27.Boreoiulus tenuis (Bigler, 1913)

Monacobates tenuis Bigler, 1913.

Monacobates marcomannius Verhoeff, 1915.

Distribution

BE, DE, DK-DEN, FI, FR-FRA, GB-GRB, GB-NI, IE, LT, NL, NO-NOR, PL, RU-RUW, SE. Northern Europe (N Atlantic, N Central and Baltic).

Habitat

In base-rich soils; woodland and arable land. Highly synanthropic and occurs in crops. May be a pest of sugar beet (Breny 1964; Breny & Biernaux 1966). Has also been found on banks of clay deep in caves. Reported from Reykjavik, Iceland (Ólafsson 2010), but the images shown are clearlyBlaniulus guttulatus.