Contributions to the knowledge of beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) in the Kaliningrad region. 1. Alekseev, Vitaly I. Bukejs, Andris Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 2010 10 2 157 176   26.   MONOTOMA  BREVICOLLIS   AUBÉ, 1837 Examined material:Recorded once using a light-trap on the Curonian Spit: 23 kmNNE Zelenogradsk, 55°5´21.6´´N 20°43´41.7´´E, 23.VII.2009( 1 ex., pine forest, leg. A. P. Shapoval). Comments:This species is sporadically distributed in the whole Baltic and Fennoscandian region and is known from all territories except Karelia ( Silfverberg 2004). It has also been recorded from Belarus( Alexandrovitch et al. 1996). On the territory of the former East Prussia ( Bercio & Folwaczny 1979), it has only been reported from Königsberg [Kaliningrad]. The species inhabits rotting vegetable matter and is a detritus feeder.