Ampedus (Ampedus) nigrinus (Herbst, 1784)

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Material examined. Zelenaya, pine-fir green-moss forest, h= 800 m, 29.VII.1999, DE leg. (1 spec.) ; Kuznetsk Alatau, Novokuznetsk distr., Skalistye Gory Range, subalpine zone, 10.VII.2001, S.N. Nenilin leg. (1 spec.; KSU) ; Verkhnyaya Ters‘ guarding point, 4 - 5.VII.2009, AK leg. (1 spec.) ; Polutornik, 7.VII.2009, A. Tsepokina leg. (1 spec.; KSU) .

Bionomics. This species inhabits coniferous forests (Gurjeva 1979). In the Kemerovo Area it was collected in the pine-fir green-moss forest and subalpine zone.

Distribution. This Holarctic species has a boreal distribution and is known from North America, Europe, Turkey, European Russia, Siberia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Far East of Russia and northeastern China (Cate et al. 2007).