NEW AND INTERESTING RECORDS OF BEETLES FAMILY SCIRTIDAE (COLEOPTERA) ON THE TERRITORY OF EUROPEAN PART OF RUSSIA

Abstract

The article provides an overview of new regional records of rare and interesting species of beetle family Scirtidae (Coleoptera) from the territory of the European part of Russia. A generalized list of species of the Scirtidae family in Russia has been compiled. An annotated list of species with geographic data of the records and corresponding comments is presented. The distribution of eight species of Scirtidae from three genera has been clarified. According to open sources, Contacyphon hilaris reliably recorded for the fauna of Russia. Prionocyphon serricornis is recorded for the first time for Voronezh, Kaluga and Saratov oblasts; Contacyphon ochraceus – for Kaluga and Saratov oblasts; Contacyphon punctipennis – for Tver oblast; Contacyphon ruficeps – for Kaluga oblast, and Elodes pseudominutus– for the Yaroslavl oblast.