New and interesting records of comb-clawed beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Alleculinae) in the European part of Russia and the Caucasus

Abstract

New data on distribution of rare and little-known species of comb-clawed beetles (Tenebrionidae: Alleculinae) in the European part of Russia and the Caucasus are presented. Allecula morio (Fabricius, 1787) is recorded for Russia for the frst time; Crimean Peninsula is the easternmost border of its range. Information about three very rare species, Gonodera luperus luperus (Herbst, 1783), Hymenalia smirnovi Dubrovina, 1978 and Hymenalia morio (L. Redtenbacher, 1849), is given; the record of the second species is the only reliable and confrmed by material from Ulyanovsk Region. Gonodera pulcherrima (Faldermann, 1837) is recorded for the Greater Caucasus for the frst time. Mycetochara (Ernocharis) armeniaca Novák, 2022 is frstly recorded in Georgia. Information on distribution and bionomics of Omophlus (Phibalus) subalpinus (Ménétriés, 1832) is given; the species is very local and inhabits small limestone steppe areas in Stavropol Region, Karachay-Cherkessia, Kabardino-Balkaria and Ingushetia at 700–3000 m. All species are illustrated as well as male genitalia

Keywords

• distribution
• coleoptera
• tenebrionidae
• alleculinae
• russia
• caucasus