Faunistic records of Carabidae and Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) caught by pitfall trapping in western Finnish Lapland

Authors

• Juha Siitonen

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33338/ef.83774

Abstract

New faunistic records are given based on a total collection of 41 601 Coleoptera, of which 6 364 are Carabidae and 30 414 Staphylinidae. They were collected mostly by pitfall trapping in different forest and mire habitats in western Finnish Lapland. A total of 52 carabid and 186 staphy linid species are reported. Of these, 6 (11 %) and 49 (26 %) species, respectively, were new for the province Lapponia kemensis occidentalis (LkW). Microdota wireni Brundin is reported as new for Finland. Notes on the occurrence and biology of the following species are given: Platynus (Agonum) mannerheimii, Harpalus nigritarsis, Philonthus lederi, Lesteva monticola, Oxypoda operta, Mocyta (A theta) amblystegii, Lomechusa pubicollis and Myllaena hyperborea.