Bradycellus verbasci, (DUFTSCHMID, 1812)

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 : 159-160

3. BRADYCELLUS VERBASCI (DUFTSCHMID, 1812) * Examined material: This species was caught using a light-trap on the Curonian Spit: 23 km NNE Zelenogradsk, 55°5´21.6´´N 20°43´41.7´´E ,

dry pine forest, 13.VII.2009 (4 exx, leg. A. P. Shapoval), 14.VII.2009 (3 exx, leg.A. P. Shapoval), 15.VII.2009 (8 exx, leg.A. P. Shapoval), 18.VII.2009 (3 exx, leg. A. P. Shapoval), 24.VII.2009 (2 exx, leg. A. P. Shapoval), 25.VII.2009 (1 ex., leg. A.P. Shapoval), 27.VII.2009 (3 exx, leg.A. P. Shapoval), 30.VII.2009 (1 ex., leg.A. P. Shapoval), 4.VIII.2009 (2 exx, leg. A. P. Shapoval), 15.VIII.2009 (1 ex., leg. A. P. Shapoval), 26.VIII.2009 (1 ex., leg. A.P. Shapoval), 2.IX.2009 (2 exx, leg. A. P. Shapoval). Comments: New species for the fauna of the Kaliningrad region and for the Eastern Baltic Region. This species is reported from Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark ( Silfverberg 2004) and also from north-eastern Poland ( Aleksandrowicz et al. 2003). This species was previously unknown from the territory of the former East Prussia and in the last paper dealing with the ground beetle fauna of the Kaliningrad region, this species is noted as possibly present (Alekseev 2008).

HISTERIDAE GYLLENHAL, 1808