Lasconotus, Erichson, 1845

Alekseev, Vitaly I. & Bukejs, Andris, 2010, Contributions to the knowledge of beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) in the Kaliningrad region. 1., Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 10 (2), pp. 157-176 : 166-167

33. LASCONOTUS JELSKII (WANKOWICZ, 1867)* Examined material: Recorded only once: E suburb of Chernyakhovsk, 54°38´12.9´´N 21°51´7.7´´E, 06.VI.1993 (1 ex., under the bark of an old fallen trunk, leg. V. Alekseev). The specimen seems to have been accidentally introduced into Chernyakhovsk with timber .

Comments: New species for the fauna of the Kaliningrad region. According to the catalogue of Silfverberg (2004), this very rare and locally distributed species has been recorded from Finland, Karelia, Sweden and Lithuania. It is also known from Poland, Belarus ( Alexandrovitch et al. 1996) and from the Polish part of the Bialowieża primeval forest (Królik, 2001). This species was unknown from the territory of the former East Prussia. This predatory species is endemic to northern and eastern Europe (its distribution area appears to be in concordance with the range limits of Picea abies ), and it inhabits old dead sprucetrees and more probably could occur in the north-eastern districts (Nemansky and Krasnoznamensky) of the Kaliningrad region.