Paederus littoralis Gravenhorst, Quedius longicornis Kraatz (Staphylinidae) andLytta vesicatoria (Linnaeus) (Meloidae) to be deleted from the Irish list, and the validity of R.E. Dillon Coleoptera records

摘要

There is a single record of Paederus littoralis Gravenhorst (Staphylinidae) fromIreland, from "the bank of a stream at Mote Park", Co. Roscommon, June 1897(Halbert, 1898). Halbert did not mention who collected this species, but in hisintroduction stated that: "For many of the rarer species we have to thank the Hon.R.E. Dillon, who had been collecting in the neighbourhood for some days previousto our visit." Two specimens of this species (determined by JAG using externalcharacters in the key of Lohse (1964) and with English reference material) are heldin the National Museum of Ireland (NMI). Both specimens bear the labels: "Co.Roscommon. R.E. Dillon" (printed) and "Mt. Talbot" (hand-written apparently byHalbert, who was a Museum entomologist). One specimen has "Suck. Roscommon"written (also apparently in Halbert's hand) on the underside of the specimen card.The specimen labels and published record have, therefore, contradictory locations:Mount Talbot is on the River Suck, whereas Mote Park is on the Hind River. Bothspecimens have the same accession label (95.97), but to add to the confusion, theaccession book entry for 95.97 reads "Mote Park, Roscommon; collected by J.N.Halbert", and directly below this entry on the same day, is 96.97 which reads "givenby Hon. R.E. Dillon, Clonbrock" and "Clonbrock + Co. Roscommon".