Plateumaris sericea caucasica (Zaitzev, 1930)

Prokin, A. A. & Sazhnev, A. S., 2019, New records of beetles from families Haliplidae, Dytiscidae, Hydraenidae, Helophoridae, Hydrophilidae, Scirtidae and Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) from the North Caucasus, Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 15 (1), pp. 49-53 : 51-52

Plateumaris sericea caucasica (Zaitzev, 1930)

Material. NOR: 12 ex., Prigorodny Distr. , Tarskoye vill. env., “Tarskoye” Sphagnum peat bog, 42°57′47″N / 44°43′34″E, on Scirpus sylvaticus, 30.05.2018 (A.A. Prokin). KBR, Chereksky Distr.: 1 ex., Verkhnyaya Balkaria env., Sphagnum peat bog No 1, 43°06′03″N / 43°29′24″E, 6.06.2018 (A.A.Prokin) ; 3 ex., Verkhnyaya Balkaria env., Sphagnum peat bog No 3, 43°05′49″N / 43°28′44″E, 8.06.2018 (A.A. Prokin) ; 2 ex., Verkhnyaya Balkaria env., Sphagnum peat bog No 4, 43°06′16″N / 43°28′24″E, 8.06.2018 (A.A. Prokin); 18 ex., “Ushtulu” narzan mire, 42°58′29″N / 43°20′05″E, 9.06.2018 (A.A. Prokin, A.S. Sazhnev).

Note. Larvae feeding on Iris pseudacorus, Carex disparata, Scirpus fluviatilis, Oryza sativa; imago feeding on representatives of genera Iris, Carex, Scirpus, Caltha [ Bieńkowski, 2015].

Distribution. Europe, Belarus, Ukraine, European part of Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Asian Kazakhstan, West and East Siberia [ Silfverberg, 2010]. This subspecies was described from Stavropol and Khasavyurt (Dagestan), Russia. In the North Caucasus the subspecies is recorded from Adygea [ Medvedev et al., 2010], Dagestan, Karachay-Cherkessia and Krasnodar Region [Bienkowski, Orolva-Bienkowskaja, 2017]. Subspecies affiliation of Transcaucasian material is still not clear. The first records for North Ossetia and Kabardino-Balkaria.