Orthocerus clavicornis, (LINNAEUS, 1758)

Alekseev, Vitaly I. & Bukejs, Andris, 2010, Contributions to the knowledge of beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) in the Kaliningrad region. 1., Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 10 (2), pp. 157-176 : 167

34. ORTHOCERUS CLAVICORNIS (LINNAEUS, 1758) Examined material: Recorded from only one locality: 1 km E Chernyakhovsk, 54°38´49.1´´N 21°53´4´´E, 27.V.1999 (1 ex., an inundated terrace of the Angrapa River, dry pine grove with sandy soil and cover of dry moss and lichens, pitfall traps, leg. P. I. Alekseev), 28.VI.1999 (1 ex., leg. P. I. Alekseev), 21.VI.2009 (1 ex., inundated terrace of the Angrapa River, dry pine grove with sandy soil and cover of dry moss and lichens, pit-fall traps, leg. V. Alekseev) .

Comments: This species is widely distributed in the whole Baltic and Fennoscandian region ( Silfverberg 2004) and it has also been recorded in Belarus ( Alexandrovitch et al. 1996). On the territory of the northern part of the former East Prussia, it has been recorded from the northern part of the Sambian peninsula, in Königsberg [Kaliningrad] and Neuhäuser [Mechnikov] ( Bercio & Folwaczny 1979). The beetles are closely associated with dry moss and lichens growing on sandy soil or pine stumps ( Nikitsky et al. 1996).

TENEBRIONIDAE LATREILLE, 1802