Leptinus testaceus, MULLER, 1817

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 : 161

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13204446
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scientific name	Leptinus testaceus
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8. LEPTINUS TESTACEUS MÜLLER, 1817 View in CoL * Examined material: Recorded only from one locality: a northern suburb of Kaliningrad, 54°46´21.3´´N 20°28´25.5´´E, 31.III.2009 (1 ex., humid Carpino-Querceto-Alnetum forest, in the dust of rotten wood of an old hollow oak, leg. V. Alekseev) GoogleMaps .

Comments: New species for the fauna of the Kaliningrad region and for the Eastern Baltic Region.According to the catalogue of Silfverberg (2004), it has been recorded from Sweden, Norway and Denmark. On the territory of the former East Prussia, it has only been recorded from northern Poland ( Bercio & Folwaczny 1979). It has also been reported from the Bialowieża primeval forest ( Majewski 2001; Tsinkevich et al. 2005). This species inhabits litter in the holes and nests of small rodents.

SCARABAEIDAE LATREILLE, 1802