Photographs of the steppe-like dry pastures at the “Muntatschinig” site where Opetiopalpus sabulosus Motschulsky, 1840 was first recorded. The sites are part of the LTSER area “Val Mazia/Matschertal” at the research site “Muntatschinig” A P2000_1: photograph 2A was taken on 4th May 2016. In the background the “Spitzige Lun/Piz Lun” peak can be seen B P2500_2: photograph 2B was taken on 19th June 2018. The rocky “Niederjoch/Giogo Basso” peak can be seen in the left upper corner.

 
 
  Part of: Steinwandter M, Kahlen M, Tappeiner U, Seeber J (2019) First records of Opetiopalpus sabulosus Motschulsky, 1840 (Coleoptera, Cleridae) for the European Alps. In: Mazzocchi MG, Capotondi L, Freppaz M, Lugliè A, Campanaro A (Eds) Italian Long-Term Ecological Research for understanding ecosystem diversity and functioning. Case studies from aquatic, terrestrial and transitional domains. Nature Conservation 34: 119-125. https://doi.org/10.3897/natureconservation.34.30030