Phloeonomus orientalis Smetana, 1981

Map 15.

Phloeonomus (Phloeonomus) orientalis Smetana, 1981: 78 (type locality: Russia, Kunashir, Mendeleevo); Phloeonomus sp.: Shavrin, Gildenkov, 2009: 122.

MATERIAL. 1 ♂, 1 ♀: ‘10.9.[19]72 КунаШир | Менделеево | короедн. [?] пихта | в ходах коро- | едов. доп. к N9. | ПотоцкаЯ [10.9.72 Kunashir, Mendeleevo […] firs, in galleries of bark beetles […] [V.A.] Pototskaja]’, ‘ Phloeonomus | orientalis Smet . | Smetana det. 1980’ (ZMM); 1 ♂: Alyokhino, 02– 05.08.2011, S.A. Kurbatov leg. (CS) .

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL. RUSSIA: 1 ♀: Maritime Province, Lazovskiy Nature Reserve, Zvyozdochka kordon, 14– 21.05.2009, S.A. Kurbatov (CS); 1 ♀: same Reserve, Petrov Island, 26– 29.05. 2000, Yu.N. Sundukov (CS) .

DISTRIBUTION. Russia: Maritime Province, southern Kurile Islands (Kunashir: Map 15).

BIONOMICS. The species inhabit bark of logs and trees. Detailed ecological data for Kunashir Island are not available.

REMARKS. This species is recorded from mainland Asia (Russia, Maritime Province) for the first time.