ISSN 0959·9711 TABLE OF OC>NTENTS

-o- Contents of Journals (1990) THE En t omo 1 Olf is t 's Ga z ...... 6- 7 .

Entomolo~rist's aon. lla~r...... 7-9. COLEDPTERIST'S Entomologist's Rec ...... 10-12. NEWSLETTER

Cooter J. , [Editorial] ...... 1.

Key, R. , [book review] ...... 5-6.

Mendel, H., loti Kirby and Apion modestum Germar (Col., Apionidae): unresolved identification MAY 1991 Number43 difficulties ...... 3-4.

Mendel, H., and Owen, J.A., Dorcatoma ambjoerni Baranowski (Col., Anobiidae) another Windsor special i t y ? ...... 12- 13 . North Wales Coleoptera [note] ...... 4.

Smith, E., and Whitehead, P.F., Quedius from the Penine High Peak ...... 2-3 .

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EDITORIAL

This edition of the Newsletter sees a major 'first' in that it carries a paid advertiseaent - inside bac~ cover. At the tilDe of writinc, the third edition of the Amateur Entoaolocists' Society's Coleopterist's Handbook is printed and await inc bind inc, so should be available in a wee~ or two.

Personal involvement with the boo~ rules out any further comment. As editor in charce of content I have been lucky beyond hope in involvinc many specialist authors and the whole exercise has shown me how eclectic my knowledge of Coleoptera is. There is only a very little text brought on from the first edition - these few paces have stood the test of time so well it would be wronc to re-write them and put my own name to them, they have, however, been brought up to date, especially with recards to nomenclature. J.C. 2

QUEDIUS FROM THE PENINE HIGH PEAK

During the last decade one of us (ES) persistently collected Quedius from the Penine High Peak, and requested Mr. Colin Johnson to authenticate vouchers of critical species.

The records constitute an important body of information from a physically, geologically and ecologically well-defined area. They cover altitudes ranging from 185m to 615m.

Quedius aridulus Jansson This was found between 1982 and 1989 in treeless open environments (SK08, SK19, SElO) amongst calcifuge plants at altitudes up to 615m (last on 25 March 1989). It is interesting that Quedius boops (Grav.) was found to be either rare or absent in these environments. Elsewhere in Britain PFW has encountered Q. boops at altitudes up to 680m, so there is a possibility that populations of both species are tending to be mutually exclusive.

Q. aridulus we regard as a hardy species with rather broad ecological tolerances but (?) always on acid sediments. We both agree that a population from Hillsborough Steelworks ( SK38) South Yorkshire, is correctly assigned. Some males from this site have very robust antennae and conspicuously margined parameres. They inhabit old ingot pits infilled with heavy metal residues, steel slag, refractory bricks and melting shop refuse. Such a substrate would contain no soluble bases.

Quedius boopoides Munster Located amongst flood refuse by tarn, Alport Dale (SK19), Derbyshire, 2 January 1982 at 430m, "lnd amongst Empetrum litter , Cart ledge Flats ( SK29) , Soul.n Yorkshire, 12 June 1988 at 525m. Both sites are on acid rock in open treeless situations, and support the contention that this is largely an orophilous species.

Quedius fulvicollis (Staph.) There are three records of this rare species, more or less boreal in range, in Derbyshire (SKlO, 275m, 21 July 1984) and in South Yorkshire (SK29, 185m, 2.4.1988; SElO, 260m, 23 August 1986). These records bring Quedius aridulus, Q. boops and Q. fulvicollis into the same British altitudinal rante. ES, however, carefully recorded the substrate details and observed that in each case Q. fulvicollis was taken amongst a higher percentage of organic matter, and in situations with pioneer tree species close by or overhead. This subtle (but not universally confirmed) distinction 3

CX>LEO..Pl. '.ER I ST • S NEWSLE 1. 1.".ER. between the habitat of Q. aridulus and Q. fulvicollis indicates that, in the south of its range, this last species more by ISSN 0959-9711 is closely limited microsite features, congeneric competition, or both.

