Paratinus femoralis, (ERICHSON, 1840)

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 : 163

19. PARATINUS FEMORALIS (ERICHSON, 1840) Examined material: Recorded from the Curonian Spit , 3 km NE Rybachy , 55°10´20.1´´N 20°51´35.2´´E, 10.VIII.1997 (1 ex., Baltic Sea coast, slope of a dune, leg. V. Alekseev); the Curonian Spit, 1 km N Pervalka [ Lithuania], 28.VII.2007 (1 ex., the shore of the Curonian Gulf, margin of dry pine forest, leg. V. Alekseev); 23 km NNE Zelenogradsk, 55°5´21.6´´N 20°43´41.7´´E, 16.VI.2009 (1 ex., shore of the Curonian Gulf, sweeping of vegetation, leg. V. Alekseev); 3 km NE Zelenogradsk, 54°56´58.8´´N 20°31´32.3´´E, 18.VI.1998 (1 ex., the Baltic Sea coast, slope of dune, leg. V. Alekseev) .

Comments: This species is widely distributed in the Baltic region and has been reported from all the Baltic and Fennoscandian states except Norway ( Silfverberg 2004). It is considered to be rare in Lithuania (Šablevičus 2003) and Latvia ( Barševskis et al. 2008). On the territory of the northern part of the former East Prussia, it has been recorded from Cranz [Zelenogradsk], Neukuhren [Pionersky Kurort] and Neuhäser [Mechnikov] ( Bercio & Folwaczny 1979). This rare species prefers the coastal sand habitats and dunes with sandy soil and grass vegetation ( Amophila arenaria , Leymus arenarius , Calamogrostis epigejos ).

NITIDULIDAE LATREILLE, 1802