CLAVIGER LONGICORNIS MULLER, 1818 (COLEOPTERA, PSELAPHIDAE: CLAVIGERINAE): CONFIRMED OCCURRENCE IN MORAVIA (CZECH REPUBLIC) PAVELBEZDECKA,PAVELLAUTERER,PAVELPRUDEK Abstract Bezdecka, P., Lauterer, P., Prudek, P., 1995: Claviger longicornis MUller, 1818 (Coleopteru, Pscluphidae: Clavigerinae): confirmed occurrence in Moravia (Czech Republic). Acta Mus. Moraviae. sa. nat., 79(1994):177-180. Nineteen. findings of Claviger longicornis MUll er confirm the occurrence of this species in Moravia, Notes on the preference for host ant taxa, hypsometry and phenology are attached. Key words: Claviger Iongicornis MUll.. Moravin, distribution, host preference, hypsomctry, phenology. P. Bezdecka, Czech Entomological Society, VI. Vaculky 994, 68601 Uherske Hradiste, Czech Republic. P. Lauterer, Department of Entomology. Moravian Museum, Preslova I, 65937 Brno, Czech Republic. P. Pnidek, Czech Entomological Society, Vackova 47,61200 Brno, Czech Republic.
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Clavlger longicornis P. W. 1. M ti I Ie I' is distributed throughout Europe except for its northern parts and the Mediterranean subregion (B e sue het 1974). Within this rather wide range, however, the findings of this are generally quite sporadic and rare. The same situation has been in the territory of the former Czechoslovakia, data in the literature on the occurrence of C. longicornis in its individual parts being very scarce. The first record in the former Czechoslovakia comes from Bohemia from the middle of the 19th century and documents the occurrence of C. longicornis at Zavist near Prague (L 0 k a y sen. 1860). Two major papers on Bohemian myrmecophilous insects, containing further data on the occurrence of C. longicornis, were published at the beginning of the 20th century. L 0 k ay jun. (1905) repeatedly found the species at Zavist near Prague, and R 0 u b a I (1905) reported it, in addition to that, from the wider environs of Prague (Praha, Vrane, Nernelkov, Chuchle and Zavist) and furthermore from Susice in southern Bohemia. Of the later comprehensive papers on Bohemian myrmecophilous insects, only Roubal (1949) reports Its occurrence in eastern Bohemia (Choceri, Ustf nad Orlicf). The papers on myrmecophilous beetles by R a m b 0 use k and S a m S i nu k do not mention C. longicornis. M ti II er (1863) did not include the species in his first list of Moravian beetle species. In a second, more detailed list of beetle species of Moravia and Austrian Silesia, Rei t t e I' (1870) records a single finding of C. longicornis by A. Fleischer in the Tesrnske Beskydy Mts. (beneath stones among minute yellow ants in April, very rare). The species has not been listed by S t e j s k a I (1925), whose paper is still the only evaluation of rather extensive collections of Moravian myrmecophilous beetles. His paper is only a species list supplementing the lists by Lokay jun. (1905) and Roubal (1905). In his list, S t ej s k a I (1925) has included species not previously published as living among ants in Bohemia and Moravia; altogether they are accidental findings of beetles among ants. not true myrmecophilous species. Nor is C. longicornis represented in the collection of myrrnecophilous beetles of 1. V. Stejskal, who was among the staff of the Department of
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Entomology. Moravian Museum. for a number of years. His collection is deposited in that department and was examined by P. Lauterer. A general note on the possible occurrence of C. longicornis in Moravia is found in FIe i s ch er's (1927-1930) "Review of Beetles". p. 168 (sep. p.): "everywhere but altogether more rare, likewise among ants Lasius flavus and utnbratus", R 0 u s (1993) has not included this species in his latest list of the Moravian pselaphid fauna. Bat elk a (1993, Klapalekiana 29: 167) published one finding as a new species for the Moravian