Phryganophilus (Ph.) ruficollis, (Fabricius, 1798)

Tamutis, Vytautas, Ferenca, Romas & Pollock, Darren A., 2019, Faunistic review of Tetratomidae and Melandryidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) in Lithuania with an annotated checklist of the species, Zootaxa 4668 (2), pp. 183-206 : 192

- Ph. (Ph.) ruficollis (Fabricius, 1798)

New records. None.

Earlier records. This species was erroneously noted from Lithuania by Inokaitis (2009). The specimen collected in Kaunas d., 09 VI 2006 was subsequently identified as Phryganophilus auritus .

General distribution. This species is widely distributed in temperate and boreal forest zones of Palaearctic region ( Nikitsky & Pollock 2008).

Notes. This species is regarded as extremely rare in Europe ( Schmidl & Bussler 2004; Kubisz 2004; Kubisz et al. 2014) and is included in the list of European Council Directive on the Conservation of natural habitats and wild fauna and flora as a priority species ( Council of the European Union 2013). The larvae seem to be polyphagous, but in the southern part of this species’ distribution are most commonly found in Quercus and Fagus ( Palm 1959; Kaszab 1969; Burakowski et al. 1987; Nikitsky 2002; Fuchs & Bussler 2010). In the northern part of their range, larvae are usually found in Betula and Picea ( Lundberg 1993; Ehnström & Axelsson 2002; Pettersson et al. 2007; Gutowski & Sućko 2009). Alnus , Acer , and Ulmus are also recorded host trees ( Brustel & Gouix 2012). Larvae inhabit white-rotted wood that is infected by fungi Trametes versicolor , Diplomitoporus lindbladi , while adults have been found on fruiting bodies of bracket fungi Fomes fomentarius , Piptoporus betulinus , Phellinus igniarius ( Lundberg 1993; Gutowski & Sućko 2009).

Tribe Orchesiini Mulsant, 1856

Genus Orchesia Latreille, 1807

Subgenus Clinocara C. G.Thomson, 1859

O. (C.) fasciata (Illiger, 1798)

New records. Kaiš: Kruonis, 24 VII 2008, 29 VI 2009, shook from the branches of trees, leg. A. M., 1³, 2♀, AMC; K.R.: Braziūkų miškas, 13 III 2011, in bark shake of living tree of Larix decidua , leg. V. T., 1³, KZM ; Ign: Balčio gamtinis rezervatas, -- -- 2000, leg. B. Š., 1 ( BSC); Jurb : Liepgirių miškas, 31 III 2011, in bark shake of liv- ing tree of Pinus sylvestris , leg. V. T., 1♀, KZM ; Šak: Juškinė giria, 3 VI 2006, leg R. F., 1³, KZM ; Šilut: Mikytų miškas, 15 VI 2001, leg. R. F. 1♀, KZM ; Šven : Kriogžlio telmologinis draustinis, 11 VII 2005, leg. B. Š., 1, BSC; Skuivinės sala, Kretuono ežeras, 18 VII 2012, leg. B. Š., 1, BSC .

Earlier records. This species was found in Vilnius district ( Miländer et al. 1984), Klaipėda, Ignalina, Plungė, Neringa districts ( Šablevičius 2003).

General distribution. This species is widely distributed in the Palaearctic forest zone ( Nikitsky & Pollock 2008).

Notes. Orchesia fasciata is insufficiently known in Lithuania. This species is regarded as rare and an endangered species in Sweden and Germany (Ljundberg 2015; Schmidl & Bussler 2004), however in Poland it is one of the most frequently met representatives of the genus ( Kubisz et al. 2014). The larvae develop in rotten wood both of deciduous and coniferous trees, especially in that which is infected by fungi of Corticiales and Hydnaceae ( Nikitsky 2002) : Ceriporia sp., Merulius tremellosus , Phlebia radiata , Schizopora paradoxa , and Trichaptum fusco-violaceum ( Nikitsky et al. 1996; Krasutsky 2005). Specimens have also been collected occasionally in fruiting bodies of Hirschioporus and Hapalopilus ( Nikitsky 2002; Nikitsky & Schigel 2004).