Beetles from Sălaj county, Romania (Coleoptera, excluding Carabidae)


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Article Title: Beetles from Sălaj county, Romania (Coleoptera, excluding Carabidae)
Authors: Ottó Merkl, Tamás Németh, Attila Podlussány
Affiliation: Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum
Abstract: During a faunistical exploration of Sǎlaj county carried out in 2014 and 2015, 840 beetle species were recorded, including two species of Community interest (Natura 2000 species): Cucujus cinnaberinus (Scopoli, 1763) and Lucanus cervus Linnaeus, 1758. Notes on the distribution of Augyles marmota (Kiesenwetter, 1850) (Heteroceridae), Trichodes punctatus Fischer von Waldheim, 1829 (Cleridae), Laena reitteri Weise, 1877 (Tenebrionidae), Brachysomus ornatus Stierlin, 1892, Lixus cylindrus (Fabricius, 1781) (Curculionidae), Mylacomorphus globus (Seidlitz, 1868) (Curculionidae) are given.
Keywords: Coleoptera, beetles, Sǎlaj, Romania, Transsylvania, faunistics
*Correspondence: Ottó Merkl, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Department of Zoology, H-1088 Budapest, Baross u. 13, Hungary, email: merkl@nhmus.hu