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Gnaptor spinimanus (Pallas, 1781) | ||
| Familia | Tenebrionidae | |
| Ordo | Coleoptera | |
| Classis | Insecta | |
| Typus | Arthropoda | |
| Summary | A steppic species, in Central Europe found only rarely at scarce isolated localities where it is threatened with extinction due to small numbers and loss of suitable habitat. In Poland it was reported at the beginning of the 19th and 20th centuries from Silesia; most probably these were cases of accidental bringing (Burakowski, Mroczkowski, Stefańska 1987). Certain records are those from south-eastern Poland: from Roztocze (Tenenbaum 1918) and the environs of Hrubieszów (Bartkowska 1975). In recent years no records of its occurrence have been reported. It is a wingless species with small dispersion abilities. In view of its low numbers and successive loss of xerothermic biotopes one should be prepared for its extinction in Poland. The only effective method for its conservation is protection of its localities and maintenance of its habitat in unchanged state through appropriate conservation measures (Mazur, Kubisz 2000). Not protected by law. | |
| Literature | Bartkowska J. 1975. O występowaniu chrząszcza marchołta Gnaptor spinimanus (Pallas, 1781) w Polsce (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae). Przegl. zool. 19, 4: 463-464.  Burakowski B., Mroczkowski M., Stefańska J. 1987. Chrząszcze - Coleoptera. Cucujoidea, cz. 3. Katalog fauny Polski. PWN, Warszawa, 23, 14: 1-309. Horion A. 1956. Faunistik der mitteleuropäischen Käfer. Band 5: Heteromera. Ent. Arb. Mus. Frey München, Sonderband, 268 ss. Mazur M., Kubisz D. 2000. Ochrona owadów siedlisk kserotermicznych Polski. W: Ochrona owadów w Polsce u progu integracji z Unią Europejską. Wiad. entomol. 18, Supl. 2: 129-137. Tenenbaum S. 1918. Dodatek do spisu chrząszczy z Ordynacyi Zamojskiej. Pam. Fizyogr. 25: 1-35. | |
| Author | Daniel Kubisz | |
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