In the High Peak Quedius curtipennis Bernh. has been Annual subscription (1991) £3.00p. Please send cheque, recorded (1984 - 1991, SK16, SK17, SK19, SK29, SE20) between payable to Coleopterist's Newsletter to: 170m and 350m (mean altitude 245m) in a similar range of habitats to Quedius fuli~tinosus(Grav.) but demonstrating Mr.P.Hodge, broader eurytopism. Quedius ful i~tinosushas been recorded 8 Harvard Road, (1985 - 1989, SK19, SK27, SK28) between 185m and 460m (mean Ringmer, 305m) sometimes in marsh, carr, and woodland litter. Lewes, Ettst Sussex, E. Smith, P.F. Whitehead, BN8 5HJ. 44 Springhill, Moor Leys, Sheffield S10 lET Little Comberton Items for publication should be submitted to the Pershore, Secretary/Editor: Wares.

Mr J. Cooter, 19 Mount Crescent, •••••• Hereford, HRl 1NQ.

Subscribers wishing to place an advert in the Wants, Sales APION LOTI KIRBY AND APION 1/0DESTUII GERMAR (COL., and Exchanges sheet should contact : APIONIDAE): UNRESOLVED IDENTIFICATION DIFFICULTIES

Mr. Howard Mendel, Having recently acquired a copy of the excellent new Royal 22 Harvester's Way, Entomological Society Handbook, Orthocerous (Morris, Martlesham Heath, M.G., 1990, Handbk. ident. Brit. , 5(16) ) I decided Ipswich, to work through my British Apion species. All previous IP5 7UR. difficulties were resolved, except one.

one • (The current rate is four second class postage stamps for a Apion loti is of those species that 'falls out at the five line entry. Trade rate is £10.00 per line). end of most keys, recognisable by the fact that it lacks characters that would make it any of the other species! The discovery that in Britain two species masqueraded under the name 'loti' (Dieckmann, L., 1973, Apion-Studien Coleoptera, Curculionidae), Beitr. Ent., 23: 71-92) was followed by the •••••• formal addition of A. modestum (A. sicardi auctt. Brit.) to the British list (Morris, M.G., 1976, Apion sicardi Desbrochers, a species of (Col., Apionidae) new to Britain, Entomolo~tists'mon. 1/ag., !!! (1975): 165-171). Since that time, most British coleopter i sts have separated out typical A. loti, usually found on bird's-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus L.) and A. modestum from marsh bird's­ foot trefoil (L. uliginosus Schkuhr), conveniently disregarding those specimens that did not quite 'fit'. Difficult specimens from food plants other than L. 1 3 4

corniculatus or L. uliginosus have been particularly liable from specimens reared from Inonotus cuticularis (Fr.) Karst to be ignored. from the island of Hallands Vadero, southern Sweden. It has not been found elsewhere. In common with D. ser1·a and D. Among a long series of A. 1 o t i /modes tum that I carefully ch1·ysomel ina, D. ambjoerni has double pubescence. The compared and dissected I had a typical A. modes tum from elytra are strongly and densely punctured (unlike D. serra) Amber ley Wild Brooks TQ0313), West Sussex, 21.6.1983 and and so the species is most likely to be confused with D. Oulton Marsh (TM5093), East Suffolk, 18.7.1983, two vice- chrysomel ina. Compared with that species it is even more counties in addition to those listed by Morris (1990). More strongly punctured and noticeably less elongate. The male interesting were the significant number of examples genitalia are diagnostic. It is easily identified using intermediate on every key character, and one example which Baranowski's key to the central and southern European had a quite different aedeagus. species of Dorcatoma.

