Contributions to the knowledge of beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) in the Kaliningrad region. 2
Journal Title: Baltic Journal of Coleopterology - Year 2011, Vol 11, Issue 2
Abstract
The article presents faunal data on 70 species of 23 beetle families of the Kaliningrad region, western Russia. Twenty three species, Cercyon laminatus Sharp, 1873, Cercyon castaneipennis Vorst, 2009 (Hydrophilidae), Anthaxia godeti Gory, 1841 (Buprestidae), Colydium elongatum (Fabricius, 1787) (Zopheridae), Oedemera croceicollis Gyllenhal, 1827 (Oedemeridae), Leiopus linnei Wallin, Nylander et Kvamme, 2009 (Cerambycidae), Cryptocephalus bilineatus (Linnaeus, 1767), Aphthona czwalinai Weise, 1888, Longitarsus lewisii (Baly, 1874), Altica engstroemi (Sahlberg, 1894), A. brevicollis Foudras, 1860, A. chamaenerii (H. Lindberg, 1926), A. impressicollis (Reiche, 1862), A. carinthiaca Weise, 1888, Chaetocnema tibialis (Illiger, 1807), Ch. subcoerulea (Kutschera, 1864), Cassida margaritacea Schaller, 1783, Bruchidius marginalis (Fabricius, 1777) (Chrysomelidae), Nelasiorhynchites olivaceus (Gyllenhal, 1833) (Rhynchitidae), Exapion fuscirostre (Fabricius, 1775) (Apionidae), Sitophilus oryzae (Linnaeus, 1763) (Dryophthoridae), Bradybatus kellneri Bach, 1854 and Scolytus mali (Bechstein et Scharfenberg, 1805) (Curculionidae), are reported for the first time from the studied area. The records published in the current article will complete the information about the distribution and bionomy of Coleoptera in the Kaliningrad and in the whole South-Eastern Baltic region.
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Vitaly I. Alekseev, Bukejs Bukejs
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