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 92YTR (PODA, 1761) PODA 1761 [364,712,1501,1525] Insecta Scarabaeidae Oxythyrea Animalia Coleoptera 4 161 Arthropoda species funesta   Examined material: Since the year 2002, this species has been reported from two localities:  3 kmE Chernyakhovsk, 54°38´47.3´´N 21°57´8.6´´E,  10.V.2009( 1 ex., on  Taraxacumspp.flower, leg. A. V. Alekseeva); ~1,5 km E Chernyakhovsk,   54°38´49.1´´N 21°53´4´´E,  21.VI.2009(4 exx, on  Knautia arvensisflowers, leg. V. Alekseev).   Comments:According to the catalogue of Silfverberg (2004), it has been recorded from Finland, Estonia, Latviaand Lithuania. On the territory of the former East Prussia, it has only been recorded from northern Poland( Bercio & Folwaczny 1979), and from the Kaliningrad region it has been reported for the first time by one of the authors ( Alekseev 2002). The distribution of this species has essentially spread to the north during the last ten years and this forest-steppe beetle reached the St. Petersburg suburbs in the XXI century ( Bukejs et al. 2006). The imago feeds on the flowers of Compositae (often on  Centaurea), Campanulaceae, Dipsacaceae, Onagraceae, Rosaceae, Scrophulariceae and Umbelliferae.The larva is thermophilous, develops in soil and feeds on the roots of herbaceous vegetation.    ELATERIDAE LEACH, 1815 2009-05-10 V E Chernyakhovsk 54.646473 Chernyakhovsk 1 21.952389 4 161 1 2009-06-21 V 54.646973 9 21.884445 4 161 1