Chaetocnema compressa, (LETZNER, 1847)

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 : 171

52. CHAETOCNEMA COMPRESSA (LETZNER, 1847) * Examined material: Recorded only from one locality: Pravdinsk district, 3 km N Grushevka, 54°30´8.46´´N 20°55´52.4´´E, 31.V.1998 (1 ex., wet meadow, leg. V.Alekseev), 02.VI.1999 (1 ex., wet meadow, leg. V. Alekseev) .

Comments: New species for the fauna of the Kaliningrad region. This species is distributed in SE, E, and eastern part of C Europe, Caucasus, Kazakhstan ( Borowiec 2004; Warchałowski 2003). The species has also not been reported from the territory of the former East Prussia. The species feeds on Carduus (Compositae) .