Sermylassa halensis, (LINNAEUS, 1767)

Alekseev, Vitaly I. & Bukejs, Andris, 2010, Contributions to the knowledge of beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) in the Kaliningrad region. 1., Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 10 (2), pp. 157-176 : 170-171

49. SERMYLASSA HALENSIS (LINNAEUS, 1767) Examined material: Recorded from only three localities: the Curonian Spit , Rybachy environs, 55°9´2.35´´N 20°47´28.4´´E, 05.VIII.1997 (2 exx., Baltic Sea coast, sweeping on the dune grasses Amophilla and Calamagrostis , leg. V. Alekseev); 3 km NE Chernyakhovsk, 54°39´13.1´´N 21°52´24.5´´E, 20.XI.1992 (1 ex., sweeping on meadow near roadside, leg. V. Alekseev & I. N. Alekseev); Slavsk district, Khrustal’noe environs, 55°7´39.8´´N 21°20´13.5´´E, 11.VII.2005 (1 ex., sweeping on meadow near roadside, leg. V. Alekseev) .

Comments: On the territory of the former East Prussia , this species has been reported from Königsberg [Kaliningrad] and Arnau [Rodniki in

Gur’evsk district] ( Bercio & Folwaczny 1979). According to the catalogue of Silfverberg (2004), this species has been recorded from Sweden, Denmark, Latvia and Lithuania. It also occurs in Belarus (Alexandrovich et al. 1996). In Latvia it is considered to be very rare ( Bukejs 2009b). The species feeds on Galium ( Rubiaceae ).