Corticeus suturalis, (PAYKULL, 1800)

Alekseev, Vitaly I. & Bukejs, Andris, 2011, Contributions to the knowledge of beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) in the Kaliningrad region. 2, Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 11 (2), pp. 209-231 : 215

22. CORTICEUS SUTURALIS (PAYKULL, 1800)

Examined material: Recorded from Zelenogradsk district, 4 km E setllement Russkoe, 54°83´56´´N 20°7´79´´E, 11.V.2010 (3 exx, together with C. fraxini under bark of the standing dead spruce in the mixed forest, leg. V. Alekseev) .

Comments: In accordance with the catalogue of Silfverberg (2004), this species has been recorded from all Fennoscandian and Baltic territories except Denmark. It is noted for Belarus too ( Alexandrovitch et al. 1996). On the territory of the northern part of the former East Prussia, it has been reported from Heiligenbeil [Mamonovo] only ( Bercio & Folwaczny 1979). This locally ocurried in the Kaliningrad region species is associated with old coniferous trees.