267. Ochogona caroli (Rothenbühler, 1900)

Ceratosoma caroli Rothenbühler, 1900 .

Asandalum caroli auct.

Ceratosoma karoli auct.

Triakontazona caroli auct.

Distribution

AT, CH, CZ, DE, HU, IT-ITA, PL, SI, SK.

Habitat

Forests ( Abies, Fagus, Fraxinus, Larix Mill., Picea, Pinus, Quercus); Alnus viridus thickets, dwarfscrub heath, xeric pastures, screes, once in a cave; 860–2740 m a.s.l. in Switzerland.

Meyer (1979) studied the ecology of O. caroli at 2050 m a.s.l. in Tyrol, Austria and found that the lifecycle spans three years.

Remarks

Craspedosoma bohemicum Rosický, 1876, now Listrocheiritium b., is possibly a senior synonym of O. caroli, see, e.g., Tajovský (2001), but it is listed separately in this atlas.