Acta Carp. Occ. 8: 60-66, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.62317/aco.2017.009

Contribution to the faunistics of Agnathus decoratus (Germar, 1818) (Coleoptera: Pyrochroidae: Agnathinae) in the Czech Republic and Greece

Ondřej Konvička
Kúty 1959, CZ-760 01 Zlín, Czech Republic & Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre AS CR, Branišovská 31, CZ-370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic

New faunistic records of Agnathus decoratus (Germar, 1818) from the Moravia Region (Czech Republic) and Greece are presented. The latter finding constitutes the first country record of A. decoratus in Greece. In the Czech Republic the species was found in three localities on the Bečva River, and these represent the first findings from the Bečva River Basin. Another two records came from the Morava River Basin. This species is critically endangered in the Czech Republic. It is particularly threatened on the Bečva River due to a project of the Skalička Dam, which is planned to be build near the Skalička village. Night activity of A. decoratus was observed in several localities; adults were actively moving on the trunks of dead poplars, alders and ashes, which were partially submerged in water. One pupa was found in the thick bark of a trunk of a dead poplar tree partially submerged in water.

Keywords: Agnathus decoratus, Bečva River, bionomy, Coleoptera, conservation, Czech Republic, ethology, faunistics, Greece, Moravia, Morava River, Thiamis River

Received: September 11, 2017; Accepted: December 20, 2017; Published: June 15, 2017  Show citation

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Konvička, O. (2017). Contribution to the faunistics of Agnathus decoratus (Germar, 1818) (Coleoptera: Pyrochroidae: Agnathinae) in the Czech Republic and Greece. Acta Carpathica Occidentalis, 8(1), 60-66. doi: 10.62317/aco.2017.009
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