Some Coleoptera of conservation interest from north east Essex (VC19) during 2003
Tetratomidae
Tetratoma desmaresti Latreille Na Thorpe-le-Soken (TM1723) 21.xi, three under loose bark of
hedgerow Quercus robur (Bowdrey, in press). First post 1949 Essex record and new to V.C. 19,
according to Hammond (2000).
Cerambycidae
Phytoecia cylindrica (Linnaeus) Nb Old Hall Marshes (TL9612) 30.v, swept on sea wall (with
N.Cuming).
Chrysomelidae
Cassida nobilis Linnaeus St. Osyth, Colne Point (TM1012) 24.ix, several resting under
driftwood on upper shore.
Curculionidae
Cleonis pigra (Scopoli) Nb Little Oakley, Irlam's Beach (TM2327) 27.vii, several on bare sand ;
Walton-on-the-Naze (TM2624) 25.ix., under driftwood.
Pselactus spadix (Herbst) St.Osyth, Colne Point (TM1012) 24.9.03 several under driftwood.
Notaris scirpi (Fabricius) Nb Colchester, Cowdray Marsh (TM0025) 3.vi., by sweeping
marshland vegetation.
Sibinia arenariae Stephens Walton-on-the-Naze (TM2624) 25.ix,, swept from Spergularia by
lagoon.
Mecinus collaris Germar Walton-on-the-Naze (TM2624) 25.ix., in galls on Plantago maritima
inflorescences. First post 1969 Essex record, according to Hammond (2000).
Acknowledgements
I would like to thank Bob Seago (E.W.T., Colne Point), Dougal Urquhart (E.C.C, Gravel Wood),
Paul Charlton (RSPB, Old Hall) and Martin Wootton (Thorpe Hall) for permission to collect at
their respective sites.
References
BOWDREY, J.P. Coleopterist, in press.
HAMMOND, P.M (2000) The millennial status of nationally scarce and threatened species of Coleoptera:
further data and summary. Essex Naturalist (New Series) 17: 173-190.
HYMAN, P.S. (revised PARSONS, M.S.) (1994) A Review of the Scarce and Threatened Coleoptera of
Great Britain. Part 1. Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough.
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