Vol. 76 (4) 2024

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New Records of Beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera)
for the Fauna of Greece

Tadeusz Wojas

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Abstract
A list of 11 species of beetles of eight families is presented along with a discussion of their general distribution. The first record for Greece are those for Laccobius minutus, Sphaeridium lunatum (Hydrophilidae), Nicrophorus investigator (Silphidae), Quedius dubius, Quedius fumatus (Staphylinidae), Pediacus dermestoides (Cucujidae),
Cryptolestes duplicatus (Laemophloeidae), Sphaerosoma globosum (Alexiidae) and Bruchidius siliquastri (Chrysomelidae). For two other species, Lilioceris lilii (Chrysomelidae) and Cleopomiarus distinctus (Curculionidae), which have been rarely recorded in this country, new localities are reported. All new records were from the Thessaly Region. For the majority of species, the newly reported places
of occurrence were situated on the southern edge of their geographical ranges.

Key words
Coleoptera, distribution, new records, Greece

How to Cite
Wojas T. 2024 New Records of Beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) for the Fauna of Greece. Acta zoologica bulgarica 76
(4) 451-457.

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