FAUNISTIC RECORDS OF CARABIDAE AND STAPHYLINIDAE (COLEOPTERA) CAUGHT BY PITFALL TRAPPING IN WESTERN FINNISH LAPLAND

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.