Oedostethus varians ( Gurjeva 1968 )

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

Oedostethus varians ( Gurjeva 1968)

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Material examined. “Gornaya Shoria, Sarbala”, 6.VII.19 50, O. Martynova leg. (1 spec.;

ZMMU); Polutornik, medow, 8.VII.2009, T. Akinshina leg. (1 spec.; KSU); Verkhnyaya Ters` guarding point, bank of Verkhnyaya Ters` riv., 11.VII.2009, AK leg. (1 spec.); Kuznetsk Alatau, Tisul distr. , mouth of the Bezymyanka riv. of the right tributary of Kiya riv., bank, floodplain meadow, 10-14.VII.2010, F.A. Budaev leg. (1 spec.; KSU) .

Bionomics. This species inhabits the banks of water bodies ( Gurjeva 1975b).

Distribution. South of Western Siberia, Far East of Russia, Mongolia and northern China ( Gurjeva 1975a; Cate et al. 2007; Prosvirov 2013). A map of the localities inhabited by this species in the Kemerovo Area is shown in Fig. 17 .

Figures

Fig. 7 - 12. Elateridae spp., habitus. 7 - Pseudanostirus vicinus, male, (8 mm); 8 - Cardiophorus ebeninus, male, (6,9 mm); 9 - Negastrius pulchellus, female, (3,7 mm); 10 - Oedostethus minutulus, female, (3,3 mm); 11 - O. tenuicornis, female, (5 mm); 12 - O. varians, male, (3,7 mm)

Fig. 17. Map of localities of Oedostethus varians () and Pseudanostirus vicinus ()