Pseudostyphlus pillumus, (GYLLENHAL, 1836)

Alekseev, Vitaly I. & Bukejs, Andris, 2011, Contributions to the knowledge of beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) in the Kaliningrad region. 2, Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 11 (2), pp. 209-231 : 225

64. PSEUDOSTYPHLUS PILLUMUS (GYLLENHAL, 1836)

Examined material: Recorded twice: Bagrationovsk district , Tishino environs, 54°50’32.6'’N, 20°76’40'’E, 31.V. 1998 (2 exx, sweeping on the ruderal vegetation, leg. V. Alekseev); Bagrationovsk district, Bogdanovka environs, 54°47´86.3´´N 20°02´94´´E, 10.VII.2010 (1 ex., along the country road, on Matricaria recutita L., leg. V. Alekseev) .

Comments: This species inhabits all Baltic and Fennoscandian territories except Norway and Lithuania ( Silfverberg 2004), it is known also from Belarus ( Alexandrovitch et al. 1996) and Poland ( Wanat & Mokrzycki 2005). On the territory of the northern part of the former East Prussia, it has been reported from Warnicken [Lesnoe], Forst Fritzen [forest between the settlements Chkalovsk and Sosnovka] and Dammhof [the Divnoe Lake] ( Bercio & Folwaczny 1979). The host plant of the species is camomile.