Co leopter is ts who collect series of A. loti/modestum from It is possible that in Britain D. ambjoerni is confined to specific, identified foodplants are likely to be rewarded Windsor Forest. However, vne of us has specimens from for their efforts in the event of a revision of the A. loti Suffolk (unfortunately females) which may be this species. group of species. We shall be pleased to examine any specimens which may be D. Howard Mendel, ambjoerni before writing a full account of the discovery. The Museum, High Street, Acknowledgement: We thank Mr A.R. Wiseman for authorising Ipswich IP1 3QH access to Windsor Forest and "English Nature" for arranging this. Howard Mendel John A. Owen, (When collecting the Apion loti group, it is important to The Museum, 8, Kingsdown Rd., accurately record the host plant. On the Continent High Street, Epsom, different species of Lotus support different but very Ipswich IP1 3QH. Surrey KT17 3PU. closely related Apion with specific differences difficult to appreciate in isolation; often the host plant may confirm the weevil's identity. - J.C.) ••••••

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NORTH WALES COLEOPTERA

The North Wales Invertebrate Group issue regular lists of insects from sites in North Wales. Coleopterists are welcome to join in any of the field trips organised by the Group.

For further details, dates and venues, contact Mrs M.J. Morgan, School of Biology, U.C.N.W., Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW and enclose a stamped addressed envelope for reply .

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Whitehead, P.F., Cercyon tristis (Illi~er)new to Cheshire BOOK REVIEW ...... 198.

