Contacyphon padi (Linnaeus, 1758)

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

Contacyphon padi (Linnaeus, 1758)

Material. NOR: 3 ex., Prigorodny Distr. , Tarskoye vill. env., “Tarskoye” Sphagnum peat bog, 42°57′47″N / 44°43′34″E, 30.05.2018 ( A.S. Sazhnev). KBR, Chereksky Distr .: 1 ex., Verkhnyaya Balkaria env., Sphagnum peat bog No 2, 43°05′52″N / 43°28′41″E, 7.06.2018 ( A.S. Sazhnev) ; 1 ex., same locality, ground traps, 22– 24.09.2018 ( A.S. Sazhnev) ; 1 ex., Verkhnyaya Balkaria env., Sphagnum peat bog No 1, 43°06′03″N / 43°29′24″E, 8.06.2018 ( A.A. Prokin) (IBIW) ; 1 ex., Verkhnyaya Balkaria env., Sphagnum peat bog No 3, 43°05′49″N / 43°28′44″E, 27.09.2018 ( D.A. Philippov) ; 4 ex., “ Ushtulu ” narzan mire, 42°58′29″N / 43°20′05″E, 9.06.2018 ( A.A. Prokin, A.S. Sazhnev) ; 13 ex., same locality, 21.09.2018 ( A.S. Sazhnev) .

Distribution. Algeria, Europe, Belarus, Ukraine, European part of Russia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Israel, Jordan, Asian Kazakhstan, West and East Siberia, Far East of Russia, Japan [ Klausnitzer, 2016]. In the North Caucasus the species is recorded from Adygea [ Nikitsky, Shapovalov, 2010], North and West Caucasus [ Maksimenkov, 1995]. The first records for North Ossetia and Kabardino-Balkaria.