Diary of activities of GTLI during 2003

An abridged version of the Spanish diary is provided, with emphasis in the international activities or contacts.

Activities
(1) Publication of the article:

Grupo de Trabajo sobre Lucanidae Ibéricos (2003). Distribution ofPseudolucanus barbarossa (Fabricius 1801) (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) in the Iberian peninsula. Boletín de la S.E.A. 32: 257-266. (in Spanish)

Data received
(1) Luca Bartolozzi (Italy): redords of P. barbarossa (January 2003).
(2) Benoit Dodelin (France): information about the habitat of S. cylindricum (June 2003).
(3) Matthew Smith (UK): information about the habitat and natural history of S. cylindricum (June 2003).
(4) Dmitry Telnov (Latvia): information about the habitat and natural history of S. cylindricum (June 2003).
(5) Johannes Gepp (Austria): information about the status ofL. cervus in Austria (September 2003).
(6) Johannes Gepp (Austria): copies of the red data books of Austria and Alto Adige (Italy) (October 2003).
(7) Maria Fremlin (UK) sends a copy of the book "A modern review of the history of the Stag Beetle in Great Britain" (November 2003).

Data requested
(5) Nicklas Jansson (Sweden) requests information about the distribution of L. cervus in Europe. Information provided.

Contacts with other groups
(1) Contact with Deborah Harvey (UK) in order to carry out studies of capture-recapture of L. cervus in the Iberian peninsula and genetic studies (April 2003).
(2) Contact with Peter Sutton (UK) in order to write an article about the situation of L. cervus in Europe (September 2003).