Nitidula bipunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Alekseev, Vitalii I., Drotikova, Anna M., Rozhina, Viktoria I. & Bukejs, Andris, 2021, Addenda To The Knowledge Of Beetles (Insecta: Сoleoptera) Of Kaliningrad Region (Western Russia): New Faunistic Records, Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis 21 (1), pp. 13-31 : 19

14. Nitidula bipunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Local references: Bercio & Folwaczny 1979 (reported from Kleinheide [Gur’evsk], Dammhof [Divnoe Lake in Gru’evsk district ], Königsberg [Kaliningrad], Insterburg [Cherniakhovsk]) .

Material: Baltiisk district , Khmelevka vicinity, 54.74°N, 19.95°E, 22.05.2021, 3 exx, on dead seal, sandy coast of the Baltic Sea .

Comments: This necrophagous species is probably reduced in population and distribution in last half a century because economic changes of livestock production. It is the first actual report of the species for Kaliningrad region.