Rhyzobius chrysomeloides (Herbst, 1783)

SZAWARYN, Karol, CERYNGIER, Piotr & ROMANOWSKI, Jerzy, 2018, New data on the distribution of ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in the eastern part of the Baltic Coast region in Poland, Fragmenta Faunistica 61 (1), pp. 39-53 : 45-46

Rhyzobius chrysomeloides (Herbst, 1783)

Material: Chałupy (CF47): 25 May 2015, 7 exx., leg. JR ; 3 Aug 2015, 2 exx., leg JR ; 21–26 Sep 2015, 56 exx., leg JR ; Dębki (CF17): 17 Aug 2014, 1 ex., leg. JR ; 6 Sep 2014, 2 exx., leg. JR ; 22–24 May 2015, 9 exx., leg. JR ; 27 Jul 2015, 2 exx., leg. JR ; 2 Aug 2015, 1 ex., leg. JR ; Gdańsk Przymorze, Ronald Reagan Park (CF43): 29 Apr 2016, 6 exx., leg. JR ; 21 Jun 2016, 3 exx., leg. JR ; Jastrzębia Góra (CF27): 22 Sep 2015, 8 exx., leg. JR ; Jurata (CF56): 3 Aug 2015, 2 exx., leg. JR ; 22–26 Sep 2015, 20 exx., leg. JR ; Odargowo (CF17): 13–16 Aug 2014, 34 exx., leg. JR ; 5 Aug 2015, 3 exx., leg. JR ; Pustki (CF17): 10–11 Sep 2014, 50 exx., leg. JR ; 6–8 Sep 2014, 45 exx., leg. JR ; 22–23 May 2015, 3 exx., leg. JR ; 24–25 Jul 2015, 9 exx., leg. JR ; 5–7 Aug 2015, 8 exx., leg. JR ; Władysławowo (CF37): 19– 24 Sep 2015, 5 exx., leg. JR ; Kuźnica (CF46): 27 Jul 2013, 8 exx., leg. PC ; Gdańsk VII-Dwór (CF42): 19 May 2017, 1 ex., leg. MN.

Although widespread throughout the country ( Burakowski et al. 1986), from the Baltic Coast (Gdynia – Kępa Redłowska) reported only recently as a rare species there ( Konopko et al. 2017). Our data demonstrate that in the investigated area R. chrysomeloides is a common species.