Acalles echinatus (Germar, 1824)

Alekseev, Vitalii I., Drotikova, Anna M., Rozhina, Viktoria I. & Bukejs, Andris, 2021, Addenda To The Knowledge Of Beetles (Insecta: Сoleoptera) Of Kaliningrad Region (Western Russia): New Faunistic Records, Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis 21 (1), pp. 13-31 : 23-24

*40. Acalles echinatus (Germar, 1824)

Local references: Not reported earlier; mentioned only as potential species for Kaliningrad region (Alekseev 2016).

Material: Baltiisk district , Mechnikovo vicinity, 54.67°N, 19.91°E, 09.04- 07.05.2018, 1 ex., pitfall trapping in Fageto-Quercetum forest; ibidem, 08.07- 04.08.2018, 1 ex.; ibidem, 02.06.2021, 1 ex., on old Fagus sylvatica .

Comments: This is the first report of the species from Kaliningrad region. It is probably native cryptic species with unknown distribution in Kaliningrad region.