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Coleoptera in the Inner Hebrides

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 July 2012

R. Colin Welch
R. Colin Welch
Affiliation:
Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Monks Wood Experimental Station, Abbots Ripton, Huntingdon PE17 2LS
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Published studies on the Coleoptera of the Inner Hebrides from 1853–1981 are briefly reviewed and a full bibliography is provided. This is supplemented with data obtained from museum and private collections, unpublished manuscripts, etc., and the results of extensive surveys undertaken on eight of the islands during 1980 and 1981. Doubtful published records are discussed and records of 716 species are accepted. To these, 221 species have been added as new to the Inner Hebrides, together with numerous new island records. A comprehensive table lists the 937 species of Coleoptera and shows on which of the 15 largest, or best documented islands, they occur. Details of the limited known fauna for three of the remaining islands are also given. Our knowledge of the fauna of the Inner Hebrides remains very incomplete. Only 54% of the species recorded are known from the Outer Hebrides, whilst their faunal relationships with the Scottish mainland cannot be assessed until surveys of similar detail have been done on the west coast.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Section B: Biological Sciences , Volume 83: The Natural Environment of the Inner Hebrides , 1983 , pp. 505 - 529
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1983

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