Ampedus (Ampedus) nigrinus (Herbst, 1784)

Prosvirov, Alexander S. & Efimov, Dmitry A., 2016, New records of click-beetles (Coleoptera, Elateridae) from the Kemerovo Area (Western Siberia), Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 16 (1), pp. 1-13 : 1-13

Ampedus (Ampedus) nigrinus (Herbst, 1784)

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Material examined. Zelenaya , pine-fir green-moss forest, h= 800 m, 29.VII.1999, DE leg. (1 spec.) ; Kuznetsk Alatau , Novokuznetsk distr., Skalistye Gory Range, subalpine zone, 10.VII.2001, S.N. Nenilin leg. (1 spec.; KSU) ; Verkhnyaya Ters‘ guarding point, 4 - 5.VII.2009, AK leg. (1 spec.) ; Polutornik , 7.VII.2009, A. Tsepokina leg. (1 spec.; KSU) .

Bionomics. This species inhabits coniferous forests (Gurjeva 1979). In the Kemerovo Area it was collected in the pine-fir green-moss forest and subalpine zone.

Distribution. This Holarctic species has a boreal distribution and is known from North America, Europe, Turkey, European Russia, Siberia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Far East of Russia and northeastern China ( Cate et al. 2007).

Figures

Fig. 1 - 6. Elateridae spp., habitus. 1 - Ampedus nigrinus, female, (7,1 mm); 2 - Sericus brunneus, female, (10 mm); 3 - Limonius poneli, male, (5,8 mm); 4 - Hypoganomorphus laevicollis, male, (8,9 mm); 5 - Selatosomus songoricus, male, (11,5 mm); 6 - Selatosomus songoricus, female (12,5 mm)