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Rhysodes sulcatus (Fabricius, 1787) | ||
| Familia | Rhysodidae | |
| Ordo | Coleoptera | |
| Classis | Insecta | |
| Typus | Arthropoda | |
| Summary | It is a very rare and vanishing beetle, associated with natural and primeval forests, mostly deciduous and mixed forests. In Poland its has recently been found at a few places: the Białowieża Forest, Babia Góra National Park, Roztocze NP, ¦więtokrzyski NP, the surroundings of Hrubieszów and the Beskid Niski Mountains. Larvae belong to xylophages and saprophages. The shrinkage of old, structurally differentiated forest and their fragmentation is believed a cause of the decline of this species in the past century. The only effective method of conservation of this species in Poland is protecting its main habitat, particularly in forest reserves and national parks. | |
| Literature | Buckland P.C., Dinnin M.H. 1993. Holocen woodlands, the insect evidence. In: K.J. Kirby et al. (eds.). Dead wood matters: the ecology and conservation of saproxylic invertebrates in Britain. English Nature Sci. (Peterborough) 7: 6-20.  Burakowski B. 1976. Chrz±szcze Coleoptera. Zagłębkowate Rhysodidae. Klucze do oznaczania owadów Polski 19, 4: 1-11. Burakowski B., Mroczkowski M., Stefańska J. 1976. Chrz±szcze - Coleoptera. Adephaga prócz Carabidae, Myxophaga, Polyphaga: Hydrophiloidea. Katalog fauny Polski. PWN, Warszawa, 23, 4: 1-309. Konwerski Sz., Sienkiewicz P. 2002. Przyczynek do poznania chrz±szczy Beskidu Niskiego. Nowy Pam. Fizjogr. 1(1): 85-88. Kryzhanovskiy O.L. 1983. Zhuki podotriada Adephaga: semeistva Rhysodidae, Trachypachidae; semeistvo Carabidae (vvodnaia chast i obzor fauny SSSR). Fauna SSSR, Zhestkokrylyie, t. 1, vyp. 2. Nauka, Leningrad, 341 pp. | |
| Author | Paweł Sienkiewicz | |
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