Some Coleoptera of conservation interest from north east Essex (VC19) during 2003
J.P.BOWDREY
Colchester Museums, 14 Ryegate Road, Colchester, Essex COl 1YG
Records of scarce beetles from the north-east of the county made during 2003 are presented. The
national conservation status according to Hyman & Parsons (1994) and, where appropriate, the
county status according to Hammond (2000) is given for each species. All records are by the
author.
Carabidae
Notiophilus quadripunctatus Dejean Nb Weeley, nr Gutteridge Wood (TM 1420) 24.v., running
on bare ground.
Bembidion (Actedium) pallidipenne (Illiger) Nb Walton-on-the-Naze (TM2624) 28.vi. numerous
on bare,sandy mud by lagoons. First post 1949 Essex record according to Hammond (2000).
Platyderus ruficollis (Marsham) Nb Thorpe-le-Soken, Thorpe Hall, garden (TM1821) 5.vii.,
under log.
Dytiscidae
Agabus conspersus (Marsham) Nb Colchester, Hythe Lagoons (TM0223) 19.v, netted under
floating wood.
Hydrophilidae
Helochares lividus (Forster) Nb Thorpe-le-Soken gravel pits (TM1821)18.iv, netted in flooded
pit.
Buprestidae
Agrilus laticornis Nb Thorpe Hall (TM 1821) 5.vii., on foliage beneath Quercus robur; Gravel
Wood Tendring (TM1625) 26.vii, on dead Quercus robur bough.
Cantharidae
Malthinus balteatus Suffrian Nb Thorpe-le-Soken (TM 1722) 19.vii, under Quercus robur in
garden.
Melyridae
Dolichosoma lineare (Rossi) Nb Walton-on-the-Naze (TM2624) 28.vi, swept amongst Elymus
pyenathus.
Nitidulidae
Cryptarcha strigata (Fabricius) Thorpe Hall (TM1821) 5.vii, in sap on veteran Quercus robur
Tenebrionidae
Cylindronotus pallidus (Curtis) TM2624 Nb Walton-on-the-Naze (TM2624) 12.xii, several
freshly drowned in discarded plastic containers on the strandlinc.
Prionychus ater (Fabricius) Nb Thoec Hall (TM1821) 8.vii, freshly dead in spider web on
veteran Quercus robur.
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