Gnorimus variabilis (Linnaeus 1758)

Dataset
Scarabaeoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) Of The Kaliningrad Region (Russia): The Commented Actual Checklist, Assessment Of Rarity And Notes To Regional Protection: Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Arthropoda: class
Insecta: order
Coleoptera: family
Scarabaeidae: genus
Gnorimus: species
Gnorimus variabilis

discussion

Comments: The locally distributed and rare species associated with hollows of ancient oaks and listed in the Red Data Book of the Kaliningrad Region (Dedkov & Grishanov 2010) and is considered “ near threteaned ” at the European level (Nieto & Alexander 2010). The unique specimen in the author collection is without precise label and probable was collected before 1995 in Pravdinsk district. Additionally, there are verbal communication concerning the species in the area of the present-day Kaliningrad Region (e. g. vicinity of Bogdanovka in Pollesk district, Gur’evsk vicinity, both before 1995), but the proofs are absent.

materials_examined

Voucher specimens: 1 [Pravdinsk, before 1995]. Kaliningrad Region: Gur. (Karmitten, Königsberg, Neuhausen, Wilkie); Zel. (Frische Nehrung); Gur. (?), Pol. (?), Pravd.

synonymic_list

[= octopunctatus (Fabricius, 1775)]

Name

Homonyms: Gnorimus variabilis (Linnaeus 1758)