Quanzhou Evening News Office·Quanzhou Communication ClientJuly 29th (Quanzhou Evening News reporter Yan Yating text/picture) ” The giant stag beetle was discovered for the first time in Fujian Province!” Recently, the Management Office of Niumulin Provincial Nature Reserve, Yongchun County, Quanzhou City, and the investigation team of Fujian Forestry Survey and Design Institute (Agriculture and Forestry Information Technology Institute) carried out a national project in the protected area. In the investigation of key protected wildlife resources, two rare coleopteran insects were newly discovered. After consulting relevant information and consulting relevant experts, the giant stag beetle was discovered for the first time in the province.
Yongchun Niumulin Provincial Nature Reserve Jucha Deep Mountain Spade A, Yangcai arm beetle habitat.
According to the relevant person from Quanzhou Forestry Bureau, the giant stag beetle is one of the largest stag beetles in China. About 49~90mm, the appearance is peculiar, and the whole body is mostly tan or dark brown. Different from the general stag beetle, the elytra of the giant stag beetle is narrow, the chest is cylindrical, the head shield is developed and has the iconic “deep mountain ear” bulge, and the mouthparts also have aggressive “ears”. “Fork”, “it is most prominent in its elongated and curved, toothed upper jaw, which adds a lot of majesty to its shape”. It is reported that the giant fork deep mountain stag beetle discovered this time is 65mm long and is a female.
Giant fork deep mountain stag beetle (national second-class protected animal)< /p>
Another rare Coleopteran insect discovered this time, the Sun-colored beetle, was declared extinct in 1982 , it was only in recent years that the insect figure was found in various places. “As can be seen from the name, the Yangcai arm beetle has a beautiful appearance. ‘Yangcai’ is the color of its carapace, with a metallic green light in the dark brown. , mostly living in the virgin forests of mountainous and hilly areas.” According to the staff of the Niumulin Nature Reserve, before this, no living body of the giant fork deep mountain stag beetle and the golden-armed beetle had been found in the reserve.
Sunny-armed beetle (national second-class protected animal)
“The environmental dominant plants of the giant stag beetle and the golden-armed beetle found in the reserve are castanopsis, and the associated tree species are the wood lotus , mushroom trees, red beans with soft pods, ginseng, etc.” According to the experts who participated in the survey, the giant stag beetle and the golden-armed beetle are mostly distributed in Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Sichuan, Zhejiang, Guangxi and other places in China. These two types of national second-class protected animals were found in Yongchun Niumulin Nature Reserve for the second time, thanks to the good ecological environment of the reserve, especially the large area of evergreen broad-leaved forest in the reserve can maintain the forest ecosystem in the region. It is stable and provides a good living environment for the breeding and habitat of rare species.
In recent years, with the continuous improvement of the ecological environment and the increasing awareness of citizens in protecting biodiversity, Quanzhou has The number of rare and endangered wild animals and plants in the territory has generally increased steadily, and biodiversity conservation has achieved remarkable results. According to statistics, in the past 20 years, the city has added 52 new survey records on the basis of the original wildlife survey. Among them, in the survey in 2021, national protection such as white cranes, colorful ibis (huán) and oriental white storks (guàn) were discovered for the first time. animal.
[Source: Quanzhou Evening News]
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