J. Siitonen, FAUNISTIC RECORDS OF CARABIDAE AND STAPHYLINIDAE (COLEOPTERA) CAUGHT BY PITFALL TRAPPING IN WESTERN FINNISH LAPLAND, Entomologica Fennica, 4(4), 1993, pp. 225-231
New faunistic records are given based on a total collection of 41 601
Coleoptera, of which 6 364 are Carabidae and 30 414 Staphylinidae. The
y were collected mostly by pitfall trapping in different forest and mi
re habitats in western Finnish Lapland. A total of 52 carabid and 186
staphylinid species are reported. Of these, 6 (11 %) and 49 (26 %) spe
cies, respectively, were new for the province Lapponia kemensis occide
ntalis (LkW). Microdota wireni Brundin is reported as new for Finland.
Notes on the occurrence and biology of the following species are give
n: Platynus (Agonum) mannerheimii, Harpalus nigritarsis, Philonthus le
deri, Lesteva monticola, Oxypoda operta, Mocyta (Atheta) amblystegii,
Lomechusa pubicollis and Myllaena hyperborea.