Platycerus caraboides caraboides (Linnaeus, 1758)

Ziani, Stefano, Bezděk, Aleš, Branco, Tristão, Hillert, Oliver, Jákl, Stanislav, Král, David, Mantič, Marion, Rössner, Eckehard & Sehnal, Richard, 2015, New country records of Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) from the Palaearctic Region, Insecta Mundi 2015 (409), pp. 1-36 : 3

Platycerus caraboides caraboides (Linnaeus, 1758)

Material examined. MONTENEGRO: Mojkovac, Bjelasica Mts., Biogradsko jezero [Lake], 15.vi.2006, L. Blažej leg. (1 ♀ in DKCP) ; Trešnjevik, Komovi Mts., forested area below Vasoljevički Kom , 1500–1750 m, 11.-12.vi.2006, L. Blažej leg. (1 ♂ in DKCP) . ALBANIA: Kukës County, Valbonë Mts, Kikaj Maskollata env., 42°27’N 19°56’E, ca 700–800 m, 27.-29.vi.2011, D. Král leg. (2 ♂♂ and 1 ♀ in DKCP) ; Albanian Alps, Valbona, Kukaj Valley , ca 1700 m, 7.vii.2012, M. Šlachta leg. (2 ♀♀ in DKCP) .

Distribution. West Palaearctic species widely distributed from the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa to European part of Russia; for Balkan Peninsula recorded from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Macedonia, Romania and Slovenia (cf. e.g. Baraud 1993; Brelih et al. 2010; Guéorguiev and Bunalski 2004, Mikšić 1955, 1970). First records from Albania and Montenegro.

Responsible author: D. Král