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Pteroxanium kelloggi (Ribaga, 1905)

Uncommon in Britain and Ireland.


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Region Main date range Extreme dates
North Unknown 24 July - 13 January
South Unknown 9 July - 12 October, 6 February


Summary: mainly found in leaf litter, coniferous/evergreen branches and on trunks.

Associations:

  • Tree trunks: ash, oak and pine.
  • Deciduous branches: oak.
  • Conifer/evergreen branches: box, cedar, cypress family, gorse, holly, ivy, larch, pine, Rhododendron and yew.
  • Other microhabitats: decayed fence-post, foxglove seed-head, in leaf litter, under logs, under stones and under tufts of fine grass etc. close to high water mark.

Sampling techniques: beating branches, brushing tree trunks, hand searching and litter sieving.




 

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