Meloe, Linnaeus, 1758

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 : 216

26. MELOE BREVICOLLIS PANZER, 1793

Examined material: Recorded twice in Zelenogradsk district: 5 km SW Kumachevo, 54°78´30´´N 20°13´87´´E, 16.V.1998 (1 ex., on the soil, the edge of the mixed forest, leg. V. A. Ryzhkov); settlement Yantarny, 54°98´45´´N 20°5´82´´E, 24.V.2010 (1 ex., at the sandy beach of the Baltic sea, leg. V. Alekseev) .

Comments: According to the catalogue of Silfverberg (2004), this species has been recorded from all Fennoscandian and Baltic territories. It occurs also in Belarus (Alexandrovich et al. 1996). For the northern territory of the former East Prussia, it has been reported from Trempen [Novostroevo in Nesterov district] and Königsberg [Kaliningrad] ( Bercio & Folwaczny 1979). It is rare species in the region, known from the western part of the Sambian peninsula only.

CERAMBYCIDAE LATREILLE, 1802