70 Grange Farm, Chigwell: an important site for arboreal Coleoptera ....
Species
Ancient woodland
National status indicator status
(Hyman 1992) (Harding & Rose 1986)
Host tree(s)
elm
oak
Lucanidae
Sinodendron cylindricum (L.) AW3
Scirtidae
Prionocyphon serraticornis (Muller) Nb AW2
Buprestidae
Agrilus laticornis (Illiger) Nb
Dermestidae
Magatoma undata (L.) Nb
Anobiidae
Anobium inexspectatum Lohse Nb
Dorcatoma chrysomela Sturm AW2
Nitidulidae
Epuraea longula Erichson Nb
Tenebrionidae
Prionychus ater (F.) Nb AW
Scaphidema metallicum (F.) Nb
Salpingidae
Lissodema 4-punctatum (Marsh.) Nb
Melandryidae
Orchesia minor Walker Nb
Abdera biflexuosa Curtis Nb AW3
A. quadrifasciata (Curtis) Na AW1
Conopalpus testacea (Olivier) Nb AW3
Phloiotrya vaudourei Mulsant Nb AW2
Scraptidae
Scraptia testacea Allen RDB3 AW1
Mordellidae
Mordellistena neuwaldeggiana (Panz.) RDBK
Aderidae
Aderus populneus (Creuzer) Nb
A. oculatus (Paykull) Nb AW3
Cerambycidae
Gracilia minuta (F.) RDB2
Attelabidae
Rhynchites cavifrons Gyll. Nb
Curculionidae
Anthonomus ulmi (Degeer) Nb
Coeliodes ruber (Marsham) Nb
Magdalis cerasi (L.) Nb
elm
Ivy
oak
oak
oak
Elder, oak
oak, Field Maple
oak
oak
oak
oak-
oak
oak
Field Maple
oak
oak
Hawthorn
oak
elm
oak
References
ALEXANDER, K.N.A (1988) The development of an index of ecological continuity for deadwood
associated beetles. In: Welch, R.C. (ed.) Insect indicators of ancient woodland. Antenna 12.
FOWLES, A.R (1997) The saproxylic quality index: an evaluation of dead wood habitats base on rarity
scores. The Coleopterist 6: 61-66.
HARDING, P.T. & ROSE, F. (1986) Pasture Woodlands in Lowland Britain. ITE.
HYMAN, RS. (revised by Parsons, M.S.) (1992)^4 Review of the Scarce and Threatened Coleoptera of
Great Britain, Part 1. JNCC, Peterborough.
Essex Naturalist (New Series) 17 (2000)