Liparus glabrirostris, KUSTER, 1849

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 : 173

59. LIPARUS GLABRIROSTRIS KUSTER, 1849 Examined material: This species was recorded from three localities in this region: 5 km NNE Chernyakhovsk, 54°41’16.2'’ N 21 °54’11.8'’ E, 06.VI.1992 (1 ex., leg. V. Alekseev); 8 km NE Chernyakhovsk , 54°45’14'’ N 21 °55’1.3'’ E, 31.V.2003 (1 ex., leg. I. N. Alekseev); Krasnoznamensk district, Dolzhanskoe environs, 55°2’26.9'’ N 22 °21’55.9'’ E, 28.VII.1997 (1 ex., leg. V. Alekseev); Nesterov district, Sosnovka environs, 54°23’21.3'’ N 22 °24’0.92'’ E, 08.VI.2008 (1 ex., leg. A. Alekseeva) .

Comments: According to the catalogue of Silfverberg (2004), this species has been recorded from Lithuania and as an introduced species for Denmark. It also occurs in Poland ( Wanat & Mokrzycki 2005). From the territory of the former Eastern Prussia ( Bercio & Folwaczny 1979), it has been reported from Tilsit [Sovetsk], Heiligenbeil [Mamonovo] and Insterburg [Chernyakhovsk]. This scarce and the largest weevil species in the study region, occurs locally in the Kaliningrad region and in Lithuania at the northern limit of its range. The species inhabits the margins of humid mixed and deciduous forests, and the imago occurs on soil. The larva develops in the roots of Cirsium oleraceum and Petasites hybridus .