Rhaphitropis marchicus, (HERBST, 1797)

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

56. RHAPHITROPIS MARCHICUS (HERBST, 1797) * Examined material: Recorded from E suburb of Chernyakhovsk, 54°38´12.9´´N 21°51´7.7´´E, 02.VIII.2008 (1 ex., leg. V. Alekseev, det. B.A. Korotyaev); Chernyakhovsk district, Mezhdurech’e environs, 54°37´23.8´´N 21°38´8.7´´E, 13. VI.2000 (1 ex., leg. V. Alekseev). Comments: New species for the fauna of the Kaliningrad region. According to the catalogue of Silfverberg (2004), this species has only been recorded from Latvia; the species is known also from Lithuania ( Ferenca et al. 2002) and from the Polish part of the Bialowieża primeval forest ( Wanat 2001). On the territory of the former East Prussia ( Bercio & Folwaczny 1979), this species has been recorded from northern Poland. The larva develops in the rotten wood of branches and thin stems of oak ( Nikitsky et al. 1996).