Whitehead, P.F., Philonthus atratus new to both Ground : their role in ecolo~icaland environmental Worcestershire and Gloucestershire (v.c. 33) studies, ed ...... 242. Ni~el Stork, 1990. ISBN 0 946707 332. 424 pp. Whitehead, P.F., Cercyon bifenestratus Kuster new to Intercept Ltd., P.O. Box 716, Andover, Hants. SPlO 1YG. Gloucestershire (v.c. 33) with notes on Price £40. Cercyon marinus Thomson ...... 247-248. This is the proceedin~sof the 7th European Carabidolo~ist's Whitehead, P.F., Carpelimus halophilus (Kiesenwetter) and Meetin~in London in 1989 with 30 papers on carabid ecolo~y other Coleoptera from North Somerset(ST/36) and comprehensive summaries of 16 poster papers. It is ...... 292. divided into four main subject areas: Carabid assemblages; A~roecosyste•s;Environaental quality; and Life­ Whitehead, P.F., Some recent records of localised histories/populations. synanthropic Coleoptera ...... 303. Not unexpectedly, most papers deal with European studies. Wright, S., Bledius 8ermanicus Wa~ner new to Nottin~hamshire from the Finnish tai~ato the Mediterranean maquis and from ...... 226. the Pyrenees to the Soviet Union. A few papers are from even further afield - flooded forests of Amazonia and Eucalyptus forests of Australia.. There is a paper on the •••••• success of European carabids in Canada (includin~some surprisin~species), and the endemism of carabids in the Galapa~os,where the bi~~estgenus is good old Pterostichus There is much here to whet the appetite for foreign DORCATOMA AUBJOERNI BARANOWSKI (COL., ANOBIIDAE), ANOTHER travel but at the same time the majority contribution is WINDSOR SPECIALITY ? from Britain and our close European neighbours, so enough also to satisfy the stay-at-home coleopterist. On 21 February 1988, we visited Windsor Forest to search for lles·CI.penthes lugens Redt. in the abundant dead wood made While the level may be a bit academic, there is much here to accessible by the ·~reat storm' of the previous October. We interest the serious amateur - papers on the efficiency of found the characteristic larvae of M. lugens in wood ethylene glycol (antifreeze) in pitfalls, explanation of red infested with Rhyncol us truncorum (Germ. ) lining the hollow and black. le~s in Pterostichus madidus and the attractive interiors of several ancient beech trees. Inside one of colours of diurnal carabids, and observations on the feeding these hollow trees were the hard fruiting bodies of a fungus habits of Harpalus. There are some nice studies on the (Inonotus sp.) which contained Dorcatoma larvae. importance of carabids in controlling agricultural pests and on the nasty effects of pesticides on them. Here is a A sample of the fun~us was collected and in May 1989 chance for the conservationist to say "I told you so". produced a swarm of D. serra Panz. adults. Many more D. There is also a suggestion on how to increase the abundance serra emerged in May 1990 and in June a few females of an of carabids in arable fields - a sort of 'conservation unfamiliar Dorcatoma. Fortunately, dead males were found headland' in the middle of a field. Naturally I gravitated amongst the frass in the rearing jar so that the species to the section on environmental quality. A very useful could be positively identified as D. ambjoerni. Specimens paper is on the carabids' colonising attempts at have been sent to Rickard Baranowski for confirmation. regenerating raised mires on abandoned peat workings. Here there is ammunition for Britain's Peatland Campaign which is Baranowski (1985, Central and northern European Dor·ca tomd attempting to save the last vesti~esof places like Thorne (Col., Anobiidue), with a key and description of a new Moors in Yorkshire, the only site for Bembidion humeral e. spec i e s , En t . Scan d . , 1 6 : 203-207) described D. ambjotH'ni While a diverse carabid fauna developed on one ofthese 6 11 regeneration attempts in Germany, it was composed of pretty unexciting species. 'Proper' raised mire species, such as Owen, J.A., Brachypterolus linaria• (Stephens) in Surrey.16. Agonum ericeti, voted with their tarsi and shunned the new bogland. Owen, J.A., Mordellistena nanuloides Ermisch from the Isle of Grain, Kent ...... 24. Other conservation papers include a most impressive study of the full range of grassland oarabid asse•blages from all Owen, J.A., Notes on three species of Aleochara (s.g. over Europe by the Newcastle tea• (together with a Coprochara Mulsant and Rey) including two new bewildering paper on effects of grassland management on to Britain ...... 27-232. carabids inN E England), a poster paper on the significance Owen, J.A., Hemicoelus nitidus (Herbst) at Windsor ...... 274. of the dry, sandy areas in dures, and an intriguing paper on the carabid fauna of a heathland reserve used as a tank Philp, E.G., Scaphiso•a assimile Erichsen in Kent ...... 116. training ground in Ger•any. If only we could similarly encourage species such as A•ara infi•a, A. quenseli and Prance, D. A., Reappearance of Trlplax aenea (Schaller) in Cymindis macularis in Britain - every conservation Surrey ...... 248. organisation should be kitted out with its own tank to cause such heathland 'damage'! Read, R.W.J., Record of Gyrinus •inutus Fabricius from Cumbria ...... 64. The book has a consistent style throughout, a good tribute to the editor, and there are adequate general and species' Uhthoff-Kaufmann, R.R., The occurrences of the subfamily indexes, the latter includina soma synonymies where we Aseminae in the British Isles ...... 55-63. differ from our European counterparts. I suppose that £40 is now about par for the course for a hardback book of this Uhthoff-Kaufmann, R.R., The aenera Clytus and Anaglyptus quality. Certainly reco•mendad for the coleopterist with a Muls. in the British Isles ...... 111-114. serious interest in ecology or conservation. Uhthoff-Kaufmann, R.R., The occurrence of the Callini tribe Roaer Kay in the British Isles ...... 161-166. Uhthoff-Kaufmann, R.R., The distribution of the genera •••••• Trinophyllua Bates, Gracilia Serv., Aromia Serv. and Hylotrupes Serv., in the British CONTENTS OF THE JOURNALS Isles ...... 267-274. Uhthoff-Kaufmann, R.R., The aenera Nathrius Brethes and ENTOMOLOGIST'S GAZETTE VOLUME 41 (1990) Molorchus F. in Great Britain ...... 239-242. Welch, R.C., Claviger testaceus Preys. in pitfall traps near Adams, R.G., Dermestes leechi Kalik (Col., Dermestidae) from Folkes tone, Kent ...... 23-24. an Egyptian •ummy ...... 119-120. Cooter, J., Three species of Coleoptera new to Dorset.31-32. Welch, R.C., Apion ervi Kirby feeding on apple ...... 45-46. Cooter, J., Omophlus rufitarsis (Leske, 1785) (Col., Alleoul idae) in Dorset ...... 33-34. Welch, R.C., Aleochara binotata Kr. not A. verna Say, a Eyre, M.D., & M.L., The ground Luff, beetle (Col.,Carabidae) Briti~hinsect ...... 225-226. assemblages of British grasslands .... 197-208. Mendel, H., The status of Ampedus pomonae (Stephens), A. Whitehead, P.F., Effects of the •ild 1988-1989 winter on praeustus(F. )and A. quercicola (du Buysson) beetles in Worcestershire ...... 169-170. (Col., Elateridae) in the British Isles ...... 23-30. Whitehead, P.F., The ecological distinctness of Asaphidion flavipes (L.) and A. curtum (Heyden) ..... 197. 10 1

