Drymus (Sylvadrymus) brunneus brunneus (R.F. Sahlberg, 1848)

Golub, Viktor B., Vinokurov, Nikolay N., Golub, Natalia V., Soboleva, Viktoria A. & Aksenenko, Evgeniy V., 2021, True bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from the taiga zone of the mountainous Altai of Russia: the first records and new data on rare species, Ecologica Montenegrina 40, pp. 164-175 : 171-172

Drymus (Sylvadrymus) brunneus brunneus (R.F. Sahlberg, 1848)

Material. Altai Republic, the vicinity of the Artybash village, bank of a stream flowing into Lake Teletskoye , 51º47'18.5" N, 87º19'10.6" E, 474 m a. s. l., on soil, 30.07.2019 ( V. Golub), 1 male, 1 female ; field station “Teletskaya”, 51º47'42.1" N, 87º18'11.8" E, 495 m a. s. l., in a sample of mosses with the topsoil, 31.07.2020 ( V. Golub), 1 female .

Distribution. Transpalearctic species. In Western Siberia it was previously recorded from the Yamalo-Nenets National District, Tyumen and Tomsk Provinces. First record from the Altai Republic and Altai as a whole. The nearest localities in Eastern Siberia are the south of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the Irkutsk Province, and Buryatia.

Ecology. The species inhabits moist biotopes, most often in forests, as well as the banks of rivers and lakes, streams and other water bodies ( Putshkov 1969; Péricart 1999b). Inhabitant of mosses and forest floor. In the vicinity of Lake Teletskoye the species was found in its characteristic biotopes: on the bank of a stream and in moss samples together with Acalypta carinata (see above).