Cybocephalus politus, (GYLLENHAL, 1813)

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 : 164

23. CYBOCEPHALUS POLITUS (GYLLENHAL, 1813) Examined material: Recorded once: Bagrationovsk district , 2 km N Ladushkin, 54°35´25´´N 20°10´31´´E, 07.V.2007 (1 ex., the shore of the Kaliningrad gulf, leg. V. Alekseev & A. Alekseeva) .

Comments: This species has been reported from Finland, Karelia, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Estonia and Latvia ( Silfverberg 2004). It has also been recorded from the Polish part of the Bialowieża primeval forest ( Lasoń 2001). On the territory of the former East Prussia, it has been recorded from Wernsdorf [Podlesnoe, S from Kaliningrad] and from northern Poland ( Bercio & Folwaczny 1979). The species is widely distributed in Europe and Asia Minor ( Kubisz, Swalko 1999) and is the most common species of the subfamily in our region. The imago and larva are both enthomaphagous and feed on such Diaspididae species as Lepidosapheles ulmi (L.) and Chionaspis salicis (L.) ( Kubisz & Swalko 1999).