174 Millenial Status in Essex of Nationally Scarce and Threatened Species of Coleoptera
Listed in column 1 are the Red Data Book categories: RDBl = Endangered; RDB2 = Vulnerable;
RDB3 - Rare; RDBl = Indeterminate; RDBK = Insufficiently Known; E - Extinct (Red Data
Book Appendix). For explanation of these categories see Hyman & Parsons (1994).
In columns 2 and 3 prc-1970 records arc indicated by + and post-1969 records by *, The figures
in columns 4 to 7 indicate the number of 10-km squares for which there are Essex records.
Carabidae
Harpalus parallelus Dejean
Staphylinidae
Manda mandibularis (Gyllenhal)
Planeustomus palpalis (Erichson)
Anotylus fairmairei (Pandelle)
Stenus morio Gravenhorst
Velleius dilatatus (Fabricius)
Ilyobates nigricollis (Paykull)
Amarochara forticornis (Boisd. & Lac.)
Aleochara verna Say
Scarabaeidae
Aphodius lividus (Olivier)
Buprestidae
Trachys minuta (Linnaeus)
Endomychidae
Lycoperdina bovistae (Fabricius)
Latridiidae
Melanophthalma curticollis
(Mannerheim)
Mordellidae
Mordella aculeata Linnaeus
Mordellistena parvula (Gyllenhal)
Curculionidae
Dorytomus majalis (Paykull)
Also, since preparing the previous account (Hammond, l.c.) first post-1969 Essex records have
become available for several of the species already listed. These are:-
Amara strenua, Anisodactylus paeciloides, Aphodius consputus, Melanotus
punctolineatus, Malachius aeneus and Scraptia testacea.
Finally, there are additional post-1969 records of several of the high status species to report. These
include additional post-1969 10-km square records for the following:-
Scydmaenus rufus, Orthoperus brunnipes, Clitostethus arcuatus, Olibrus
flavicornis, Cicones undatus, Mordellistena brevicauda, Mordellistena
humeralis and Mordellistena neuwaldeggiana.
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