KOTULA (1873). The first major contribution was the paper by STOBIECKI (1883). During studies conducted in 1879-1880, he recorded 724 species of beetles. In 1967 a monograph of the beetles of Babia Góra was published by PAWŁOWSKI (1967), in which the first century of studies was summarised. The monograph listed 1373 species, and was based on the author’s own data, studies of museum collections, and earlier publications. The paper by KUBISZ & SZAFRANIEC (2003) included original distributional data, and papers published after PAWŁOWSKI’S monograph of 1967 raised the total number of beetle species known from Babia Góra to 1555. After 2003, more papers including new records of beetles from Babia Góra were published (GRODZKI 2002; RUTA 2003; PRZYBYŁA & al. 2004; SIENKIEWICZ 2004; MAZUR & STACHOWIAK 2009; IWAN & al. 2010; KUBISZ & al. 2010; PRZEWOŹNY, RUTA 2010; MELKE & SZAFRANIEC 2013; GREŃ 2017; MAZUR, SZAFRANIEC 2018), resulting in an increase in the number of beetle species recorded from the area to 1624. Beetles associated with fungi have never been studied thoroughly in the Babia Góra National Park. The aim of a survey carried out in 2018 and 2019 was to fill this gap in the knowledge of the beetles of Babia Góra. The present paper includes a list of beetle species that are either new records for the Babia Góra National Park and/or the Western Beskid Mts. (as delimited in the Catalogue of Polish Fauna, see: BURAKOWSKI & al. 1973), or are rarely collected and poorly known in Poland. All the beetles were collected during the project “Beetles (Coleoptera) inhabiting the fruiting bodies of Macromycetes in the Babia Góra National Park”. Detailed data on the interactions between beetles and macromycetes on Babia Góra will be published in a separate paper. Material and methods The survey was conducted in the Babia Góra National Park in 2018 and 2019 (research permit No. DOP-WPN.286.202.2018.DW). Beetles were collected either on fungi or in IBL-2 barrier traps. Specimens were either dry stored after killing in ethyl acetate vapour or were conserved in simplified SCHEERPELTZ fluid (a 1:1 mixture of 96% ethanol and 10% aq. acetic acid, according to A. MELKE (CHACHUŁA & al. 2019). Ethylene glycol was used as the conservation agent in the barrier traps. Fungi were 214 S. SZAFRANIEC, P. CHACHUŁA, A. MELKE, R. RUTA, H. SZOŁTYS identified with the aid of the keys by HANSEN & al. (1997) and KNUDSEN & VESTERHOLT (2008). The taxonomy and systematics of the fungi are in accordance with Index Fungorum (2019) and MycoBank (ROBERT & al. 2019), and the systematics of the beetles follow BOUCHARD & al. (2011), with amendments by ROBERTSON & al. (2015) and GIMMEL & al. (2019). The taxonomy of beetles follows the Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Symbols and abbreviations used in the text: * – new record for the BGNP; # – new record for Babia Góra and the Western Beskid Mts.; BGNP – Babia Góra National Park; comp. (comps.) – forest compartment(s) (“oddział leśny”); ex. (exx.) – specimen (specimens); WB – Western Beskid Mts.; Polish Red List of Animals – PRLA. Localities are separated by a semicolon, records within the same locality are separated with a comma. Study area The Babia Góra National Park (BGNP) is included in the UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves. It is situated in southern Poland, in the province of Małopolska, close to the border with Slovakia. It is the culmination of the Żywiec Beskid Mts., which lie in the Western Beskid Mts. macroregion, and the Outer Western Carpathians subprovince (SOLON & al. 2018). The Babia Góra NP includes a major part of the Babia Góra massif stretching from west to east, with elevations ranging from 700 m to 1725 m a.s.l. at the highest point – the Diablak (ZIĘTARA 2004). The BGNP covers an area of 3391.55 ha. Results Overview of species POLYPHAGA Superfamily: Scirtoidea Eucinetidae Nycteus hopffgarteni (REITTER, 1885) New locality: BGNP, comp. 79c, 29 VIII-28 IX 2019, 1 ex., IBL-2 