First record of sap beetles Epuraea ocularis and Stelidota geminate (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) from Caucasus
V.A. Tsinkevich & I.A. Solodovnikov
Abstract. Two invasive species of the sap beetles, Epuraea ocularis Fairmaire, 1849 and Stelidota geminate (Say, 1825), are recorded from Caucasus for the first time: from Abkhazia and from Russia (Krasnodar Territory) and Abkhazia, respectively. Stelidota geminata is also a new species for the fauna of Russia.
Key words: sap beetles, alien species, Caucasus, Russia, Abkhazia, Coleoptera, Nitidulidae, Epuraea, Stelidota, new records
Zoosystematica Rossica, 2014, 23(1): 118-121 ▪ Published in print 25 June 2014
https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2014.23.1.118 ▪ Open full article 
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