Oulema erichsoni

The leaf beetle Oulema erichsoni, first described by German entomologist Christian Wilhelm Ludwig Eduard Suffrian in 1841, is a rare species in the UK where it has been recorded only in Somerset, including at Ham Wall reserve.[1][2] It is highly endangered due to habitat loss; one study performed in Tübingen, Germany, found this species exclusively in a sample of autumnally unmown lawn, but not in mown lawn samples.[3]

Oulema erichsoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Criocerinae
Tribe: Lemini
Genus: Oulema
Species:
O. erichsoni
Binomial name
Oulema erichsoni
(Suffrian, 1841)

References

  1. "Oulema erichsoni (Suffrian, 1841)". National Biodiversity Network. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  2. Hughes, Steve (2018). "Great bird reserves: Ham Wall". British Birds. 111 (4): 181–240.
  3. Unger, Manuela (March 2017). "Auswirkung der Herbstmahd urbaner Grünflächen Tübingens auf die Überwinterung der Käferzönose (Coleoptera)". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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