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Opilo pallidus (Olivier, 1795) | ||
| Familia | Cleridae | |
| Ordo | Coleoptera | |
| Classis | Insecta | |
| Typus | Arthropoda | |
| Summary | It is a very rare predatory forest species, associated with top branches of old and dying deciduous trees, mostly oaks, attacked by cambioxylophages. Not protected by law in Poland. During the last years its occurrence has only been confirmed in the Pomerania Lake District, Wielkopolska, Mazowsze Lowland, Trzebnica Hills and Upper Silesia. A decrease in its population and in the number of its localities is connected with habitat loss. The only method for Opilo pallidus conservation in Poland is to maintain the age and species diversity of trees in forests and urban parks and stop the removal of dead trees, inhabited by these insects. | |
| Literature | Bałazy S., Michalski J. 1977. Badania nad fauną ksylofagów Wielkopolskiego Parku Narodowego, II. Bad. Fizjogr. Pol. Zach. C, 30: 99-107.  Burakowski B., Mroczkowski M., Stefańska J. 1986a. Chrząszcze - Coleoptera. Dermestoidea, Bostrichoidea, Cleroidea i Lymexyloidea. Katalog fauny Polski. PWN, Warszawa, 23, 11: 1-243. Grzywocz J., Szołtys H. 1996. Materiały do poznania koleopterofauny Górnego Śląska (Coleoptera). Acta entomol. siles. 4, 1-2: 14-18. Koch K. 1989. Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Ökologie. Band 1/2. Goecke & Evers, Krefeld, 440 ss/382 ss. Ługowoj J. 1994. Przypadki drapieżnictwa gatunków z rodzaju Opilo Latr. (Coleoptera: Cleridae) na larwach Cerambycidae (Coleoptera). Wiad. entomol. 13, 2: 115-116. Mazur S. 1975. Przekraski - Cleridae. Klucze do oznaczania owadów Polski, 19, 53: 1-20. | |
| Author | Szymon Konwerski | |
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