Magdalis

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

67. MAGDALIS BARBICORNIS (LATREILLE, 1804)

Examined material: Recorded from only three localities: 3 km NE Zelenogradsk, 54°95´74´´N 20°51´53´´E, 13.VI.2009 (4 exx, clearing in the Pineto-Betulosum forest , on leaves and branches of young Sorbus acuparia , leg. V. Alekseev & A. V. Alekseeva ); the Curonian Spit , 22 km NNE of Zelenogradsk, 55°13´85´´N 20°81´12.3´´E, 15.VI.2009 (1 ex., the Pinetum forest , on leaves of young Sorbus acuparia , leg. V. Alekseev & A. V. Alekseeva ); 28.VI.2009 (2 exx, ibidem, leg. V. Alekseev & A. V. Alekseeva); Bagrationovsk district, near the railway station “ 1312 km ”, 54°56´98´´N 20°21´85.9´´E, 8.VI.2009 (1 ex., sweeping at the edge of mixed forest, leg. V. Alekseev) .

Comments: The species is widely distributed in Fennoscandian and Baltic territories except Lithuania and Karelia ( Silfverberg 2004). Recently it is reported from Lithuania ( Tamutis 2003), Poland ( Wanat & Mokrzycki 2005) and Belarus ( Alexandrovitch et al. 1996) too. On the territory of the former East Prussia, this species has been reported from Loppöhnen [Rybnoe] and Silberberge [Bagrationovsk district, Mamonovo environs] ( Bercio & Folwaczny 1979). The beetle develops under bark of young branches of Malus sylvestris , Sorbus aucuparia and Prunus spinosa ( Ehnström & Axelsson 2002) .