Zilora obscura (Fabricius, 1794)

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 : 21-22

*28. Zilora obscura (Fabricius, 1794)

Local references: Bercio & Folwaczny 1979 (listed as Zilora sericea Strm. from present-day territory of Poland with remark “ ferruginea in the Seidlitz’s catalogue”).

Material: 3 km NE Zelenogradsk, 54.97°N, 20.52°E, 21.05.2020, 1 ex., on dead laying Pinus sylvestris , sphagnous bog.

Comments: This is the first formal report of the species from Kaliningrad region. The species is rare but comparatively wide-distributed in the Baltic Region ( Tamutis et al. 2019). According to Nikitsky & Saitô (2014), Z. ferruginea (Paykull, 1798) and Z. obscura (Fabricius, 1794) (= Z. sericea ) are two separate European species, which can presumable inhabit Kaliningrad region. Recent paper on Lithuanian melandryid beetles ( Tamutis et al. 2019) showed that characters previously given for identifications of these species are variable and taxonomic status of the species is unclear.