The occurrence of an adventive silvan flat bark beetle Cryptamorpha desjardinsii (Coleoptera: Silvanidae) in a tropical house at the Prague ZOO
Výskyt adventivního lesáka Cryptamorpha desjardinsii (Coleoptera: Silvanidae) v tropickém pavilonu v pražské ZOO
English, Czech summary
Klapalekiana 57(1–2): 97-102, 2021
Jiří Hájek, Petr Kabátek & Jan Janošek
Publikované v tisku: 28. 5. 2021
Zobrazení: 120
Abstrakt: Cryptamorpha desjardinsii (Guérin-Méneville, 1844), a cosmopolitan silvanid
beetle, was found in a tropical house in the Prague ZOO. Larvae, pupae and
adults were collected from the axils of dying, mouldy leaves of areca palm trees
(Areca catechu) imported from Malaysia. All recorded stages are illustrated. The
length of the larval urogomphi is discussed: contrary to a statement by Thomas
(1988), the urogomphi of C. desjardinsii are long, distinctly longer than
abdominal segment X. The species is recorded for the first time from Bohemia.
Klíčová slova: New record, adventive species, Coleoptera, Silvanidae, Cryptamorpha, Czech Republic, Bohemia