Agabus congener (Thunberg, 1794)

Prokin, A. A. & Sazhnev, A. S., 2019, New records of beetles from families Haliplidae, Dytiscidae, Hydraenidae, Helophoridae, Hydrophilidae, Scirtidae and Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) from the North Caucasus, Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 15 (1), pp. 49-53 : 50

Agabus congener (Thunberg, 1794)

Material. KBR, Chereksky Distr.: 1 ex., Verkhnyaya Balkaria env., Sphagnum peat bog No 1, temporary pool in the depression after peat excavation on the margin of the peat bog, 43°06′03″N / 43°29′24″E, 6.06.2018 (A.A. Prokin); 2 ex., Verkhnyaya Balkaria env., Sphagnum peat bog No 2, 43°05′52″N / 43°28′41″E, 7.06.2018 (A.A. Prokin); 3 ex., Verkhnyaya Balkaria env., Sphagnum peat bog No 3, 43°05′49″N / 43°28′44″E, 8.06.2018 (A.A. Prokin).

Distribution. Europe, Belarus, Ukraine, European part of Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Asian Turkey, Kazakhstan, West and East Siberia, Mongolia, China (Jilin, Qinghai), Far East of Russia, Japan [ Hájek, 2017]. In the North Caucasus the species is recorded from Karachay-Cherkessia [ Brehov, 2007], Dagestan [ Brekhov, Ilyina, 2016] and North Ossetia [ Shapovalov et al., 2018]. The first record for Kabardino-Balkaria.