Gnorimus variabilis, (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

80. G. variabilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

[= octopunctatus (Fabricius, 1775)]

Lentz 1879; Bercio & Folwaczny 1979; Alekseev & Sakhnov 2000 (octopunctatus).

Voucher specimens: 1 [Pravdinsk, before 1995].

Kaliningrad Region: Gur. (Karmitten, Königsberg, Neuhausen, Wilkie); Zel. (Frische Nehrung); Gur. (?), Pol. (?), Pravd.

Comments: The locally distributed and rare species associated with hollows of ancient oaks and listed in the Red Data Book of the Kaliningrad Region ( Dedkov & Grishanov 2010) and is considered “near threteaned” at the European level ( Nieto & Alexander 2010). The unique specimen in the author collection is without precise label and probable was collected before 1995 in Pravdinsk district. Additionally, there are verbal communication concerning the species in the area of the present-day Kaliningrad Region (e.g. vicinity of Bogdanovka in Pollesk district, Gur’evsk vicinity, both before 1995), but the proofs are absent.