Tetratoma, Butschli in Bronn, 1884

Alekseev, Vitaly I. & Bukejs, Andris, 2010, Contributions to the knowledge of beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) in the Kaliningrad region. 1., Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 10 (2), pp. 157-176 : 165-166

28. TETRATOMA FUNGORUM FABRICIUS, 1790* Examined material: Two localities of this species were found: Chernyakhovsk, 54°38´12.9´´N 21°51´7.7´´E, 23.I.1994 (1 ex., broadleaved park, under the bark of a deciduous tree stump with dry fungi, leg. V.Alekseev), 30.III.2009 (1 ex., bank of the Angrapa River, bracket fungi ( Phellinus sp. ) on an old, living willow, leg. V.Alekseev & A. Alekseeva); Bagrationovsk district, near the railway station “ 1312 km ”, 54°33´10´´N 20°9´30´´E, 12.IV.2009 (2 exx, Fagetum hederiosum forest, on the fungi Bjerkandera adusta and Fomes fomentarius on beech stumps, leg. V. Alekseev). Comments: New species for the fauna of the Kaliningrad region. The previously held opinion of the author ( Alekseev, Nikitsky, 2008) about the presence in the Kaliningrad region of only one representative of the family Tetratomidae ( Tetratoma ancora Fabricius, 1790 ) was erroneous. This species is widely distributed in the whole Baltic and Fennoscandian region and has been recorded from all territories except Karelia ( Silfverberg 2004). Previously not recorded from Belarus. On the territory of the former East Prussia, it has been reported only from Osterode [Ostruda] in northern Poland ( Bercio & Folwaczny 1979). This imago-wintering species is mycetophagous.

MELANDRYIDAE LEACH, 1815