Accepted 10.08.2021
ELATERIDARIUM Volume 15 (2021) pages 144-149 (31.08.2021)
Otho sphondyloides (Germar, 1818) (Coleoptera, Eucnemidae),
a new species for the fauna of the Czech Republic
Bednařík Michal
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Otho sphondyloides (Germar, 1818) belongs to the subfamily Melasinae, tribe
Calyptocerini (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae). It is a widespread but seldom encoutered false
click beetle with the range reaching from northern Germany and Carinthia in Austria to
Korea and Japan. Although O. sphondyloides has already been reported from several
isolated localities in Central Europe, no record has been available from the Czech
Republic. Here, I report the occurrence in Southern Moravia, in the lowland deciduous
primary forests close to the junction of the Morava and Dyje rivers (Soutok area, South
Moravia Biosphere Region). The new record indicates that the species might persist in
further undisturbed localities in the region. Biology notes and the records of other
xylophagous beetles occurring in the same locality are provided.
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