Geotrupes mutator, (Marsham, 1802)

Alekseev, Vitalii I., 2018, Scarabaeoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) Of The Kaliningrad Region (Russia): The Commented Actual Checklist, Assessment Of Rarity And Notes To Regional Protection, Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis 18 (2), pp. 111-152 : 123

(1). G. mutator (Marsham, 1802)

Bercio & Folwaczny 1979.

Kaliningrad Region: Gur. (Königsberg), Zel.

(Loppöhnen).

Comments: The actual occurrence in the Region of this coprophagous species, preferred dry sandy meadows is questionable, but cannot be excluded. The range of this everywhere rare beetle extends to Sweden and eastern Latvia in the north ( Telnov 2004; Silfverberg 2010), it is known in Lithuania ( Tamutis et al. 2011), Belarus (Alexandovitch & Pisanenko 1991) and northern Poland ( Gawroński & Oleksa 2007).

2. G. spiniger (Marsham, 1802)

Bercio & Folwaczny 1979.

Voucher specimens: 3 [Baltic Spit, 26 June 2018; Kostrovo, 10 September 2018; Vzmor’e, 11 September 2018].

Kaliningrad Region: Zel. (Loppöhnen, Rauschen); Zel.

Comments: Occasional and sporadically distributed species in the Kaliningrad Region. The species prefers open habitats, feeds on horse and cattle excrements and occurs till October.

3. G. stercorarius (Linnaeus, 1758)

Bercio & Folwaczny 1979; Alekseev & Sakhnov 2000; Alekseev & Shapoval 2011, 2016; Alekseev 2014.

Voucher specimens: 3 [Morskoe, 8 May 1997; Rybachii, 17 July 2007; 23 km of the Curonian Spit, 1 July 2009].

Kaliningrad Region: Everywhere; Chern., Zel. (Curonian Spit).

Comments: Sporadically distributed, occasional species of the forest edges. In the Region is actually reported on horse excrements and in light trap samplings.