Brachychaeteuma bradeae (Brölemann, H.K. Brade-Birks & S.G. Brade-Birks, 1917)

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103. Brachychaeteuma bradeae (Brölemann, H.K. Brade-Birks & S.G. Brade-Birks, 1917)

Iacksoneuma bradeae Brölemann, H.K. Brade-Birks & S.G. Brade-Birks, 1917 .

Brachychaeteuma quartum Brade-Birks, 1918 .

Brachychaeteuma bluncki Verhoeff, 1925 .

Brachychaeteuma verhoeffi Schubart, 1930 .

Brachychaeteuma herrioti Demange, 1962 . Syn. nov., J.-P. Mauriès, see Remarks.

Distribution

AT, CH, CZ, DE, DK-DEN, FR-FRA, GB-GRB, NL, NO-NOR, RO, SE, SK.

Habitat

Woodlands, also on cultivated sites (synanthropic), up to 600 m a.s.l. in Switzerland. In caves in France.

Remarks

See Proudlove (2011) for a discussion of the authorship of this species and the generic name Iacksoneuma .

The distinction between this species and B. bagnalli is not always entirely clear ( Blower 1986). Blower (1986) also pointed out the great similarity of B. herrioti Demange, 1962 with B. bradeae ( ssp. hussoni Schubart & Husson, 1936 ), and J.-P. Mauriès (unpublished) has confirmed the identity of the type specimens of B. herrioti with B. bradeae (J.-J. Geoffroy in litt.).