CURCULIONIDAE LATREILLE, 1802

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 : 172

CURCULIONIDAE LATREILLE, 1802 58. RHYNCHAENUS FAGI (LINNAEUS, 1758) Examined material: Recorded from only one locality in the south-western part of the region, where it was recorded abundantly: Bagrationovsk district , near the railway station “ 1312 km ”, 54°33´10´´N 20°9´30´´E, 08.VI.2009 (16 exx, Fageto-Qurcetum forest , on the leaves and buds of beech undergrowth, leg. A. Alekseeva & V. Alekseev ), 02.V.2009 (1 ex., margin of Fagetum forest , on the leaves of beech, leg. V. Alekseev), 02.VIII-23.VIII.2009 (1 ex., Fageto-Piceetum forest, window trap, leg. V. Alekseev) .

Comments: According to the catalogue of Silfverberg (2004), this species has been recorded from Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Estonia and Latvia. It has also been recorded from Poland ( Wanat 2001). On the territory of the northern part of the former East Prussia ( Bercio & Folwaczny 1979), it has been reported from Königsberg [Kaliningrad] and Zehlau [the bog Zehlau, 3-8 km N of the village Grushevka in the Pravdinsk district]. The species is closely associated with the distribution of its host-plants, Fagus silvatica and possibly (according to Bercio & Folwaczny (1979)) with Carpinus betulis . It occurs in the Kaliningrad region in broadleaved and mixed forests with European beech.