Los Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) sarcosaprófilos del Parque Natural de Sant Llorenç del Munt i l’Obac, Barcelona, España

Abstract

Data regarding the community of sarcosaprophilous Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) associated with pig carcass in Sant Llorenç del Munt i L’Obac Natural Park Barcelona, northwest of the Iberian Peninsula are presented. For the study, 4 traps were used, baited with pig remains placed in water, located in 4 different habitats, hanging 1.5 m from the ground. 68 samples were taken from february to december 2018. 843 individuals belonging to 17 species, belonging to 5 subfamilies (10 Aleocharinae, 3 Staphylininae, 2 Omaliinae, 1 Proteininae, and 1 Tachyporinae) were captured, presenting their greatest abundance in the months of summer (june, july, august). Three species were found to be the most abundant and most frequent, Aleochara (Aleochara) curtula (Goeze, 1777), Aleochara (Aleochara) lata Gravenhorst, 1802 and Aleochara (Xenochara) haematoptera Kraatz, 1858. For each species, the material studied, ecological data, abundance, frequency and its world and Iberian chorology are presented. Among the 17 species found, 6 are new records for the autonomous community of Catalonia: (Aleochara (Heterochara) clavicornis L. Redtenbacher, 1849, A. (Xenochara) sparsa Heer, 1839, Haploglossa villosula (Stephens, 1832), Proteinus atomarius Erichson, 1840, Philonthus (Philonthus) virgo (Gravenhorst, 1802) and Mycetoporus longulus Mannerheim, 1830. Philonthus (Philonthus) succicola Thomson, 1860, already from the community, represent a new record for Barcelona.