Ampedus praeustus (Fabricius, 1792) Chorotype

Tamutis, Vytautas, Ferenca, Romas, Ivinskis, Povilas & Mulerčikas, Povilas, 2010, New data on little known species of click beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae) in Lithuania, Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 10 (1), pp. 45-60 : 54

Ampedus praeustus (Fabricius, 1792) Chorotype : Sibero-European

Kaun.: Raudondvaris env. 20 06 1973 (1, E.G.); Var.: Marcinkonys env., 12 06 1977 (1, V. M.); Sak.: Juškinė giria f., 30 04 2000 (1, R.F.); Prie.: Prienai env., 23 06 1984 (1, R.F.); Taur.: Viešvilės Nat. R. 2, 15 05 2007 (1, R.F.), Viešvilės Nat. R. 2, 09 05 2008 (3, V. T., [ TIZM] ; Kup.: Strančių miškas f., 09 04 1991 (1, R.P.), Mirabelio miškas f., 16 01 1998 (1, R.P.), Girelė f., Pamarnakiai env., 26 02 1997 (1, R.P.); Svenc.: Purviniškių Telm.R., 01 06 2007 (1, P.I.) 22 06 2007 (5, P.I.); Alyt.: Punios šilas f., 25 07 2008 (1, vine trap, P.I.), [EI]; Mar.: Kazlų Rūda env., 08 05 1989 (1, Al.M.), [Al.M] .

This furtive saproxylic species was viewed as very rare in Lithuania ( Pileckis & Monsevičius 1995), only few findings have been known before ( Ogijewicz 1939, Strazdienė 1988, Pileckis & Monsevičius 1995) ( Fig. 18). This species is protected in some Baltic countries ( Danish Red Data book 1997, Dietze 2004) and not enough known in Lithuania.