fauna. The occurrence of C. longicornis in Slovakia has been reported in scattered localities summarized by R 0 u b a 1 (1930) for the first time. The first record dates back to the late 19th century (K u thy 1896) and another follows shortly thereafter (B 0 I k ay 1907: Kalnica both records ex R 0 u b a 1 1930). Additional localities were supplemented by Roubal (I. c.): Trencfn, Hronska Breznica, Rimavska Sobota. New data have been published by Franc (1992) who states that a relatively large number of findings at an earlier date has been known from Slovakia but that at present the species has been only rarely collected in the localities at Dubova, Jablonov nad Turriou and Cabrad. His observation that the species inhabits warm habitats agrees with our own results. The material collected by us is partly deposited in the collections of the Department of Entomology, Moravian Museum in Brno, and partly in the private collections of P. Bezdecka and P. Prudek. The findings are largely the results of extensive faunal investigations of P. Be z de <: k a (17 collections) as by-products of investigations into the ant fauna. Unless otherwise stated in the text for each individual finding, P. Be z d e<: k a is the collector and person responsible for the identification. At present, this author has been preparing a more comprehesive paper on the distribution of Formicoidea in Bohemia and Moravia, based on the new taxonomy of this insect group (B e z d e ~ k a, in prep.). The numerical designation of faunistic quadrats comprising each locality are stated in accordance with Ze 1e n y (1972). FINDINGS Moravia bor.: Litovel (6268), 18. x. 1980, 270 m, floodplain forest, beneath bark of
Salix sp., I ex., with Lasius brunneus (L a t r. ) . Moravia occ.: Svarec (village of Korouzne) near Stepanov nad Svratkou (6464), 390--400 m, 200 m above the miners' chapel, pasture on sunlit SW hillside, beneath small stones, 31. iii. 19903 exx.; 4. iv. 19925 exx., in the same colony of Lasius tChthonolasiusv sp.; the latter finding together with 6 exx. of Claviger testaceus P re y s s I er (leg. et det. P. Pnidek). Moravia centr.: Sti'en (6368), 20. iv. 1984, 270 m, flood plain forest, beneath bark of Salix sp., I ex., with Lasius brunneus (L at r.). Olornouc-Cernovfr (6369), 17. iii. 1977. 250 m, flood plain forest, beneath bark of Quercus sp. on tree stump, I ex., with Lasius platythorax Se i f e r t . Celechovice na Hane (6468), 9. iv. ] 978, 350 m, limestone quarry, beneath a stone, 1 ex., with Lasius jensi Se i fe r t , Grygov (6469), 23. iv. 1977, 250 111, limestone quarry, beneath a stone, I ex., with Lasius umbratus (N Yl' and. ). Grygov (6469), 18. v. 1980, 250 m, limestone quarry, beneath a stone, 2 exx., with Lasius jensi Se i f e rt . Kokory (6570), 12. iv. 1978, 260 m, field track on limestone substrate, beneath a stone. 1 ex., with Lasius umbratus (N y I an d.). Brno-Karnenny vrch (near Kohoutovice) (6865), 8. vi. 1951, 370 m, 300 m SW of "Myslivna" restaurant, woodland edge and mesophilic meadows, beneath a stone, 1 ex .. with Lasius umbratus (N YI and. ), leg. et det. P. Lauterer. Krouzek (6866),2. vi. 1993, 320 m, field track on limestone substrate, beneath a stone, I ex., with Lasius jensi Se i f e r t . Moravia mer.: Pouzdrany (7065), 22. iv. 1984, '280 m, Miocene sandstone and loess, steppe, edge of Ko/by Forest, beneath a stone, 1 ex., with Lasius umbratus (N Y I and. ) . Boretice (7067), 12. iii. 1983, loess steppe, beneath a stone, I ex., with Lasius alienus (F 0 e r s t er). Perna (7 I 65), 15. iv. 1984, 400 m, steppe on limestone, beneath bark of Cerasus avium (cultiv.), 2 exx., with Lasius brunneus (Latr.). Lednice (7J66), I. v. ]99J, J78
