NOTES ON THE SUFFOLK LIST OF COLEOPTERA: 11 TEN SPECIES NEW TO THE SUFFOLK LIST

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NOTES ON THE SUFFOLK LIST OF COLEOPTERA

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NOTES ON THE SUFFOLK LIST OF COLEOPTERA: 11 TEN SPECIES NEW TO THE SUFFOLK LIST WITH SIGNIFICANT RECORDS FROM THE YEAR 2003 DAVID R. NASH This paper discusses ten species of beetle which should be considered “New to Suffolk” for the Index to these Transactions; these species are asterisked. Noteworthy records from 2003 are also reported. All records are my own except where indicated. As in previous papers in this series, records are allocated to vice-county (VC25, East; VC26, West) and National Grid references are provided, with those assigned by me to earlier records being placed in square brackets. The national status for scarce and threatened species is given, following Hyman (1992; 1994); an explanation of these categories is provided in the previous paper in this series ( Nash, 2003a). The national status assigned in early versions of English Nature’s “Recorder” database is provided for all other species. Unless specifically mentioned, there are no Suffolk specimens of any of the species discussed in the Claude Morley/Chester Doughty collection at Ipswich Museum (in the following account simply referred to as the Morley collection). CARABIDAE *Notiophilus quadripunctatus Dejean Nb Last year I recommended the deletion of this ground beetle from the county list but suggested that there was no reason why it should not occur with us (Nash, 2003a). It is gratifying to now be able to reinstate it so quickly. I picked up a specimen running on my concrete driveway at Brantham, VC25 (TM 1134) on 22 June 2003 and found two more under building rubble in an unsurfaced, overspill carpark of a factory on the industrial estate at Cattawade, VC25 (TM 1133) on 13 June 2004. Trechus fulvus Dejean Nb, Bembidion nigropiceum (Marsham) Na BAP and Brachinus crepitans (L.) Nb As part of a study to assess the possible impact of shingle extraction on the fauna of Sudbourne Beach, Orfordness (VC25), twenty specially designed pitfall traps were buried to a depth of ca 50 cm along two transects across the shingle and run from April, 2002 to March, 2003 inclusive. During this study, the three above-named, rarely recorded ground beetles were trapped as follows: T. fulvus – TM 4551, November (2 exx.), August (1ex.); TM 4552, November (4 exx.). B. nigropiceum – TM 4551, one trapped between 16–21 June. B. crepitans – TM 4551, single specimens in July and September.

Trans. Suffolk Nat. Soc. 40 (2004)


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