A Survey of Lepturinae Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) of the South- Eastern Baltic Region (Lithuania and the Kaliningrad Region)
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BIOLOGIJA. 2020. Vol. 66. No. 4. P. 169–235 © Lietuvos mokslų akademija, 2020 A survey of Lepturinae Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) of the south- eastern Baltic region (Lithuania and the Kaliningrad Region) Vytautas Tamutis1, 2*, The paper presents the first review of the composition and dis- tribution of the species Lepturinae Latreille, 1802 subfamily Vitalii Alekseev3, 4 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in the south-eastern Baltic region. A total of more than 3,000 records have been analyzed and more 1*Kaunas T. Ivanauskas Zoological Museum, than 4,600 specimens collected since 1888 have been examined. Laisvės al. 106, 44253 Kaunas, Lithuania The subfamily is confirmed to be represented by four tribes, 26 genera, and 38 species in the region. Previous records (published 2 Vytautas Magnus University, notifications) of seven species – Alosterna ingrica (Baeckmann), Kaunas Botanical Garden, Brachyta interrogationis russica (Herbst), Euracmaeops margina- Ž. E. Žilibero St. 6, 46324 Kaunas, Lithuania tus (F.), Gnathacmaeops pratensis (Laichart.), Pachytodes erraticus (Dalman), Rhagium bifasciatum F. and Stictoleptura v. variicornis 3 Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, (Dalman) – were not confirmed in the region. The information Russian Academy of Sciences, on the distribution, frequency, and some features of ecology and Nakhimovskii prospekt 36, zoogeography of 51 species found and expected to be found in 117997 Moscow, Russia the region is confirmed and detailed in the paper. Local temporal and geographical distributions of 36 species are mapped. 4 Kaliningrad Regional Amber Museum, Marshal Vasilevskii Square 1, Keywords: Lepturinae, Cerambycidae, Lithuania, Kaliningrad Kaliningrad 236016, Russia Region, annotated catalogue, faunistic review https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4390-5443 INTRODUCTION ond antennomere. Its stridulatory apparatus of mesonotum usually possesses a medial furrow, The longhorn beetles of the Lepturinae subfam- and the pronotum is in most cases bell-shaped (ta- ily possess specific morphological features and pering anteriorly), with rounded or spined lateral lifestyle. The adults are morphologically charac- sides. Unlike the majority of other representatives terized by elytra somewhat tapering posteriorly, of the family that demonstrate nocturnal activity, a head strongly constricted posteriorly with usu- most species of Lepturinae (especially Lepturini) ally well-presented, angulate temples, and rela- are diurnal active flower visitors (Schapker, 2017). tively short antennae with a small, spherical sec- The larvae of Lepturinae are regarded as typical de- composers due to their development in dead and * Corresponding author. Email: [email protected] in most cases decaying and rotting wood. These 170 Vytautas Tamutis, Vitalii Alekseev longhorn beetles are not wood or tree pests and bution ranges may be expanding across the ter- many of them are included in the IUNC Euro- ritory (Rhagium bifasciatum, Pachyta lamed, pean Red List of Saproxylic Beetles (Cálix et al., Brachyta interrogationis, etc.), is unclear. 2018) or other lists of protected species (e.g. Like other saproxylic beetles, almost all rep- Ødegaard et al., 2010; Ljungberg, 2015). At resentatives of Lepturinae play an important the same time, it should be pointed out that no role in the wood decomposition process and representatives of Lepturinae are included in food chains in forested areas. However, inten- the current Red Data Books of LT or KR. sifying forest management and modernisation The subfamily Lepturinae is a compara- of parks in urban territories have decreased tively medium-sized group of longhorn beetles. the available dead wood habitat for these bee- However, its taxonomy still remains controver- tles (Seibold et al., 2014). Lepturinae is poly- sial (e.g. Dutrillaux, Dutrillaux, 2018; Zamor- phagous for most of its larval stage but usually ka et al., 2019). The subfamily comprises about prefers 1–2 tree hosts. The availability of dead 1,500 species distributed mainly in the Holarc- wood substrate is a critical factor for these bee- tic Realm (Schapker, 2017), which are grouped tles. They could, therefore, be indicative of bio- in 11 tribes worldwide in modern classifica- diversity of forest ecosystem. That is why today tion (Bousquet et al., 2009; Danilevsky, 2019). this comprehensive review, based on a critical The representatives of four tribes (Oxymirini, analysis of previously published information Rhamnusiini, Rhagiini, and Lepturini) inhabit and re-examination of collected material, is the studied area. more important than ever before. This group of longhorn beetles is