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Agonum fuliginosum (Panzer, 1809).
A New Record from the Faroe Islands
Agonum fuliginosum (Panzer, 1809). Nýggj skráseting úr
Føroyum
William Simonsen
Faroese Museum of Natural History, Department of zoology, Fútalág 40, FO-IOO Tórshavn, Faroe Islands.
E-mail: williams@ngs.fo
Úrtak
Svartaklukkan Agonum fuliginosum varð funnin í juli
2007 oman fyri Funningsbygd. Hetta er fyrstu ferð
hendan klukkan er funnin í Føroyum. Klukkan varð
funnin í vátum bøi, og er Agonum fuliginosum at finna
í vátligum lendi í sínum útbreiðsluøki. Tað, at hendan
klukkan nú er funnin í Føroyum, ger útbreiðsluøki
hennara størri. Eisini vísir henda nýggja skrásetingin,
hvønn týdning tað hevur at gera kanningar og skráset-
ingar av djóralívi í Føroyum. Við slíkum skrásetingum
ber betur til at leggja til rættis, hvussu vit kunnu varð-
veita lívfrøðiliga margfeldið.
Abstract
A new record in the Faroe Islands, Agonumfuliginosum
(Panzer, 1808)(Coleoptera, Carabidae), was discovered
in July 2007 on the island of Eysturoy. It was found
above the village Funningur which is situated on the
north-western part of the island. Agonum fuliginosum
was found on small wet meadow like riverbank's; in its
area of distribution A. fuliginosum is associated with
rather wet areas. Because of this new discovery, the
known distribution of Agonum fuliginosum is
expanded. The discovery shows the necessity of
comprehensive surveys, to be able to plan protection
of biodiversity.
Introduction
The dispersal of animals to the Faroe Islands
is supposed to have commenced 9500 years
ago when the latest ice age ended. Dispersal
might be by air, drift with the sea or by man;
if by man the dispersal started around year
AD 700. Regardingcarabids, 43 % of the cara-
bid fauna in the Faroe Islands is described as
antropochorous (Enckell et al„ 1987); these
species depend on activities from mankind
to be able to establise themselves. The re-
maining 57 % are able to establish without
infiuence by man and have a more even dis-
tribution in the islands than the antro-
pochorous species (Enckell et al. 1987). Cara-
bids are one of the best described groups of
insects in the Faroe Island, studies done in
the 1920's were described by West (1930)
and in 1978/79 by Bengtson (1981). Totally
26 species of carabidae were recorded in the
Faroe Islands. During a recent environmen-
tal impact assessment (Fosaa et al. 2008), the
carabidae species, Agonum fuliginosum
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