Platydema violaceum, (FABRICIUS, 1790)

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 : 215-216

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13204407
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/146587F3-7C30-FFD7-E73B-FB65257EFE45
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Platydema violaceum
status

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23. PLATYDEMA VIOLACEUM (FABRICIUS, 1790)

Examined material: In the 2010 was found two new localities of the species in the region: Zelenogradsk district , 4 km E setllement Russkoe, 54°83´56´´N 20°7´79´´E, 11.V.2010 (1 ex., mixed forest, under the bark of standing dead oaks with diameter 0.25 m, leg. V. Alekseev); Bagrationovsk district, 2 km S Ulyanovka, 54°59´92´´N 20°17´94´´E, 14.X.2010 (3 exx, mixed forest, under the bark of standing dead oaks with diameter 0.4 m, leg. V. Alekseev) .

Comments: The faunal and bionomical information on this species for studied territory was given earlier ( Alekseev & Bukejs 2010). The localities increase of the number of the known recent inhabited places in the region till six. To all evidence, the species is not uncommon in adequate microbiotops (under bark of the dead standing oaks of medium size) in the west of the Kaliningrad region.

TETRATOMIDAE BILLBERG, 1820