Lymexylon navale (Linnaeus, 1758)

Alekseev, Vitaly I. & Bukejs, Andris, 2011, Contributions to the knowledge of beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) in the Kaliningrad region. 2, Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 11 (2), pp. 209-231 : 213-214

14. LYMEXYLON NAVALE (LINNAEUS, 1758)

Examined material: In research period is noted in two localities: 10 km NE Chernyakhovsk, 54°68´95.7´´N 21°94´59´´E, 17.VI.1995 (1 ex., on the pile of oaken logs the clearing in the mixed forest, leg. V. Alekseev); Zelenogradsk district, Otradnoe environs, 54°91´72´´N 20°6´76´´E, 29.VI.2010 (flying near the old dried out oak in the settlement, leg. V. Alekseev) .

Comments: This species is widely distributed across the whole Baltic and Fennoscandian region and has been reported from all territories except Finnland and Karelia ( Silfverberg 2004). It is known from Belarus ( Alexandrovitch et al. 1996). On the territory of the northern part of the former East Prussia, it has been recorded from Königsberg [Kaliningrad], Moosbude [Bol’shoe Isakovo in Guryevsk district], Löwenhagen [Komsomol’sk] and Insterburg [Chernyakhovsk] ( Bercio & Folwaczny 1979). The species develops in dried old oaks ( Ehnström & Axelsson 2002) and can inhabit both our native oaks - Quercus robur and Q. petraea .

ELATERIDAE LEACH, 1815