well studied The aim of our study was a critical sum- in most European countries; however, knowl- marization of all published and unpublished edge about these beetles in the south-eastern faunistic information, with a compilation of Baltic region [Lithuania (LT) and the Kalinin- an annotated catalogue and distribution maps grad Region (KR)] is still poor and in most cas- of the species of Lepturinae that occur in es fragmented. There are only few papers (ex- the south-eastern Baltic region. Also, we con- clusively faunistic) devoted to Cerambycidae sidered it useful to include brief information in this region (Zawadzki, 1937; Staniulisówna, on the biology and the general distribution of 1939; Pileckis, 1958; Pileckis, Monsevičius, the subfamily as well as to comment on some of 1997; Alekseev, Sakhnov, 2002; Alekseev, 2007). the faunistic peculiarities of the taxa. Some scarce records of more interesting spe- cies are scattered in numerous faunistic papers MATERIALS AND METHODS or short communications (e.g. Ferenca, 2003; Inokaitis, 2009; Ivinskis et al., 2009; Alekseev, All available data on the records of Lepturinae Bukejs, 2014; Alekseev et al., 2015; Tamutis, from Lithuania and the Kaliningrad Region Martinaitis, 2019). Forty-six species (44 species have been included in the study. The system- for LT and 36 for KR) of the subfamily are listed atic names and classification follow Danilevsky as representatives of local fauna in check-lists (2019). The tribes, genera, and species are ar- of the species (Alekseev, 2007; Tamutis et al., ranged alphabetically. The data concerning 2011) according to the local data and notes of the geographical distribution were deduced some additional species of Cerambycidae for from Danilevsky (2005, 2014, 2019), Peña et al. the region in some well-known lists and cata- (2007), Sama, Rapuzzi (2011), Tatarinova et al. logues (e.g. Bercio, Folwaczny, 1979; Sama, (2016), Özdikmen (2007), Rassi et al. (2015), Löbl, 2010). However, the actual faunistic data Cherepanov (1979), Ehnström, Axelsson and specifics of the distribution of most species (2002), Lundberg, Gustafsson (1995), Dedy- in the region have been insufficiently published ukhin et al. (2005), Duff (2016), Aleksandrow- or not published at all. Moreover, the situation icz et al. (1996), Bartenev (2004, 2009), Sama for some species, especially those whose distri- (2002), Ilić, Ćurčić (2015), Serafim, Maican A survey of Lepturinae Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) of the south-eastern Baltic region... 171 (2011), Picard (1929), Filimonov, Oudalov The examined material was collected or (2001), Belova et al. (2008), Danilevsky, Mirosh- observed by: Agnė Jastramskaitė (AJas), Agnė nikov (1985), Dunskis, Barševskis (2018), Süda, Kulpytė (AKul), Aidas Buivydas (AB), Aira Miländer (1998), Aleksandrowicz, Tsinkewich Lažauninkienė (AL), Aistė Jarmalavičiūtė (2006) Twinn, Harding (1999), and others cited (AJa), Aistė Pranckūnaitė (APr), Aistė Špokaitė respectively in the text below. The biology-re- (AŠ), Aldona Stanionytė (ASt), Aleksan- lated data were deduced particularly from Palm dras Meržijevskis (AM), †Alfonsas Manikas (1959), Demelt (1966), Cherepanov (1979), (AMa), †Alfonsas Palionis (AP), Algimantas Švácha (1989), Bily, Mehl (1989); Burakows- Jakimavičius (AJ), Algirdas Vilkas (AVi), Algis ki et al. (1990), Ehnström, Axelsson (2002), Saulius (AS), Algis Kvaraciejus (AKv), Alman- Sláma (1998), Brelih et al. (2006), Danilevsky tas Kulbis (AK), Alvyra Patapavičienė (APa), (2014), and Vitali (2018). Andrius Kubilius (AKu), Andrius Pašukonis The species trustworthily found in the re- (APaš), Andrius Petrašiūnas (APe), Arman- gion are listed herein without qualifying marks; das Kazlauskas (AKa), Armina Raugaitė species that were erroneously mentioned in pub- (AR), Artūras Gedminas (AG), Artūras lished sources or still lack reliable information Vaisiauskas (AV), Arūnas Eismantas (AE), on their occurrence in the region are marked Arūnas Juknevičius (AJu), Arūnas Rimkus with a dash (–); the species that occur in the re- (ARi), Audronė Unikauskaitė (AU), Augustė gion and are not confirmed but expected (pos- Bundzaitė (AB), Aurimas Mašalka (AMa), sible) in the territory are marked with a special Aurelijus Narbutas (AN), Austėja Žumbakytė symbol (⸎). Faunistic data contains the follow- (AŽu), Aušra Žilinskienė (AŽ), Beatričė ing information: district name (acronym), geo- Kasieliauskaitė (BK), Benediktas Švažas (BŠ), graphic name of the locality of collection or ob- †Borys Ogijewicz (BO), †Bronislaw Hou- servation, the date of collection or observation wald (BH), Brigita Paulavičiūtė (BP), Dainius (day, month, and year), collecting peculiarities Matyžonok (DMa), Darius Baužys (DB), Da- (if present), the number of collected or observed lius Dapkus (DD), Deividas Makavičius (DM), specimens, and initials of collectors (col.) or ob- Deividas Sutkaitis (DS), Domilė Petravičiūtė