Mendel, H., The identification of British I•obno•era (Col., ENTOMOLOGIST'S RECORD AND JOURNAL OF VARIATION (1990) Oedeaer idae) ...... 209-211.

Allen, A.A. Death-feicninc in Exocbo•us quadripustulatus Spaldinc, A. Halyzia sedeoi••uttata (L.) (Col., ...... 23. Coccinellidae) and other beetles to licht in Cornwall ...... 78. Allen, A.A., Atbeta puncticollis Benick: a postscript .... 46. BOOK REVIEW Biolocy of Chryaoaelidae by Jolivet, Allen, A.A., Scydmaenus rufus Uull. and Kunze apparently new Petitpierre and Hsaio ...... 84-86. to Kent ...... 88-89.

Allen, A.A., Notes on, and a key to, the often-confused British species of A•pedus Gera., with ••• corrections of some erroneous records ..... • ...... 121-127. ENTOMOLOGIST'S MONTHLY MAGAZINE VOLUME 126 (1990)

Allen, A.A., Notes on the species-pair Cis lestivus Panz. Allen, A.A., Pityopbtborus licbtensteini (Ratz.) (Col., C. vestitus Uell ...... 177-179. Scolytidae) in Speyside ...... 19. Allen, A.A., The earliest British capture of Cis dentatus Baldwin, A.J., Further biolosical observations on Uell.; with diacnostic notes ...... 179-180. Suboocoinella vi6intiquattuorpunctata (L.) (Col., Coccinellidae) ...... 223. Allen, A.A., Apion urticarium Hbst in a suburban carden.248. Bilton, D.T., Gyrinus sutfriani Scriba (Col., Gyrinidae) in Allen, A.A., Leptacinus inter•edius Donis. a species little the Norfolk Breck land ...... 178. known in Britain ...... 289-290. Collier, U., Epipbanis cornutus Esch. (Col., Eucnemidae) in Allen, A.A., Cossonus linearis F. in Surrey and West Kent .. Norfolk ...... 170 ...... 300. Colloff, U.J., A simple trap for detectins infestations of Allen, A.A., Abundance of Leptura livida F. in a south-east of adult Ptinus teotus Boieldieu (Col., London locality ...... 304-305. ) in commercial premises ...... 57-58.

Allen, A.A., Two interestinc carabid captures in S.E. London Cooter, J., Some uncommon beetles captured at Uerthyr Mawr (Acupalpus brunneus Sturm and Badister Warren, Glaaorsanshire ...... 32. anomalus Perris) ...... 305. Cooter, J., Leptusa pulcbella (Uannh.) (Col., Staphylinidae) Baldwin, A.J., Variation in Adalia bipunctata L ...... 166. in Herefordshire ...... 49.

Baldwin, A.J., Death-feisninc in ladybirds ...... 192. Cooter, J., Some beetles from Moccas Park,Herefordshire .. 70.

Fowles, A.P., and Owen, J.A., Haplo8lossa picipennis (Gyll.) Cooter, J., A note on two species of Ontbopha6US (Col., in the nests of red kites ...... 186-187. Scarabaeidae) ...... 118. Johnson, C., New exotic species of Corticariinae .... . 11-16. Cooter, J., Euheptaulacus sus (Hb.) (Col., Scarabaeidae) in N. Devon ...... 238. Majerus, U.E.N., The 5-spot ladybird in Warwickshire .. 53-64. Haes, E.C.U., Recent records of Molorchus umbellatarum (van Mathur, L.U.L., Joshi, U.C. and Arif, U., Occurrence of Sch.) (Col., Ceraabycidae) in West Sussex.26. three new pests of maize in India (includes Popillia pulcbrips Arrow) ...... 279-280. I

