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Cornish Red Data (2009)

The descriptive text, below the map, is from the Cornish Red Data Book (2009). The map on this web page depicts the organisms distribution and shows the records made pre-2000 and those made since.

Mycetophagus quadriguttatus - A hairy fungus beetle



Range & Status

Formerly widely distributed in England but has become increasingly scarce in recent years and only reported from the south.

Regional Distribution

Two old records from Cornwall: the valley of Lynher (Clark, 1906) and a flour mill at St. Anthony in 1938 (R.T. Bannister). Discovered in large numbers on powdery

fungus inside an old hollow Beech Fagus sylvatica stump in Boconnoc Deer Park in 1989 (Alexander, 1991b).

Habitat & Ecology

A species of old pasture-woodlands, breeding in wood-decaying fungi; also occurring in granaries, food-stores etc. on decaying stored products.

Threats

Loss of the older age classes of trees, and removal of their associated deadwood.

Conservation

Boconnoc Park has a sympathetic owner and is a SSSI.

Source:

I.J. Bennallick, S. Board, C.N. French, P.A. Gainey, C. Neil, R. Parslow, A. Spalding and P.E. Tompsett. eds. 2009. Red Data Book for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. 2nd Edition.Croceago Press.

The Cornish Red Data Book Project was led by the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Federation for Biological Recorders (CISFBR). The full text and species accounts (minus the maps) are available on the CISFBR website.



Cornish Biodiversity Network. 2017.