Acrossus, Mulsant, 1842

Ziani, Stefano, Bezděk, Aleš, Branco, Tristão, Hillert, Oliver, Jákl, Stanislav, Král, David, Mantič, Marion, Rössner, Eckehard & Sehnal, Richard, 2015, New country records of Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) from the Palaearctic Region, Insecta Mundi 2015 (409), pp. 1-36 : 7-8

Acrossus ru fi pes (Linnaeus, 1758)

Material examined. KOSOVO: Priština env., Čaglavica, 8.vii.1978, D. Král leg. (2 spec. in DKCP). ALBANIA: Kukës county, Valbonë mts, Kikaj Maskollata env., 42°27’N 19°56’E, ca 700–800 m, 27.-29. vi.2011, D. Král leg. (several spec. in DKCP).

Distribution. Trans-Palaearctic species, widely distributed from the Iberian Peninsula to the Far East of Russia, Korean Peninsula and Japan, introduced to the Nearctic and Neotropical regions. For the Balkan Peninsula so far recorded from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia (cf. e.g. Balthasar 1964; Baraud 1992; Berlov et al. 1989;

Brelih et al. 2010; Kawai et al. 2005; Mikšić 1956, 1970; Nikolajev and Puntsagdulam 1984; Stebnicka 1980). First records from Kosovo and Albania.

Responsible author: D. Král