Contacyphon variabilis (Thunberg, 1787)

Prokin, A. A. & Sazhnev, A. S., 2019, New records of beetles from families Haliplidae, Dytiscidae, Hydraenidae, Helophoridae, Hydrophilidae, Scirtidae and Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) from the North Caucasus, Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 15 (1), pp. 49-53 : 51

Contacyphon variabilis (Thunberg, 1787)

Material. KBR, Chereksky Distr.: 1 ex., Verkhnyaya Balkaria env., Sphagnum peat bog No 1, 43°06′03″N / 43°29′24″E, 6.06.2018 ( A.S.Sazhnev) ; 1 ex., Verkhnyaya Balkaria env., Sphagnum peat bog No 2, 43°05′52″N / 43°28′41″E, 7.06.2018 ( A.A. Prokin) ; 1 ex., Verkhnyaya Balkaria env., Sphagnum peat bog No 3, 43°05′49″N / 43°28′44″E, 8.06.2018 ( A.A. Prokin) ; 2 ex., same locality, 27.09.2018 ( A.A. Sazhnev) ; 20 ex., “ Ushtulu ” narzan mire, 42°58′29″N / 43°20′05″E, 21.09.2018 ( A.S. Sazhnev, D.A. Philippov) .

Distribution. Europe, Belarus, Ukraine, European part of Russia, Asian Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, West and East Siberia, Far East of Russia, Japan; Nearctic, Neotropical and Australian regions (introduced) [ Bousquet et al., 2013; Klausnitzer, 2016]. In the North Caucasus the species is recorded from Adygea [ Nikitsky, Shapovalov, 2010] and Krasnodar Region [ Maksimenkov, 1995]. The first records for Kabardino-Balkaria.