Unfortunately, a species the size of Lithostygnus serripennis
is at the limit of our camera's limits, so the photographs illustrating
this minute beetle are not of the best quality. Measuring just
under 1.5mm in length, this is (not surprisingly) a rarely recorded
beetle in Nottinghamshire.
Believed to be of Australasian origin, it is now established in the UK
and there have been two recent records. It was found new to
Nottinghamshire and the Sherwood Forest area in 2022 by Adrian Dutton
and then turned up in a sample of Cedar needles and conifer debris at
Retford Cemetery in April 2023. |
