Range expansion of an endangered beetle: Alpine Longhorn Rosalia alpina (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) spreads to the lowlands of Central Europe

0333286 - BC 2010 RIV FI eng J - Journal Article
Čížek, Lukáš - Schlaghamerský, J. - Bořucký, J. - Hauck, D. - Helešic, J.
Range expansion of an endangered beetle: Alpine Longhorn Rosalia alpina (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) spreads to the lowlands of Central Europe.
[Šíření ohroženého brouka: tesařík alpský osidluje nová stanoviště.]
Entomologica Fennica. Roč. 20, č. 3 (2009), s. 200-206. ISSN 0785-8760
R&D Projects: GA AV ČR KJB600960705; GA MŠMT LC06073
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z50070508
Keywords : Rosalia alpina
Subject RIV: EH - Ecology, Behaviour
Impact factor: 0.377, year: 2009

Rosalia alpina is an endangered and strictly protected icon of saproxylic biodiversity throughout its range. Despite its popularity, information on its habitats and host-plants is insufficient, which may compromise the adoption of suitable conservation strategies. R. alpina has been considered as montane and associated with beech in central Europe, whereas in southern Europe R. alpina has often been reported from lowlands and its host spectrum is broader. We present evidence of an elm-feeding population of R. alpina occurring in a lowland (beech-free) forest in the Czech Republic. This plus other information available suggest, that R. alpina spreads into central European lowland forests along large rivers, and that spectra of hosts and habitats exploited by R. alpina in Central Europe are wider than generally thought.

Dostupné informace naznačují, že R. alpina se šíří do střední Evropy lužních lesů podél velkých řek, a že spektra hostitelů a stanovišť využíváné R. alpinou ve střední Evropě jsou větší než se obvykle domníváme.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0178315