Search of the Tectusa cf. montana (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) at Lugauer 2019

In the train of end-mites research in the Gesäuse National Park, soil trap material from previous projects was reprocessed. The evaluation yielded 2 female specimens of a Tectusa, probably belonging to the species T. montana. This localdemic species has so far only been detected by the Hochreichhart (Seckau Tauern). The other known endemic Tectusa species from Austria (T. carnica, T. strupiana, T. holdhausi) also have very small areas. This and other factors gave rise to the suspicion that the specimens of the Lugauer could even be an independent, previously undescribed species or subspecies. In order to clarify this situation, a targeted search was carried out in 2019, but was not yet able to deliver results due to the short duration of the investigation.在格绍伊国家公园（Gesäuse National Park）的螨类系列研究框架内，本研究对既往项目留存的土壤诱捕样本进行了重新处理。经鉴定获得2头雌性泰苔螨属（Tectusa）标本，推测隶属于山地泰苔螨（T. montana）。该地方特有种此前仅在霍赫赖夏特山（塞考陶恩，Seckau Tauern）被记录到。奥地利境内已知的其他泰苔螨属特有种（如T. carnica、T. strupiana、T. holdhausi）同样仅分布于极小的地理范围内。结合上述情况及其他相关因素，研究人员推测这批采自卢高厄尔（Lugauer）的标本或许属于一个此前未被描述的独立物种或亚种。为厘清该分类学疑问，研究团队于2019年开展了针对性野外调查，但因调查周期过短暂未获得有效结果。