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Lomechusoides strumosus Fabricius 1793

  • 1. 56 Falstaff Avenue, Earley, Reading, Berkshire, RG 6 5 TG, United Kingdom
  • 2. Sofia University " Sv. Kliment Ohridski ", Department of Zoology and Anthropology, 8 Dragan Tzankov blv., 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria

Description

Lomechusoides strumosus Fabricius, 1793

Stara Planina Mt., Etropole district, near Boikovets village, Maniakov Kamik Peak, N42.823722 E23.857222, 1320 m alt., 10 October 2014, 1 male specimen from a nest of Formica sp., leg. T. Harrison.

The nest was located in a clearing in beech woodland in a montane area where the ants had formed a subterranean nest in a clay mound protected by a large stone. Ants were regrettably not collected but were characteristic of the genus Formica.

Notes

Published as part of Harrison, Tom & Lapeva-Gjonova, Albena, 2014, Two Lomechusini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) species new to Bulgaria, pp. 1-2 in ZooNotes 2014 (66) on pages 1-2, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12657227

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
T
Event date
2014-10-10
Verbatim event date
2014-10-10
Scientific name authorship
Fabricius
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Staphylinidae
Genus
Lomechusoides
Species
strumosus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Lomechusoides strumosus Fabricius, 1793 sec. Harrison & Lapeva-Gjonova, 2014