barrier trap. A rare species in Poland, known from scattered localities in the Carpathians, recorded from Babia Góra by KUBISZ & SZAFRANIEC (2001). PRLA category: LC – least concern (PAWŁOWSKI & al. 2002). INTERESTING BEETLES (COLEOPTERA) IN THE BABIA GÓRA NP 215 Clambidae Calyptomerus alpestris REDTENBACHER, 1849 New localities: BGNP, comp. 47a, 2-18 VIII 2018, 1 ex., IBL-2 barrier trap; comp. 96g, 5-27 VII 2019, 2 exx., IBL-2 barrier trap. A poorly known species, recorded in Poland from Mt. Śnieżnik and Babia Góra (BURAKOWSKI & al. 1976), and the Tatra Mts. (TYKARSKI 2000). Superfamily: Derodontoidea Derodontidae Derodontus macularis (FUSS, 1850)# New localities: BGNP, comp. 16a (Knieja Czatożańska), 850 m a.s.l., 13 X 2018, 1 ex., on Ischnoderma resinosum; comp. 16a, 900 m a.s.l., 30 X 2018, 3 exx., on I. benzoinum. A rare species associated with natural forests, where it develops on Ischnoderma spp. Quite recently recorded in the Tatra Mts. by KLEJDYSZ & SKOCZYLAS (2008) and in the Pieniny Mts. (CHACHUŁA & al. 2019). PRLA category: DD – data deficient (PAWŁOWSKI & al. 2002). Superfamily: Staphylinoidea Ptiliidae – feather-winged beetles Baeocrara variolosa (MULSANT et REY, 1861)# New localities: BGNP, comp. 62a, 5-27 VII 2019, 1 ex., IBL-2 barrier trap; comp. 96g, 5-27 VII 2019, 2 exx., IBL-2 barrier trap. Very rarely collected in Poland, the species is known from a few localities in the north-western part of the country (BURAKOWSKI & al. 1978). Ptiliolum schwarzi (FLACH, 1887)* New locality: BGNP, comp. 62a, 5-27 VII 2019, 2 exx., IBL-2 barrier trap. This is a very rare species, known from historical records in south- western Poland (BURAKOWSKI & al. 1978) and the Cieszyn area in the Western Beskid Mts. (WANKA 1927). 216 S. SZAFRANIEC, P. CHACHUŁA, A. MELKE, R. RUTA, H. SZOŁTYS Ptinella limbata (HEER, 1841)* New localities: BGNP, comp. 62a, 5-27 VII 2019, 1 ex., IBL-2 barrier trap; comp. 72a, 5-27 VII 2019, 2 exx., IBL-2 barrier trap. The species is known from a few localities scattered throughout Poland (BURAKOWSKI & al. 1978; SAWONIEWICZ 2015). Historically recorded from the Cieszyn area in the Western Beskid Mts. (LETZNER 1887). Leiodidae Agaricophagus cephalotes SCHMIDT, 1841* New locality: BGNP, comp. 62a, 27 VII-29 VIII 2019, 3 exx., IBL-2 barrier trap. This is a rare species associated with hypogeous fungi. Most localities in Poland were reported from the south of the country in the 19th century. In the Western Beskid Mts. recorded from the environs of Cieszyn and Mt. Czantoria (WANKA 1920, 1927). Agathidium bescidicum REITTER, 1885 New localities: BGNP, comp. 62a, 5-27 VII 2019, 1 ex., IBL-2 barrier trap; comp. 46a, 780 m a.s.l., 18 VI 2018, 1 ex., on Trametes hirsuta. Known from numerous localities in the Polish Carpathians (KILIAN & BOROWIEC 1998), including Babia Góra. PRLA category: CR – critically endangered (PAWŁOWSKI & al. 2002). Agathidium confusum BRISOUT de BARNEVILLE, 1863 New locality: BGNP, comp. 79c, 19 VII-2 VIII 2018, 1 ex., IBL-2 barrier trap. The species has been recorded in Poland from the Białowieża Primeval Forest and several localities in the southern part of the country. PRLA category: VU – vulnerable (PAWŁOWSKI & al. 2002). Agathidium discoideum ERICHSON, 1845 New locality: BGNP, comp. 79c, 29 VIII-28 IX 2019, 1 ex., IBL-2 barrier trap. A rare species recorded in Poland in the Białowieża Primeval Forest and scattered localities in the Carpathians, including Babia Góra (BURAKOWSKI & al. 1978; KILIAN & BOROWIEC 1998; RUTA 2003). INTERESTING BEETLES (COLEOPTERA) IN THE BABIA GÓRA NP 217 Catops grandicollis ERICHSON, 1837* New locality: BGNP, comp. 97, 820 m a.s.l., 5 VII 2018, 1 ex., on Inocybe sp. Recorded mostly from SW Poland. PRLA category: NT – near threatened (PAWŁOWSKI & al. 2002). Catops neglectus KRAATZ, 1852# New locality: BGNP, comp. 47a, 820 m a.s.l., 9 VIII 2018, 1 ex., on Russula foetens. A rare species in Poland, more often collected only in Silesia (SZYMCZAKOWSKI 1961; JAŁOSZYŃSKI & al.