Coccinella magnifica L. Redtenbacher, 1843

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 : 48

Coccinella magnifica L. Redtenbacher, 1843

Material: Dębki (CF17): 8 Aug 2014, 1 ex. on a beach, leg. JR ; Szary Dwór (CF17): 9 Aug 2015, 1 ex., herbaceous vegetation, leg. JR ; Chałupy (CF47): 3 Aug 2015, 1 ex. on a beach, leg. JR ; Gdańsk- Górki Wschodnie (CF52): 17 Jun 2017, 1 ex., leg. SUG.

Facultative myrmecophile associated with ants of the genus Formica. Known from most regions of Poland, although relatively rarely reported ( Burakowski et al. 1986), perhaps due to its similarity to the common C. septempunctata . In 1882 reported by Helm from Gdańsk, but in more recent times not mentioned from the eastern part of the Baltic Coast.