Ptinella microscopica (Gillmeister, 1845)

Komosiński, Karol & Marczak, Dawid, 2018, Four Species of Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) New to Poland, The Coleopterists Bulletin 72 (1), pp. 151-156 : 155

Ptinella microscopica (Gillmeister, 1845)

Ptinella microscopica inhabits western, central, and northern Europe ( Austria, Russia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, and Switzerland) and eastern Asia: the Far East and Japan ( Sörensson 2015). It is considered a rare species and is included on the German Red List ( Binot et al. 1998; Bussler and Hofmann 2003).

According to Koch (1989), it is most frequently found in forests and parks where it is collected from decaying wood and from under tree bark.

Material Examined. Mazovian Lowland (central Poland): Kampinos National Park , Strict Protected Area Zaborów, forest spatial unit 269 (N 52°18 ʹ 32 ʹʹ, E 20°43 ʹ 21 ʹʹ), 1–31 VII 2015 – 1 ex., collected by barrier trap hanging on an oak, 1–31 VII 2015 – 2 exx., collected by window trap, habitat Tilio-Carpinetum with oak trees over 160 years old, leg. D. Marczak, coll. K. Komosiński.