Exapion fuscirostre, (FABRICIUS, 1775)

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 : 224

62. EXAPION FUSCIROSTRE (FABRICIUS, 1775) *

Examined material: Recorded from one locality: Bagrationovsk district, 3 km S the railway station “ 1312 km ”, 54°55´63´´N 20°22´27´´E, 27.VI.2010 (8 exx, sweeping at the dry edge of mixed forest, on the bushes of Sarothamnus (Cytisus) scoparius , leg. V. Alekseev) .

Comments: The species is distributed throughout Poland ( Wanat & Mokrzycki 2005) and also is known from southern Sweden and Denmark ( Silfverberg, 2004); expected for western Belarus ( Alexandrovitch et al. 1996). On the territory of the former East Prussia, it has been reported from the present-day northern Poland only ( Bercio & Folwaczny 1979). This species is closely associated with its host plant - Scotch broom and according to the distribution area of this native for north-western Europe plant the beetle attains the northern-eastern limit of main distribution area in the Kaliningrad region. We suppose the Kaliningrad region is the unique site in the whole Russia, which this apionid can inhabit.

DRYOPHTHORIDAE SCHOENHERR, 1825