Gnorimus nobilis subsp. nobilis, (Linnaeus, 1758)

Alekseev, Vitalii I., 2018, Scarabaeoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) Of The Kaliningrad Region (Russia): The Commented Actual Checklist, Assessment Of Rarity And Notes To Regional Protection, Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis 18 (2), pp. 111-152 : 140

79. G. nobilis nobilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Lentz 1879; Bercio & Folwaczny 1979; Alekseev & Sakhnov 2000; Alekseev & Nikitsky 2008; Alekseev & Bukejs 2011; Alekseev et al. 2012.

Voucher specimens: 3 [Kaliningrad, 08 June 1998; Otradnoe, 30 June 2006; Riabinovka, 08 July 2010].

Kaliningrad Region: Gur. (Juditten, Kleinheide, Neuhausen), Gvard. (Löwenhagen), Zel. (Georgenswalde, Rauschen, Warnicken); Gur., Zel.

Comments: The species is connected with broad–leaved parks and forests (oak-limehornbeam). Beetles occur on flowers of Apiacea and Rosacea in June-July. The species is listed in the Red Data Book of the Kaliningrad Region ( Dedkov & Grishanov 2010) and is considered “least concern” at the European level ( Nieto & Alexander 2010). Sporadically distributed (known in the Sambian peninsula only) and occasional species.