Psammodius asper, (Fabricius, 1775)

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 : 132

48. P. asper (Fabricius, 1775) [= sulcicollis (Illiger, 1802)]

Lentz 1879; Bercio & Folwaczny 1979; Alekseev & Sakhnov 2000 (sulcicallis); Alekseev 2003, 2005, 2008 (sulcicollis); Alekseev & Shapoval 2011b (sulcicollis); Alekseev 2014.

Voucher specimens: 6 [23 km of the Curonian Spit, 19 June 1997; ibidem, 15 June 2009; ibidem, 28 June 2009; ibidem, 17 July 2010; 3 km W Rybachii, 08 August 1998; 3 km W Primorsk, 27 May 2015].

Kaliningrad Region: Bagr. (Heiligenbeil), Gur. (Königsberg), Zel. (Frische Nehrung, Loppöhnen, Neukuhren, Rossitten); Zel.

Comments: Stenotopic, rare psammophilous and saprophagous (feeding on detritus in the soil) species restricted in the Region to sandy dunes and cliffs of the Baltic seaside, where occurs sporadically.