Lixus (Epimeces) filiformis (Fabricius, 1781)

Alekseev, Vitalii I., Drotikova, Anna M., Rozhina, Viktoria I. & Bukejs, Andris, 2021, Addenda To The Knowledge Of Beetles (Insecta: Сoleoptera) Of Kaliningrad Region (Western Russia): New Faunistic Records, Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis 21 (1), pp. 13-31 : 24

*44. Lixus (Epimeces) filiformis (Fabricius, 1781)

Local references: Not reported earlier.

Material: Zelenogradsk district , Kostrovo environs, 54.74°N, 20.10°E, 27.06.2021, 4 exx, roadside on meadow, on Cirsium crispus ( Fig. 16 ) .

Comments: This is the first report of the species from Kaliningrad region and Eastern Baltic region .

Figures

Figs11–18.The photographsofthelivingspecimensinnature(KaliningradRegion):11–Pilemostoma fastuosum; 12 – Palaeocallidium coriaceum; 13 – Rhagium sycophanta; 14 – Ropalopus macropus; 15 – Cleopus pulchellus; 16 – Lixus filiformis; 17 – Otiorrhynchus armadillo, female (left box – aedeagus from collected specimen of 2020 year); 18 – Rhopalapion longirostre.