180 m, meadow in floodplain forest, in stump of Quercus sp., 1 ex., with Lasius brunneus (L a t r.). Uvaly (7266), 4. vi. 1993, 250 m, steppe on limestone, beneath a stone, 6 exx., with Lasius jensi Se if e rt. Moravia or.: Kostelany nad Moravou (6970), 2. xi. 1988, 190 m, floodplain forest, in stump of Juglans nigra, I ex., with Laslus brunneus (Latr.). Kunovice (6970), 10. viii. 1981, 200 m, garden, beneath bark on stump of Pirus communis sativa, 1 ex., with Lasius untbratus (Nyland.). Louka (7071),20. iv. 1990,350 m, steppe on flysh, beneath a stone, I ex., with Lasius rabaudi (B 0 ndro i t). Hornf N~m~f (7171), 18. v. 1989,400 m, steppe on flysh, beneath a stone, I ex., with Lasius umbratus (N YI and. ) . At present, Claviger langicornis M i.i II er is none too rare in Moravia and we have collected it several times during the past 40 years. Our first finding dates from 1951, our latest one from 1993. In all, we have found 33 specimens in 19 collections. The beetles mostly occurred singly: as exceptions we have found, in one ant colony, 3 specimens and in the subsequent year 5 specimens (with an unidentified species of the subg. Chthonolasius); once we found 6 specimens with L. jensi Se if e rt , and 2 specimens each with L. jensi Se i f.; and L. brunneus (L a t r. ). Most frequently, C. longicornis occurred with ants of the subg. Chthonolasius: 25 specimens in 12 collections; with L. umbratus (N YI . ), 6 exx. in 6 collections; with L. brunneus (L a t r. ), 6 exx. in 5 collections; with L. jensi Se i f e rt , 10 exx. in 4 collections; with an unidentified species of the subg. Chthonolasius, 8 exx. in 2 collections in a single colony; and one specimen each with L. alienus (F 0 er s t. ) , L. platythorax Seifert, and L. rabaudi (Bondroit). The species has also been found together with Claviger testaceus P re y s s I er in a number of specimens of both species. Most of the specimens (26 exx.) have been found beneath small and flat stones (in 12 cases). In four cases, I specimen each was found beneath the bark of tree trunks or stumps and in one case 2 specimens. In tree stumps the species has been found in two cases, I specimen each. These observations suggest that the beetle, like the related C. testaceus, has the habit of warming itself beneath sunlit stones and bark, especially in spring, together with the host ants but rarely together with their larvae or pupae. The beetles have been found at low elevations ranging between 180 and 400 m; rarely in ftoodplain forests (180-270 m) with L. brunneus (Latr.) (4 cases) and L. platythorax Se i fe rt (1 case), all those cases I specimen each; most frequently they have been found in xerothermic, often limestone localities on south-facing hillsides, evenly distributed between 250 and 400 m (occasionally also 200 m) above sea-level, comprising all other 14 findings totalling 28 specimens. The clavigerid under study rarely occurred for the first time around mid-March (\ 2 and 17 March, I ex. each), most frequently between 31. iii. and 23. iv. (9 cases, 16 exx.). frequently also between early May and the first decade of June (I. v.-8. vi., 12 exx.), in which period there is still enough moisture on the surface of ant colonies. A single finding was made in summer (10. viii., I ex.) and the species occurred singly still in the I st half of autumn (18. x.-2. xi., 2 findings of I ex. each). REFERENCES BESUCHET, c., 1974: Pselaphidae pp. 305-362. In: FREUDE, H., HARDE, K., LOHSE, G. A. (eds.): Die Kafer Mitteleuropas, Bd. 5. Goecke & Evers, Krefeld. FLEISCHER. A., 1927-1930: Prehled brouku fauny Ceskoslovenske republiky. Cas. Mor. muzea zemsk.. 25-27:1-485 (sep, p.). FRANC. V.. 1992: Myrmecophilous beetles of Slovakia with special references to their endangerment and perspectives for protection. Acta Univ. Carolinae, Biologica, 36:299-324. LOKAY. E., jun., 1905: Coleoptera myrmecophila bohemica. Cas. Ces. spol. ent., 2:33-50. LOKAY, E.. sen., J 860: Popsanf hlavnfch druhu mravencu v Cechach ~ij{c{ch, s ohledem na hosti u nas dosud v mravenistfch nalezene. Ziva, 8:238-253.
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