Oulema melanopus, (LINNAEUS, 1758)

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 : 168

40. OULEMA MELANOPUS (LINNAEUS, 1758) Examined material: Recorded from 2 km NE Zelenogradsk, 54°58´56.5´´N 20°30´50.0´´E, 26.V.2009 (1 ex., seashore near a humid Alnetum - forest, leg. V. Alekseev); Bagrationovsk district, near the railway station “ 1312 km ”, 54°33´10´´N 20°9´30´´E, 23.VIII.2009 (1, roadside, leg, V. Alekseev); 5 km NE Chernyakhovsk, 54°40´33.7´´N 21°52´49.5´´E, 10.V.1990 (1 ex., margin of mixed forest, leg. V. Alekseev) .

Comments: This species is widely distributed in the whole Baltic and Fennoscandian region and has been reported from all territories ( Silfverberg 2004) and also from Belarus (Alexandrovich et al. 1996). On the territory of the northern part of the former East Prussia, it has been reported from Neukuhren [Pionersky Kurort], Zehlau Bruch [the bog Zehlau, 3-8 km N of the village Grushevka in Pravdinsk district], Insterburg [Chernyakhovsk] and Rominten [Krasnoles’e] ( Bercio & Folwaczny 1979). The species has been reported from the Kaliningrad region ( Alekseev 2003) too. In both of these literature sources, the data concerning our studied territory was not precise, as genital preparations and separation of sibling Oulema species were not made. The species feeds on various Gramineae.