Aphodius ( Agoliinus ) nemoralis Erichson, 1848

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

12. Aphodius ( Agoliinus) nemoralis Erichson, 1848

Local references: Bercio & Folwaczny 1979 (reported from Insterburg [Cherniakhovsk] and Zehlaubruch [the bog Tselau in Gvardeisk district]); Alekseev 2018 (listed without new data).

Material: Zelenogradsk district, Kremnevo environs, 54.73°N, 20.16°E, 13.04.2020, 3 exx, under excrements of Capreolus capreolus ; 3 km NO Zelenogradsk, the Svinoe bog, 54.96°N, 20.52°E, 21.05.2020, 1 ex., under excrements of Cervus ; Bagrationovsk district, Ladygino environs, 54.60°N, 20.21°E, 12.04.2021, 1 ex., under excrements of Capreolus capreolus .

Comments: Umbrophilous forest species with spring-active imago, encountered in the feces of cervids. This species is probably widely distributed and not rare in a particular season, however it is the first actual report for Kaliningrad region .