Hedobia imperialis, (LINNAEUS, 1767)

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 : 162

15. HEDOBIA IMPERIALIS (LINNAEUS, 1767) Examined material: Recorded once: Bagratinovsk district , Bogdanovka environs, 54°29´10.9´´N 20°2´15.3´´E, 31.V-16.VI.2009 (1 ex., Querceto-Carpinetum forest, pitfall trap near the bottom of old rotten hornbeam, leg. V. Alekseev & A. Alekseeva) .

Comments: This species has been reported from Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Estonia and Latvia ( Silfverberg 2004), as well as from the Polish part of the Bialowieża primeval forest ( Borowski 2001). On the territory of the northern part of the former East Prussia, it has been recorded from Fridrichstein [Kamenka in Gur’evsk district] ( Bercio & Folwaczny 1979). The beetle lives in rotten wood of old limes, willows and other deciduous trees, possibly prefering dead twigs and thin branches.