Faunistic review of Polish Micropeplinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)

Abstract

Faunistic review of Polish Micropeplinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) The distributions of the Micropeplinae (Staphylinidae) within the present-day territory of Poland are summarized on the basis of surveys of the literature and collections. An updated and annotated checklist of Polish micropeplines is given, comprising two genera and seven species. Micropeplus staphylinoides (Marsham) has been removed from the list; the occurrence of M. caelatus Erichson and M. longipennis Kraatz, reported by previous authors, needs to be confirmed with new findings. Micropeplus latus Hampe is reported for the first time from Poland, based on a specimen collected in the Małopolska Upland, close to the Świętokrzyskie Mts. An updated identification key for Polish Micropeplus spp. is presented and habitus photographs of M. latus are provided.

Riverine fen restoration provides secondary habitat for endangered and stenotopic rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)

“…For instance, the very rare and endangered species Micropeplus caelatus Erichson, 1839 was found on rewetted stands. Currently, this species is known from five localities in northern and eastern Germany only (Bleich et al ., ), being probably extinct in Poland and Sweden (Ehnström, ; Jałoszyński et al ., ). This positive development suggests that staphylinids are either efficient colonisers and/or still harbour vital populations in habitat patches close to our study sites (Assing & Schülke, ; Magura et al ., ; Parker, ).…”

DNA barcoding and regional diversity of understudied Micropeplinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in Southwest China: phylogenetic implications <br />and a new Micropeplus from Mount Emei

“…5) found on hyperdiverse Mount Emei (see below). These numbers appear comparable, although somewhat richer, to numbers from other regions such as Poland (7 spp., Jałoszyński et al 2011), Turkey (5 spp., Smetana 2004, Russian Far East (4 spp., Smetana 2004), Japan (8 spp. + 1 ssp., Smetana 2004), Taiwan (7 spp., Smetana 2004) and Canada (11 spp., Bousquet et al 2013).…”

“…The latter genus is recognized following Herman's (2001) catalogue, i.e. without Peplomicrus Bernhauer, but including the tesserula species-group (Campbell 1968), which is sometimes considered a separate genus Arrhenopeplus Koch (Smetana 2004, Jałoszyński et al 2011.…”