Ammoecius merdarius, (Fabricius, 1775)

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 : 128

(25). A. merdarius (Fabricius, 1775)

Lentz 1879; Bercio & Folwaczny 1979; Alekseev & Shapoval 2013 (misidentification); Alekseev 2014.

Kaliningrad Region: Bagr. (Ludwigsort), Gur. (Königsberg), Zel. (Loppöhnen, Rauschen).

Comments: Widespread in Baltic States and Fennoscandia ( Silfverberg 2010), known in Belarus (Alexandovitch & Pisanenko 1991) and north-western Poland ( Byk & Rutkiewicz 2017).

26. A. pusillus pusillus (Herbst, 1789)

Bercio & Folwaczny 1979; Alekseev & Sakhnov 2000 (pusilus); Alekseev & Shapoval 2011a, b, 2013, 2016; Alekseev 2014.

Voucher specimens: 10 [Cherniakhovsk, 17 June 1997; Chekhovo, 17 May 1998; Zelenogradsk, 10 June 2000, 3 exp.; 5 km NE Cherniakhovsk, 23 May 2001; Kolosovka, 02 June 2001, 3 exp.; Kostrovo, 30 May 2016].

Kaliningrad Region: Gur. (Königsberg), Oz. (Trempen), Nest. (Rominten), Zel. (Kurische Nehrung, Loppöhnen); Bagr., Chern., Gur., Zel.

Comments: Widely distributed and abundant species of open habitats feeding in sheep and cattle excrements.