Longitarsus, Berthold, 1827

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 : 220

40. LONGITARSUS SUCCINEUS (FOUDRAS, 1860)

Examined material: Recorded six time from five localities: Chernyakhovsk city, 54°64´69´´N 21°83´46´´E, 1.VI.1993 (2 exx, sweeping, meadow, leg. V. Alekseev ); 1 km E Chernyakhovsk, 54°64´68´´N 21°84´62´´E, 25.VI.2006 (1 ex., sweeping, dry meadow at the bank of the Angrapa River , leg. V. Alekseev ); N suburb of Kaliningrad city („ Selma ”), 54°75´9´´N 20°47´84´´E, 22.VII.2008 (7 exx, sweeping, the edge of mixed forest, leg. V. Alekseev ); Zelenogradsk district , bank of the Divnoe Lake , 54°80´80´´N 20°44´53´´E, 14.VII.2007 (1 ex., sweeping, the edge of mixed forest, leg. V. Alekseev); Zelenogradsk district , 2 km NW Medvedevka, 54°82´13´´N 20°9´90´´E, 4.VII.2010 (1 ex., sweeping, meadow, leg. V. Alekseev); Bagrationovsk district , 2 km NE Mamonovo, 54°50´75´´N 19°94´76´´E, 10.VII.2010 (2 ex., sweeping, dry meadow at the Kaliningrad Gulf shore, leg. V. Alekseev) .

Comments: The species is mentioned for all Baltic and Fennoscandian territories ( Silfverberg 2004) and also for Belarus ( Alexandrovitch et al. 1996). On the territory of the northern part of the former East Prussia, it has been reported from Löwenhagen [Komsomol’sk], Königsberg [Kaliningrad] and Insterburg [Chernyakhovsk] ( Bercio & Folwaczny 1979). To all evidence, the species is common in adequate habitats. The beetle feeds on Achillea spp. ( Philp 2006).