Addenda to the knowledge of beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) of Kaliningrad Region (western Russia): new faunistic records.

Current issue: Volume 21, No. 1 (2021)

ADDENDA TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF BEETLES (INSECTA: СOLEOPTERA) OF KALININGRAD REGION (WESTERN RUSSIA): NEW FAUNISTIC RECORDS

Vitalii I. Alekseev, Anna M. Drotikova, Viktoria I. Rozhina, Andris Bukejs

Alekseev V.I., Drotikova A.M., Rozhina V.I., Bukejs A. 2021. Addenda to the knowledge of beetles (Insecta: Сoleoptera) of Kaliningrad Region (western Russia): new faunistic records. Acta Biol. Univ. Daugavp., 21 (1): 13 – 31.

Abstract
In the current paper, 26 beetles species, Hydrovatus cuspidatus (Kunze, 1818), Platylomalus complanatus (Panzer, 1797), Hydrochus ignicollis Motschulsky, 1860, Potamophilus acuminatus (Fabricius, 1792), Agrilus suvorovi Obenberger, 1935, Hylis cariniceps (Reitter, 1902), H. olexai (Palm, 1955), Caenoscelis fleischeri Reitter, 1889, Abdera affinis (Paykull, 1799), Melandrya barbata (Fabricius, 1792), Zilora elongata Sahlberg, 1881, Z. obscura (Fabricius, 1794), Mordellaria aurofasciata (Comolli, 1837), Boros schneideri (Panzer, 1795), Pilemostoma fastuosum (Schaller, 1783), Oomorphus concolor (Sturm, 1807), Agapanthia intermedia Ganglbauer, 1884, Acalles echinatus (Germar, 1824), Anthonomus pedicularius (Linnaeus, 1758), A. ulmi (DeGeer, 1775), Lixus myagri Olivier, 1807, L. filiformis (Fabricius, 1781), Otiorrhynchus armadillo (Rossi, 1792), Phloeophagus thomsoni (Grill, 1896), Rhopalapion longirostre (Olivier, 1807), and Rhyncolus sculpturatus Waltl, 1839, are reported as new for the fauna of Kaliningrad Region, Russia. One of them, namely adventive garden pest species O. armadillo, is recorded in the fauna of European Russia outside the North Caucasus for the first time. Additionally, 29 rare coleopteran species are confirmed for regional fauna. 

Key words: biodiversity, fauna, distribution, new records, Europe.

Vitalii I. Alekseev. Kaliningrad Regional Amber Museum, Marshal Vasilevskiy square 1,Kaliningrad 236016, Russia. E-mail: alekseew0802@yahoo.com
Anna M. Drotikova, Viktoria I. Rozhina. FGBU “Kaliningrad Interregional Laboratory of Veterinary”, Pobedy prospect 55, Kaliningrad 236010, Russia.
Andris Bukejs. Coleopterological Research Centre, Institute of Life Sciences and Technology, Daugavpils University, Vienības 13, Daugavpils LV-5401, Latvia. E-mail: carabidae@inbox.lv