Leiopus linnei, WALLIN, NYLANDER ET KVAMME, 2009

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 : 217

28. LEIOPUS LINNEI WALLIN, NYLANDER ET KVAMME, 2009 *

Examined material: In period 1989-2010 the species was sampled in five localities: Chernyakhovsk , 54°64´13´´N 21°84´16´´E, the imago was obtained 20.VI.2001 from larvae collected III.2001 under the bark of oaken stump (about 40 sm in diameter) (2 exx, broad-leaved park, leg. and reared V. Alekseev); Zelenogradsk district , Kolosovka vicinity, 54°80´03´´N 20°26´21´´E, the imago was reared from larvae collected 20.II.2002 under the bark of oaken trunk (1 ex., mixed forest, leg. and reared V. Alekseev); 7 km NE Chernyakhovsk, 54°68´8´´N 21°91´61´´E, 19.VI.2006 (1 ex., the edge of the mixed forest, leg. V. Alekseev); 8 km NE Chernyakhovsk, 54°67´81´´N 21°92´11´´E, 22.VI.2006 (1 ex., the edge of the mixed forest, leg. V. Alekseev); 8 km NE Chernyakhovsk, 54°67´81´´N 21°92´11´´E, the imago was reared from larvae collected 13.V.2007 under the bark of hornbeam branch (about 10 cm in diameter) (1 ex., leg. and reared V. Alekseev); Zelenogradsk district , Svetlogorsk environs, 54°94´24.6´´N 20°13´59.6´´E, 2.VII.2007 (1 ex., mixed forest, leg. V. Alekseev ); Zelenogradsk district , the Divnoe Lake shore, 54°98´96´´N 20°29´89.9´´E, 14.VII.2007 (1 ex., the edge of the mixed forest, leg. V. Alekseev & A. V. Alekseeva ); Polessk district , 2 km N Aleksandrovka, 54°86´73´´N 21°51´98.6´´E, 22.VI.2010 (1 ex., sweeping at the edge of the Quereto-Carpinetum forest, leg. V. Alekseev) .

Comments: In the Baltic Region the species is reported from Norway, Sweden, Denmark ( Wallin et al. 2009), Estonia ( Bukejs & Balalaikins 2011) and from Latvia ( Telnov et al. 2010). This species is widespread in Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine (Gutowski et al. 2010), it appears to be common in central Europe (inland habitats) and in the European parts of Russia. To the all evidence L. linnei is wider distributed in the whole Kaliningrad region and it is more common, as L. nebulosus (our not numerous examined material demonstrates 5:3 localities ratio and 9: 4 specimens ratio). Formally, L. linnei is new for the check-list of the Kaliningrad region.