Hodge, P.J., Corticaria linearis (Pk.) (Col., Lathridiidae) Verdoourt, B., A •••••ore of •tac beetle•, Luoanu• oervu• in East Sussex ...... 156. (L.) (Col., Lucanidae) ...... 196. Holmes, P.R., et al., Trechus rivularis (Gyll.) (Col., Verdcourt, B., Deinopsis erosa (Stph.) (Col., Staphylinidae) Carabidae) in Wales ...... 109. in Buckinghamshire ...... 244. Jobe, J.B., Leistus rufomar6inatus (Duft.) (Col., Carabidae) Welch, R.C., Macrorhyncolus littoralis (Broun) (Col., flying inN. Yorkshire ...... 200. Curculionidae) a littoral weevil new to the Palaearctic Recion from two sites in Kent Kenward, H.K., A belated record of Procas 6ranulicollis ...... 97-101. Walton (Col·., Curculionidae) from Galloway with a discussion of British Prooas spp • Welch, R.C., Clonus (Col., Curoulionidae) on Cape Figwort (with a footnote by A.A. Allen) ...... 21-25. (Phae6elius oapensis) ...... 230.

Lane, S.A., NationallY scarce and uncommon Chrysomelidae Whitehead, P.F., A breeding colony of Tachys parvulus Dj. in Warwickshire ... ,,, ...... 7-8. in south Worcestershire ...... 110.

Luff, U.L., Pterostichus rhaeticus Hear (Col., Carabidae) a Whitehead, P.F., Analysis of Coleoptera fauna from Broadway, British species previously confused with P. Worcestershire ...... 27-32. ni6ri ta (Pk. ) ...... 245-249. Whitehead, P.F., Further observations on Meloe ru6osus Owen, J.A., Some deadwood associated beetles from the Isle Marsham (Col., Ueloidae) in Worcestershire of Skye ...... 56...... 110. Parry, J.A., Meli1ethes haeaorrhoidalis Forster (Col., Whitehead, P.F., Further observations on Gnoriaus nobilis Nitidulidae) new to Britain ...... 237. (L.)(Col. ,Scarabaeidae in Worcestershire.110.

Read, R.J.W., Two rare water beetles (Col., Dytiscidae) from Whitehead, P.F., Anobiu• inezpectatua (Hb.) (Col.,Anobiidae) Cumbria. , ...... 260. new to Worcestershire ...... 162. Whitehead, P.F., A further Welsh record of Dropephylla Reid, C.A.U., Records of "British Red Data Book" Coleoptera devillei (Bernh.) (D. 1randiloqua Luze) (Col. in northern England and Scotland ...... 170.· Staphyl inidae) ...... 190. Reid, C.A.U., Hyperaspis pseudopustulata Uuls. (Col., Whitehead, P.F., Soolytus aali (Bechstein) (Col.Scolytidae): Coccinellidae) on the Isle of Mull, Scotland variation on a theme of boring habits .... 204 ...... 204. Whitehead, P.F., Rare beetles from an apple tree in Reid, C.A.U., New distribution records of Sepedophilus Worcestershire ...... 236. Gistel (Col., Staphylinidae) in Britain .. 208. Whitehead, P.F., Brachyusa conoolor (Er.) (Col., Spriggs, A.H., Kirk-, Meli1ethes fulvipes Bris. (Col., Staphylinidae) new to E. Gloucestershire.258. Nitidulidae) new to Wales ...... 238. Winter, T.G., Cryptur6US subcribosus Ecgers (Col., Smith, K.G.V., An old record of Amphimallon ochraceus (Col., Soolytidae) a bark beetle new to Britain Scarabaeidae) froa Devon ...... 155...... 209-211. Smith, K.G.V., Pyrrhalta luteola (Mull.) (Col. ,Chrysomelidae accidentally introduced into Britain ..... 190. ••••••